Poetry
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Episode 309: David McLoghlin!
Episode 309 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 talk to the poet David McLoghlin about the pains and joys of being a third culture kid, the aesthetic fun of the poetic sketch, the importance of travel and… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #60: Gregory Orr’s A Primer for Poets & Readers of Poetry
Buzzed Books #60 by Amy Watkins Gregory Orr’s A Primer for Poets & Readers of Poetry Why do we write poetry? As an experienced poet, I’m supposed to have an eloquent, compelling answer to this question. I’m supposed to acknowledge that the reasons for writing poetry are various and all valid. I’m supposed to quote… Continue reading
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Episode 306: Sean Patrick Mulroy!
Episode 306 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 share my interview with poet Sean Patrick Mulroy, plus I chat with my veteran friend Joshua Dull (on the right) about his plans to do more mission work in… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #58: Square Inch Hours
Buzzed Books #58 by Amy Watkins Review of Sherod Santos’s Square Inch Hours I read Sherod Santos’ collection of prose poems, Square Inch Hours (Norton, 2017) during a rainy cold snap—what amounts to bleak midwinter for a Floridian—and the poems were perfect for the weather. Not perfect like a warm cup of cocoa to comfort me… Continue reading
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Episode 298: A Night of Protest Poetry!
Episode 298 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On January 19th, 2018, Dianne Turgeon Richardson hosted an evening of protest poetry at Milk Bar in Orlando, Florida! The readers included on this recording are Talor Carr, Rachel Fox, Lana Ghannam, Drew Weinbrenner, John… Continue reading
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Episode 297: Paul Muldoon & Patricia Smith!
Episode 297 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 poets Paul Muldoon and Patricia Smith! Texts Discussed NOTES Please subscribe to my youtube channel, and leave a review of the show on iTunes. Episode 297 of… Continue reading
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Episode 296: Denise Duhamel!
Episode 296 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 the poet Denise Duhamel about the role of politics and play in poetry. BOOKS DISCUSSED NOTES Here in Orlando, the City Beautiful, come out and hear some… Continue reading
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Episode 295: Charles Simic & Richard Blanco!
Episode 295 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 Charles Simic about James Tate, Kansas surrealism, humor in poetry, and embracing the unconscious, plus I talk to Richard Blanco about the accidents that turn us into… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #57: Bloodroot
Buzzed Books #57 by Amy Watkins Annemarie Ní Churreáin’s Bloodroot As I pretty much devoured Annemarie Ní Churreáin’s Bloodroot, I felt a little embarrassed because American readers (like me) tend to romanticize Ireland. A small, foolish part of me expects both magic and grit from Irish writers. I can only rationalize my silliness by pointing… Continue reading
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Episode 290: Jacob Shores-Agüello
Episode 290 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. This week I talk to Jacob Shores-Agüello, the resident of the Kerouac House in summer of 2017. We talk about the roles that genres play in the process of mourning, the improvistory games that can… Continue reading
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