Poetry
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Episode 76: Richard Blanco!
Episode 76 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 present my interview with the poet Richard Blanco, Plus Kenneth Nichols writes about reading Tom Perrotta’s Joe College. NOTES In memorium: my dear friend, my dread lord, my bully rook, Kevin… Continue reading
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Episode 75: The Repeal Day Show!
Episode 75 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 present TDO’s Repeal Day party, starring Robert Cassanelo, Mark Pursell, Hunter Choate, Leslie Salas, Anna King, Dan Lauer, and Teege Braune! NOTES Leslie Salas took so many great photos,… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #18: Dick Straightup
In Boozo Veritas #18 by Teege Braune Dick Straightup My favorite drinker in the annals of literature is not Henry Chinaski. Neither is it Sal Paradise, Jake Barnes, or Raoul Duke. While these men are all delightful in their way, their appeal is too obvious, accessible. For each, alcohol may be their undoing, but it is… Continue reading
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Episode 74: Nikki Giovanni!
Episode 74 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 interview the legend Nikki Giovanni, plus Peter Biello writes about reading Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Peter Biello’s essay on The Road featured “Found Children” from Carlton Melton’s Pass it… Continue reading
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Episode 63: Tim J. Myers!
Episode 63 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 Tim J. Myers, Plus Dan Lauer explains the impact Spalding Gray’s Swimming to Cambodia had on him. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Walter Pater: “All art constantly… Continue reading
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Versify #1: Brian Turner’s Here, Bullet
Versify #1 by Monica Wendel In Brian Turner’s Here, Bullet (Alice James Books, 2005) some people don’t die, exactly; they are evaporated, or disappear as if they never existed, moving not from living to not-living but from something to nothing “as if even the idea of them were being / destroyed, stripped of form.” For this blog,… Continue reading
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Episode 58: Philip Raisor!
Episode 58 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 Philip Raisor, Plus Melissa Crandall brings us some Xmas in July! TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES J.K. Rowling is Robert Galbraith, the author of The Cuckoo’s Calling.… Continue reading
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Episode 57: Functionally Literate!
Episode 57 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 a Functionally Literate event I participated in back in May with Monica Wendel and Philip Deaver. This was an accidental DO reunion, since Monica was a guest… Continue reading
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Episode 53: Cheryl Strayed!
Episode 53 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 Cheryl Strayed, Plus I share the piece that first made me read Cheryl Strayed’s work, Deborah Weaver’s essay about Wild. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Pages from… Continue reading
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Episode 51: Mailbag Episode 1, with David James Poissant
Episode 51 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 answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant, Plus Cathy Day Addresses The Man Who Called Her On the Phone Asking for Advice About How to Get Published. Notes… Continue reading
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