Fantasy
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Buzzed Books 89: The World’s Desire (Ballantine 1977 edition)
Buzzed Books 89 by Mark Scroggins H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang’s The World’s Desire (Ballantine 1977 edition) The story behind this lurid paperback is fascinating, though not quite as fascinating as the book itself. In 1965, Ballantine Books issued a paperback edition of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, which had been published in hardcover Continue reading
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Episode 328: Dale Lucas!
Episode 328 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 interview Dale Lucas, the author of the Fifth Ward and Doc Voodoo series of novels about exploring ethics in long-form narrative, world-building (and when to stop), how to keep writing Continue reading
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Episode 323: Emily Wilson!
Episode 323 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 chat with the classicist and translator, Emily Wilson, whose translation of the Odyssey feels both superbly magical and contemporary. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Check out this new funky, psychedelic audio soundscape project Continue reading
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21st Century Brontë #23: My First Reading
21st Century Brontë #23 by Brontë Bettencourt My First Reading On August 9th, I participated in There Will Be Words. That was the first time I read my work before an audience, and this particular reading focused on fanfiction. Months ago, My editor approached me to join this show. I said yes before the anxiety Continue reading
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Episode 221: There Will Be Fan Fiction 2 (The Revenge)
Episode 221 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 share There Will Be Fan Fiction 2, a special edition of Jesse Bradley’s prose reading series, There Will Be Words. This installment features the fan fiction of Shauna Basques Continue reading
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Episode 187: Kelly Link!
Episode 187 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 interview fiction writer Kelly Link, Plus I share the reading she participated in, “Short Stories, Tall Tales,” also featuring Adam Johnson and Padgett Powell. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES A Quaker high Continue reading
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Episode 150: Melissa Crandall!
Episode 150 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 to the fantasy, science fiction, and nonfiction writer Melissa Crandall, plus Síofra Shaman Skye shares a letter she wrote to J.D. Salinger. TEXTS DISCUSSED Check out Melissa Crandall’s blog, The Continue reading
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