Magic Realism
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Replay Episode: Tessa Mellas (2013)

This replay episode 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 replay episode, John talks to to the fiction writer Tessa Mellas, Plus Todd Sentell writes about Huckleberry Finn, A Good Man is Hard to Find, and the Near Death of Literature. TEXTS Continue reading
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Episode 395: Karen Best!
Episode 395 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 talk to short story writer Karen Best about magic realism, folklore, fairy tales, the relationships between reader and writer, the Continue reading
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Episode #391: Carmen Maria Machado!
Episode 391 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 talk with the amazing Carmen Maria Machado about her new experimental memoir, In the Dream House, as well as her Continue reading
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Episode 381: Deirdre Coyle!
Episode 381 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or right-click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk with the fiction writer and essayist Deirdre Coyle about why fantasy can be more real than realism, the video game experience that happens inside our minds, and Continue reading
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Episode 339: Kimberly Lojewski!
Episode 339 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 fiction writer Kimberly Lojewski! TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Check out my interviews with Tony Hoagland back on episode 40 and 132. Episode 339 of The Drunken Odyssey, your Continue reading
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Episode 70: Tessa Mellas!
Episode 70 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Tessa Mellas, Plus Todd Sentell writes about Huckleberry Finn, A Good Man is Hard to Find, and the Near Death of Literature. TEXTS DISCUSSED Continue reading
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