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Episode 576: A Discussion of William Gibson’s Distrust That Particular Flavor with Rachael Tillman!
Rachael and I return to the subject of William Gibson in a non-fiction collection, Distrust That Particular Flavor, that proved charming fun. We discuss the history of technology, the cryptic mysteries of creating feature films, Japan, the paradox of science fiction’s timeliness, Japan, self-irony, and Japan. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of… Continue reading
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Episode 539: Chelsey Clammer!
Episode 539 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). __________ This week, I catch up with longtime friend of the show, the brilliant creative nonfiction writer, Chelsey Clammer. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can… Continue reading
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Episode 445: A Discussion of The Selected Works of Audre Lorde, with Audi Barnes!
Episode 445 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). On this week’s show, poet and scholar Audi Barnes and I discuss the uncompromising essays and poetry of Audre Lorde. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO Listeners… Continue reading
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Episode 436: Alex Miller!
Episode 436 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). On this episode, personal essayist Alex Miller and I talk about the intimate power of the personal essay, pitches, politics, and universities in NYC.… Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #25: Corona State of Mind
Aesthetic Drift #25 by Gustavo Guerra Corona State of Mind: Reflections on the Pandemic from The Florida Department of Corrections March 25, 2020. The virus is spreading. Thousands of confirmed cases. Cemeteries are being overwhelmed. Italy. Spain. China. Iran. New York. Miami. All on lockdown. Just like us. Anxieties about the outside world—especially my elderly… Continue reading
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Episode 402: A Craft Discussion of T.S. Elliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent” and “Hamlet and Its Problems”!
Episode 402 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing.) This week, Vanessa Blakeslee and I assail more essays on the craft of literature, this time two by T.S. Eliot. TEXTS DISCUSSED “Hamlet and Its… Continue reading
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Episode 398: E. Jean Carroll and Jonathan Safran Foer!
Episode 398 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing.) I share two interviews this week. The first is with the great E. Jean Carroll, and the second is with essayist and novelist, Jonathan Safran… Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #22: Celestial 57
Aesthetic Drift #22 by Chelsey Clammer Celestial 57 The stars vibrated above me. Within me. Synchrony. At 2 a.m. I would walk back to my truck at seventeen, eighteen, nineteen years old, having come from a concert, the music still clamoring along my bones. Late ’90s, downtown Austin, where my favorite band, Sister 7,… Continue reading
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Episode 377: Liz Prato!
Episode 377 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk with Liz Prato about being the best haole possible in Hawaii, the mixing of history and memoir, respecting the natural environment, and other important matters. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES This… Continue reading
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Episode 364: Elisa Gabbert!
Episode 364 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk with poet and essayist Elisa Gabbert about the excitement of short-form essays, the glories of book design, not reading Moby Dick, and other literary confessions. TEXTS DISCUSSED… Continue reading
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