Poetry
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Buzzed Books #39: XX: Poems for the Twentieth Century
Buzzed Books #39 by Amy Watkins Campbell McGrath’s XX: Poems for the Twentieth Century “Epilogue: 2016,” the first poem in Campbell McGrath’s new book, XX: Poems for the Twentieth Century (HarperCollins, 2016), emphasizes the idea of leaving a record, ”a scattering of crumbs,” not for subsequent generations, but for whatever inherits the earth after humanity… Continue reading
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Episode 200: Brian Turner!
Episode 200 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 and memoirist Brian Turner, plus Heather Whited reads her essay, “Scotland Break Up.” TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES According to The Guardian, some readers were not amused by Calvin Trillan’s “Have… Continue reading
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Episode 194: J. Scott Brownlee!
Episode 194 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I interview the poet J. Scott Brownlee, plus Dan Lauer reads his memoir essay, “Helen of Troy.” TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out Dan Lauer and Joshua Martin’s cinema series and… Continue reading
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Episode 192: Erotic Poetry Night IV
Episode 192 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 4th annual Erotic Poetry Night, featuring Jesse Bradley, Teege Braune, Stephanie Rizzo, Danielle Kessinger, Amy Watkins, David James Poissant, Ashley Inguanta, Sarah Viren, and (ahem) John King. NOTES Get tickets for… Continue reading
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Episode 191: Erin Belieu!
Episode 191 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I interview poet Erin Belieu, plus I share the Miami Book Fair International reading she participated in with Carl Phillips, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, and Kevin Young. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check… Continue reading
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Episode 189: A Craft Discussion About Ferlinghetti’s Poetry as Insurgent Art, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 189 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 about Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Poetry as Insurgent Art with Vanessa Blakeslee, Plus Alice Lowe writes about how Virginia Woolf’s A Writer’s Diary changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Coney Island… Continue reading
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Episode 186: Nick Flynn!
Episode 186 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 interview the poet and memoirist Nick Flynn, Plus I share the reading he participated in about 45 minutes after our interview, a reading that also included Ed Skoog and Denise… Continue reading
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Episode 183: Mary Karr!
Episode 183 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 interview Mary Karr, and share her talk at Miami Book Fair International 2015, plus I share a Miami Bookfair Event I was in, Tiffany Razzano’s Saved by the Sunshine State.… Continue reading
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Episode 177: Horror Movie Poetry Night 2!
Episode 177 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 for Horror Movie Poetry Night 2, starring The Drunken Odyssey All Stars, brought to you several days early for your Halloweening pleasure. On this occasion, The Drunken Odyssey… Continue reading
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Episode 171: A Craft Discussion About Borges’s This Craft of Verse, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 171 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 about Jorge Luis Borges’s This Craft of Verse with Vanessa Blakeslee, plus Jared Silvia performs Peter Seger’s “Hobo’s Lullaby.” TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out the great perks for The… Continue reading
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