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  • Buzzed Books #52: The Atheist Wore Goat Silk

    Buzzed Books #52 by Amy Watkins Anna Journey’s The Atheist Wore Goat Silk Much art is made to elevate mundane things. Think of Georgia O’Keefe demanding that we look again at humble flowers. Think of Neruda gazing at a slice of lemon and seeing a cathedral window, or finding the poetry in a suit or… Continue reading

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  • Episode 255: Holly Tavel!

    Episode 255 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 Holly Tavel about the urge to experiment in fiction, the need to subvert grand narratives, and the joys of the avant-garde and children’s schlock and obsessions of… Continue reading

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  • Episode #251: Ephraim Scott Sommers!

    Episode 251 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 with the poet Ephraim Scott Sommers. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Litlando 2017 will take place on March 25th at The Gallery at Avalon Island. Buy tickets now here. Check out Ephraim’s… Continue reading

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  • Episode 249: Ashley Inguanta!

    Episode 249 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 with the poet Ashley Inguanta, plus Daniela Chamorro writes about how Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED Episode 249 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast… Continue reading

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  • Buzzed Books #50: Ari Banias’ Anybody

    Buzzed Books #50 by Amy Watkins Ari Banias’ Anybody Ari Banias’ debut collection, Anybody (Norton, 2016), begins with a poem titled “Some Kind of We.” In it, his reason for writing is laid out as plainly as a thesis statement in a freshman composition class: I am trying to write, generally and specifically, through what… Continue reading

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  • Episode 246: Erotic Poetry Night V (Smut, Actually)!

    Episode 246 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. This week features our 5th annual Erotic Poetry Night, featuring… Naomi Butterfield Ephraim Scott Sommers Diane Turgeon Richardson Wilson Santos Stephanie Rizzo Brian Downes Rachel Kolman Lisa Roney Madison Strake Bernath & your host, John… Continue reading

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  • Episode 243: Joy Harjo, Kim Addonizio, and Paul Lisicky!

    Episode 243 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 the poet Joy Harjo, the poet and fiction and creative nonfiction writer Kim Addonizio, and the memoirist Paul Lisicky. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES On Sunday, February 5th, The Drunken Odyssey will be… Continue reading

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  • Episode 239: Rita Dove and Robert Pinsky!

    Episode 239 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 the poets Rita Dove and Robert Pinsky, and share the reading they gave together at Miami Book Fair International. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Listen to my previous interview with Robert… Continue reading

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  • Episode 238: Sarah Sweeney!

    Episode 238 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 the essayist Sarah Sweeney about her debut collection, Tell Me If You’re Lying, the impediments and the value the academy can be to writing, and the essential relevance of… Continue reading

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  • Episode 226: Vidhu Aggarwal!

    Episode 226 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 poet Vidhu Aggarwal, plus Adelia Johnson writes about Ned Vizzini’s It’s Kind of a Funny Story changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Here is Ned Vizzini’s obituary from The… Continue reading

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