Episode 524 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 Yeoh Jo-Ann, the spring 2022 resident of the Kerouac Project of Orlando, about her novel, Impractical Uses of Cake, proper otter behavior, the role of agency in happiness, cat envy, teaching Shakespeare to teenagers, and the small ways teachers entertain themselves every day.

Yeoh Jo-Ann reads from a work-in-progress at The Kerouac Project of Orlando.

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Watch Yeoh Jo-Ann’s reading at the end of her Kerouac Project residency.

Episode 524 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

Episode 460 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).

In this week’s episode, fiction writer Gwen Mullins and I discuss many, many things from the front of the Kerouac Project of Orlando’s porch.

Photo by Geoff Benge.

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Poet Danez Smith will perform an online masterclass on Friday February 26 at 6pm, and an virtual reading on Saturday, February 27 at 4pm p.m. At the event, hosted by Valencia College and the University of Central Florida, Smith will read from their newest book, “Homie,” recently named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award. Registration for both events is available at https://tinyurl.com/smithdanez

Learn more about the residency program of The Kerouac Project of Orlando here.

Episode 388 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).

In this week’s episode, I interview Erik Deckers about how he finished the novel he began as a resident at the Kerouac Project of Orlando.

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Check out this early first episode of my new web series talk show about the history of Batman!

If you are in Orlando on November 2nd from 6 to 9 PM, be a part of the book party for my literary adventure novel, Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame.

There will be a raffle for those who show up, no purchase necessary. Raffle items include autographed books, a t-shirt, a gift package from bachelor Pad Magazine, a gift certificate for a medium sized literary tattoo, plus …

this framed, autographed poster featuring the book cover of Walter Mosley’s Debbie Doesn’t Do it Anymore.

Guy Psycho Book Launch Party

6-9 PM

1418 Clouser Ave, Orlando, FL 32804-6209

https://www.facebook.com/events/619433221793908/

Episode 388 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).

Episode 350 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 speak with the Kerouac House’s fall 2018 resident, Eleanor Matthews about Victorian novels, characterization and plots, and the connections between physical activity and creative writing.

Photo by Katherine Parker.

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Episode 350 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.