Poetry
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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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Video: In Boozo Veritas #2
In Boozo Veritas is a poetry reading tour in which John King tries out verse for a potential book of the same name. The running time of this installment is 19:10. Tom Lucas is the host. Dianne Turgeon Richardson is the special guest star. Dianne Turgeon Richardson has published short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry… Continue reading
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Episode 610: Rebecca Renner & Major Jackson
On today’s show, John King chats with journalist Rebecca Renner and poet Major Jackson at Miami Book Fair. TEXTS 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 anything you purchase at no… Continue reading
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Episode 608: Maggie Smith and Michael Cunningham!
On today’s show, John talks to the poet and memoirist Maggie Smith about the complexities of trying to merge reality with narrative structure, and discusses the same, in different ways, with the novelist Michael Cunningham! These conversations were conducted at Miami Book Fair. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to… Continue reading
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Episode 607: Brian Turner!
On today’s show, John talks poet Brian Turner about learning to write the thing we need to write rather than the thing we want to write, the long conversations we have with those we love, and the processes of nature, including grief. His trio of new poetry volumes is out now from Alice James Books.… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #99: B.H. Fairchild’s An Ordinary Life
Being a first-generation middle-class poet isn’t easy. I sit at a desk and peck at a laptop all day. Not poems; emails to colleagues, research summaries, proposed company policies. The Florida sun bakes the streets outside and I think back to the rural Midwest, the place I was apparently born, but don’t remember. I struggle… Continue reading
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#593: Ryler Dustin!
On today’s show, I speak with the poet Ryler Dustin about creating new forms of sanctification and representing rural landscapes with familiarity without fetishizing or satirizing the setting. We probably digressed into a discussion of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. TEXT DISCUSSED Episode 593 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature… Continue reading
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585: A Discussion of Leonard Nathan’s The Teachings of Grandfather Fox, with Brian Salmons!
On this week’s episode, I speak with Brian Salmons about Leonard Nathan’s 1976 book of poems, The Teachings of Grandfather Fox. TEXT DISCUSSED PLACE DISCUSSED Orlando’s brutalist masterpiece of a downtown library. NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the… Continue reading
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Episode 573: David van den Berg
On this episode, I speak with the poet David van den Berg on the glories of tromping through swamps as a child, the knifeblade dialectic of cynicism and wonder, and discovering a sense of authentic voice. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After using the above link… Continue reading
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Episode 572: Meng Jin, Eileen Myles, and Paul Tran, interviewed by Chelsea Alice
Back in November, Chelsea Alice conducted three on-site interviews at Miami Book Fair. She discussed Self-Portrait with Ghost with Meng Jin, Pathetic Literature by Eileen Myles, and All the Flowers Kneeling with Paul Tran. At long last, the interviews are now here. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to… Continue reading
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