Poetry
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Replay: Episode 295: Charles Simic & Richard Blanco!
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 artists, the grind of editing, and the joys of finding new forms and challenges. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Be sure to check… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #100: Raised by Wolves: Fifty Poets on Fifty Poems
You know how it is: when you aren’t the church-going type, but find yourself at Sunday service anyway—maybe you’re visiting your grandma, or maybe it’s Easter—and the pastor says, “I invite you to share the peace with your neighbor”, and everyone around you unexpectedly turns and greets the person seated to their left, and then… Continue reading
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Episode 629: Li-Young Lee!
On this week’s show Chrissy Kolaya talks to Li-Young Lee about his latest collection of poems, The Invention of the Darling. Together they explore the rooms of poetry, the systems of the human imagination, and the voice of angels. BOOKS DISCUSSED NOTES The Society for Speculation presents: The World Ahead: a talk on a new collaborative project… Continue reading
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Episode 627: David McLoghlin!
On this week’s show, I talk to the poet David McLoghlin about his newest collection of poems, Crash Centre, history, religion, rugby, boarding school, trauma, and exiting the comforts of metaphor. TEXT DISCUSSED Buy Crash Centre here. NOTES Check out our earlier conversion back on episode 309. Check out David reading Rilke’s “Presentiment” back on episode… Continue reading
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Episode 626: Ian Patterson (Redux)!
In this week’s show, Chelsea Alice interviews translator Ian Patterson again. This time they discuss The Theory of the Four Movements by the 19th century French utopian thinker Charles Fourier, as a way of thinking about 19th century history, science, and philosophy. They also discuss Ian’s recent poetry collection Shell Vestige Disputed. The last time these two discussed Ian’s translation of… Continue reading
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Replay: Episode 278 with Brittany Perham!
On this week’s replay episode, I talk poetry with Brittany Perham! TEXTS DISCUSSED Episode 278 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. Continue reading
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Episode 622: Michael Korda!
In this week’s show, John talks with prose writer Michael Korda about telling the historical stories of the poets of World War I. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small commission on… Continue reading
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Episode 615: Diane Seuss!
In this week’s show, John talks to Diane Seuss about her latest collection, Modern Poetry. With bursts of internal rhyme about thorny subjects, Modern Poetry awaits the reader with a spirit of mourning and loss and self-creation, which is, for this reader anyway, joyous. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES The Kerouac House is re-opening its writers residency… Continue reading
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Replay: Episode 570 with Kathleen Rooney!
On this replay episode, I talk to Kathleen Rooney about finding the fun despite the end of The Great Enlightenment, the joys of mixing wit and earnestness in verse, the fun of exploring the landscapes of AWP locations despite mentally frying beneath fluorescent lights, the tactile pleasures of typewriters, and other important matters. TEXT DISCUSSED… Continue reading
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Episode 611: Matt Mason!
On today’s show, John King chats with poet Matt Mason about the poetic necessity of engaging with the popular culture that is part of the fabric of our American life, including rock music and obviously, obviously, the Disney phenomenon. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is… Continue reading
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