Poetry
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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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Episode 284: Horror Movie Poetry Night IV
Episode 284 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. This week is a live show: Horror Movie Poetry Night IV. We enter the dark rubicons of Saw, Annabel, Child’s Play, The Lady in White, Phantasm, Return of the Living Dead, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, The Omen,… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #55: Bob Hicok’s Sex & Love &
Buzzed Books #55 by Amy Watkins Bob Hicok’s Sex & Love & In the first episode of the FX comedy series Louie, the main character (single dad Louie CK, playing a fictionalized version of himself) goes on a date with a woman he does not know. When she asks about his children, he answers candidly… Continue reading
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Episode 278: Brittany Perham!
Episode 278 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 poetry with Brittany Perham! TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out my interview with Brittany Perham’s chapbook collaborator, Kim Addonizio. RIP, Jerry Pournelle and J. P. Donleavy. Episode 278… Continue reading
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Episode 276: Tina Giannoukos!
Episode 276 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 speak with the poet Tina Giannoukos about the glorious visibility and flexibility of sonnets, plus Sabrina Napolitano writes about how reading Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay changed… Continue reading
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Episode 275: A Craft Discussion of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 275 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 Vanessa Blakeslee about Rainer Maria Rilke’s famous Letters to a Young Poet, plus we pay homage to Rilke’s poetry with readings by Craig Moreau, Hyejung Kook, David Foley, Jason Myers, David… Continue reading
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Episode 272: Henry Hughes!
Episode 272 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 and memoirist Henry Hughes about how to get over rejection, poetry, the freedom of ekphrastic work, memoirs, and fishing, Plus Todd Boss reads his poem,… Continue reading
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Episode 270: The Slam Summit!
Episode 270 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 Curtis X. Meyer and Caleb Zachary Matthews about the Slam Nationals that Team Orlando will be attending, the upsides and downsides of Slam Poetry, plus they perform their work!… Continue reading
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