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Coloring Book Club: Peter Kuper’s Insectopolis!
Almost two years ago, my friends and I gathered to discuss Dune in all its iterations while coloring in a Dune coloring book. Nearly two years later, my friends and I gathered to discuss and color Peter Kuper’s Insectopolis. Peter was kind enough to zoom in to assess our efforts. Continue reading
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Video: Mickey Mousing Around #4: Responding to the Barn Dance, with Samantha Nickerson
John and Samantha return to bring their literary sagacity to an early cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse’s clumsy feet and a lot of tense rivalry around who will be Minnie’s date at the barn dance. Continue reading
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Video: Reacting to Steamboat Willie
For purely literary reasons, John and Samantha return to react to and discuss Mickey Mouse’s public debut in “Steamboat Willie,” which seems less rough around the edges than “Plane Crazy” and “Gallopin’ Gaucho.” The first cartoon in synchronized sound features a gaggle of sonic gags that still feel fun after nearly a century. Continue reading
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The Drunken Odyssey Academy #2 (How to Beat Writer’s Block)
Here is the latest lesson from your totally free and more importantly totally unaccredited MFA program in creative writing. Continue reading
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Video: Reaction to Mickey Mouse in “Plane Crazy”
Here’s the start of a new series over on TDO’s Youtube Channel, on a perennial TDO topic. Continue reading
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Video: The Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club Discussion of William S. Burroughs’s Queer
Here is John King speaking with Matt Peters about William S. Burroughs’s second novel. Check out The Kerouac Project of Orlando. 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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Video: Zach Zimmerman’s Farewell Reading at the Kerouac Project of Orlando
On April 19,, 2025, Zach Zimmerman celebrated the end of his residency at the Kerouac Project of Orlando by reading two memoir essays. Zach Zimmerman is a stand-up comedian, writer, and host who creates queer, anti-capitalist stories that delight and devastate. Watch Zach’s stand up special, Surprise Me, here. Continue reading
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Video: The Drunken Odyssey Academy Lesson #1
Here is the first instructional video from TDO. Leave a comment here or over at Youtube if there is any topics you think I should cover. Selah, John King Continue reading
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Video: Robert Pinsky Interview
Back on episode 654, John spoke with Griffin Dunne at Miami Books Fair 2024. Here is a video of that interview. Continue reading
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