Memoir

  • Episode 507: Sonya Huber!

    Episode 507 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 today’s show, memoirist Sonya Huber discusses how to write the way that we think, including the semiotic leapfrogs of memory, and trying to Continue reading

  • Episode 505: Brian Broome!

    Episode 505 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 today’s show, I speak with the memoirist Brian Broome, winner of the 2021 Kirkus Prize for nonfiction. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can Continue reading

  • Episode 484: James Tate Hill!

    Episode 484 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 show, I interview fiction writer and memoirist, James Tate Hill. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO Listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription Continue reading

  • Episode 481: Catherine Raven!

    Episode 481 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, I talk to biologist Catherine Raven about her wonderful new memoir, Fox & I: An Uncommon Friendship. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO Listeners Continue reading

  • Episode 465: Samantha Hart!

    Episode 465 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 show, I speak with Samantha Hart about her wonderful debut memoir, Blind Pony, Plus I speak with Scott Cunningham about the monthlong poetry Continue reading

  • Episode 447: Candacy Taylor!

    Episode 447 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, Candacy Taylor and I discuss her new book, Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America. We Continue reading

  • Episode 434: Nick Flynn

    Episode 434 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, Nick Flynn and I talk about memoirs, boundaries, and getting the writing done. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES This episode is sponsored by Continue reading

  • Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #80

    Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #80 by Drew Barth I Won’t Make a Duran Duran Joke Graphic memoirs are one of the most important genres within comics. The interplay between memory and picture can resonate immediately with readers and allows them to better witness the past. And recently, no other graphic memoir has Continue reading

  • Episode 411: Paul Lisicky!

    Episode 411 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 sit down with novelist and memoirist Paul Lisicky to discuss his new memoir, Later: My Life at The Edge of The World. We Continue reading

  • Episode 410: Ron Schneider!

    Episode 410 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 speak to actor, show writer, and memoirist Ron Schneider about the show business life, theme park creativity, and learning to master new Continue reading

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