Poetry
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Episode 111: Iris Jamahl Dunkle!
Episode 111 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 Trio Award-winner Iris Jamahl Dunkle, plus Jeffrey Ethan Lee reads his essay, “The Poet’s Mother’s Deathbed Conversion” at Fergie’s Pub in Philadelphia. Books Discussed NOTES If in… Continue reading
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Episode 106: Nicole Callihan!
Episode 106 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 essayist Nicole Callihan, plus Maureen Vance writes about Jane Eyre. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES According to The Guardian, British publishers and the Society for Authors (a trade… Continue reading
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Episode 103: Alan Michael Parker!
Episode 103 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 fiction writer and poet Alan Michael Parker, Plus Andrew Gretes offers his “Ode to Zorba.” TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Davis Sedaris talked about the Amazon/Hachette battle to Parnassus… Continue reading
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Episode 101: Erica Dawson!
Episode 101 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 Erica Dawson, Plus Nicole Callihan reads her memoir essay, “The Week in News.” TEXTS DISCUSSED Nicole Callihan’s “The Week in News” originally appeared… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #39: Three of My Favorite Poets in Orlando
In Boozo Veritas #39 by Teege Braune Three of My Favorite Poets in Orlando In case you haven’t noticed, I have been celebrating Poetry Month by dedicating each blog I’ve written in April to the art of verse. Furthermore, as this is In Boozo Veritas, I’ve attempted to find subjects that have a particular connection to drinking. Fortunately,… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #38: Dylan Thomas, and Words That Leave Us Dumb
In Boozo Veritas #38 by Teege Braune Dylan Thomas: Words That Leave Us Dumb On November ninth, 1953, Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, already decrepit and ill at the age only thirty-nine years old, took a drink and had another. “I’ve had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that’s a record!” he announced and then fell forward dead… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #37: Words and Whiskey
In Boozo Veritas #37 by Teege Braune Words and Whiskey Two of Cups Press’ collection of bourbon-inspired poetry called Small Batch begins with a brief description and history of bourbon followed by this short piece by David S. Atkinson entitled “A Bourbon Poetry Submission,” I heard this press wanted poems about bourbon. This confused me, because… Continue reading
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Episode 94: Eleanor Lerman!
Episode 94 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 Eleanor Lerman, Plus Alden Jones writes about her time working in Cuba. TEXTS DISCUSSED Check out episode 48 to hear Eleanor Lerman’s essay about Leonard Cohen’s Spice Box… Continue reading
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Episode 92: J. Bradley!
Episode 92 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 multidisciplinary wonder that is J. Bradley, Plus Molly Gleeson writes about reading Anthony Trollope while teaching in Saudia Arabia. TEXTS DISCUSSED Hear J. Bradley… Continue reading
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Episode 85: Erotic Poetry Night 2
Episode 85 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 present our first live show of the year, from our night of Erotic Poetry, as either a prelude or an antidote to Valentine’s Day, according to taste. NOTES The Heaven of… Continue reading
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