08 Friday Nov 2019
Posted in Miami Book Fair
Hi, all.
Here’s my fundraiser to help get me down to Miami Book Fair International later this month. At the time of this post, I am 58% of the way to my goal.
Here is the link to the indiegogo campaign.
With gratitude,
Johnboy
14 Sunday Dec 2014
Posted in Episode, Florida Literature, Miami Book Fair
Episode 130 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 author and editor Jaquira Díaz.
TEXTS DISCUSSED
Read Jaquira Díaz’s “Cami” at Story South.
Read Jocelyn Bartkevicius’s “Out of the Garden” at The Missouri Review.
To hear more of and about 15 Views of Miami, check out this episode of Functionally Literate Radio.
NOTES
Pre-order Nathan Holic’s new novel, The Things I Don’t See, here for only $6.
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Episode 130 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.
28 Saturday Dec 2013
Posted in Episode, Miami Book Fair
Tags
Claire of the Sea Light, Edwidge Danticat, Fury, Koren Zailckas, Miami Book Fair International, Mother Mother, Smashed
Episode 78 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 present my interview with Edwidge Danticat,
and my interview with Koren Zailckas,
Photo by Tammy Taylor.
plus Samantha Stemler writes about Neil McKenna’s The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde.
TEXTS DISCUSSED
NOTES
The Drunken Odyssey now has a youtube channel.
Here is my video of Edwidge Danticat’s event at Miami Book Fair International:
According to the Kids’ Right to Read Project, 2013 has been a record year for attempts to ban books in libraries in schools. The Diary of Anne Frank, you know, is too pornographic for American children to be exposed to. This was reported in The Guardian.
The Heaven of Animals, the forthcoming collection from friend-of-the-show David James Poissant, is available for pre-order. Please support the launch of his book, which is wonderful reading.
Episode 78 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.
