The Kerouac Project of Orlando
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Episode 691: A.J. Rodriguez
Episode 691 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, John speaks with fiction writer A.J. Rodriguez, the June-July 2025 Kerouac Project of Orlando resident. NOTES Check out AJ’s story “Papel Picado” over at “The Common.” Learn more about The Continue reading
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Episode 681: The Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club Discussion of William S. Burroughs’s Queer (with Matt Peters)!
Episode 681 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this show, John and Matt Peters continue The Kerouac Project Book Club with a discussion of William S. Burrough’s second novel, Queer. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Learn more about The Kerouac Project of Orlando. Starting Continue reading
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Video: The Kerouac Project Book Club (William S. Burroughs’ Junky)
On this show, John and Matt Peters inaugurate The Kerouac Project Book Club with a discussion of William S. Burrough’s first novel, Junky. Continue reading
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Episode 673: The Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club Discussion of William S. Burrough’s Junky (with Matt Peters)!
Episode 673 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this show, John and Matt Peters inaugurate The Kerouac Project Book Club with a discussion of William S. Burrough’s first novel, Junky. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES NOTES If you’d like to support this show Continue reading
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Video: Kathy Fish’s Farewell Reading at the Kerouac Project of Orlando
At the end of each residency at the Kerouac Project of Orlando, each writer reads from recent work. Kathy Fish was our most recent resident. Head over to YouTube to subscribe to The Drunken Odyssey’s YouTube channel. Go here to learn more about The Kerouac Project of Orlando. Continue reading
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Episode 661: Kathy Fish!
In this episode, John interviews the notable flash fiction writer Kathy Fish about the anxious nuances of that medium and genre. Is flash fiction just a very short story, with all the rules of fiction at work? Or is flash fiction a less traditional, immersive fictional happening that takes somewhere between the length of a Continue reading
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Episode 649: Ezza Ahmed!
In this week’s show, John speaks with recent writer-in-residence at the Kerouac Project of Orlando, the poet Ezza Ahmed. NOTES Miami Book Fair will take place November 22-24. To learn about the Kerouac Project of Orlando, go here. On December 3rd, The Drunken Odyssey’s writers take over the reading spots in the Loose Lips reading series Continue reading
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Episode 618: A Book Discussion of Kenneth Patchen’s Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer, with Nick Georgoudiou!
In this week’s show, John and Nick Georgoudiou discuss Kenneth Patchen’s surreal postmodern novel, Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer, before a small crowd gathered at the Kerouac Project of Orlando. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES The Kerouac House is re-opening its writers residency after taking a 1-year hiatus. We have also expanded the number of residencies from 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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Episode 581: Joy Baglio!
Speculative fiction writer Joy Baglio talks with me about labels, the surprises needed for compelling stories, outgrowing being an MFA student despite the fabulousness of being an MFA student, being a Kerouac Project resident, and other important matters. NOTES Check out Joy Baglio’s website, which has links to her fiction. Learn more about The Kerouac Continue reading
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