Poetry
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Episode 573: David van den Berg
On this episode, I speak with the poet David van den Berg on the glories of tromping through swamps as a child, the knifeblade dialectic of cynicism and wonder, and discovering a sense of authentic voice. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After using the above link… Continue reading
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Episode 572: Meng Jin, Eileen Myles, and Paul Tran, interviewed by Chelsea Alice
Back in November, Chelsea Alice conducted three on-site interviews at Miami Book Fair. She discussed Self-Portrait with Ghost with Meng Jin, Pathetic Literature by Eileen Myles, and All the Flowers Kneeling with Paul Tran. At long last, the interviews are now here. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to… Continue reading
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Episode 571: Mark Scroggins!
On this episode, I speak with the scholar and poet Mark Scroggins about poetry that simultaneously compels and eludes the reader with its strange music, those depths of unknowing, the literary analogues to punk, reverse engineering a sense of cultural history, the problematic nature of the poetic voice, and whatnot. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can… Continue reading
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Episode 570: Kathleen Rooney!
On this episode, I talk to Kathleen Rooney about finding the fun despite the end of The Great Enlightenment, the joys of mixing wit and earnestness in verse, the fun of exploring the landscapes of AWP locations despite mentally frying beneath fluorescent lights, the tactile pleasures of typewriters, and other important matters. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES… Continue reading
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Episode 564: Patricia Smith!
Episode 564 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 interview Patricia Smith about her latest collection of poems, Unshuttered. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #97: Fiona Benson’s Vertigo and Ghost
Buzzed Books #97 by Brian Salmans Fiona Benson’s Vertigo and Ghost In a bookshop interview a few years ago, Fiona Benson said, “I think I have always been a little bit violent.” The audience laughed, mildly, maybe as thrown off by her soft-spoken and questioning tone as I was. Did she mean that? After all,… Continue reading
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Episode 560: A Discussion of Philip Schultz’s Comforts of the Abyss with Rachael Tillman!
Episode 560 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, Rachael Tillman and I discuss the art of persona writing through Philip Schultz’s recent book, Comforts of the Abyss. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO… Continue reading
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Episode 559: Laurie Rachkus Uttich
Episode 558 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 have a long overdue convo with the poet Laurie Rachkus Uttich. TEXTS DISCUSSED Return to a Place Lit by a Glass… Continue reading
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Episode 556: Lynn Melnick!
Episode 556 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). _______ The poet and memoirist Lynn Melnick talks with me about the cleverness and heart of Dolly Parton, who can serve as more than a… Continue reading
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Episode 555: Julia Koets (interviewed by Rochelle Hurt)
Episode 555 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). _______ Rochelle Hurt interviews Julia Koets about romantic desire and loss, the villanelle form, the layouts of poetry volumes, growing up with the policing of… Continue reading
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The Drunken Odyssey is a forum to discuss all aspects of the writing process, in a variety of genres, in order to foster a greater community among writers.
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