Poetry
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Episode 709: Philip Schultz!
Episode 709 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 show, John speaks with the poet Philip Schultz about his wonderful new poetry collection, Enormous Morning. We discuss the self-critical voices that Philip calls the shit-bird, how personas can empower us to become… Continue reading
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Episode 707: Shawn Welcome!
Episode 707 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 show, the poet Shawn Welcome and I talk about how to love poetry, how to gather together our literary communities, and our beloved city of Orlando, Florida. NOTES The Southern Fried… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #161: Tekeli-li
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A… Continue reading
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Episode 706: Richard Blanco
Episode 706 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 program, I catch up with the amazing Richard Blanco about his recent collected poems, Homeland of my Body, a book sandwiched with two sections of new work. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES To… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #160: The Icing Cracks
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A… Continue reading
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705: Mamie Pound!
Episode 705 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 program, I talk to Mamie Pound about how flash fiction works, poetry, and finding the authentic, messy, true emotion and understanding despite the editors in our brains. NOTES To learn more… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #159: War Chest
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #152: Scattering the Mirth
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A… Continue reading
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Video: Anne Waldman Interview
On episode 694, I interviewed the poet Anne Waldman. Since there is a lag between editing of audio and video, here is the video, for those who prefer seeing the talk. Continue reading
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694: Anne Waldman!
Episode 694 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s show, John interviews Anne Waldman about her extraordinary new work, Mesopotopia. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES On Friday, December 12th at 7 PM, Mamie… Continue reading
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