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Episode 367: A Discussion of Eudora Welty’s “Place in Fiction” with Vanessa Blakesklee!
Episode 367 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, Vanessa Blakeslee and I discuss Eudora Welty’s “Place in Fiction” (1955). TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES This episode is sponsored by Scribophile. TDO Listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to… Continue reading
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What’s Right About That Fan Petition to Rewrite Season 8 of Game of Thrones
What’s Right About That Fan Petition to Rewrite Season 8 of GoT by John King Probably like you, I’ve seen a lot of online posts that begin, “I haven’t seen Game of Thrones, but—” or “I stopped watching GoT, but—.” I am not going to summarize the show for those unfamiliar with it. There is… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #273: Wake of Death
The Curator of Schlock #273 by Jeff Shuster Wake of Death Death, death, and more death. I’m not going to abbreviate his name. I know that seems to be the thing to abbreviate Jean-Claude Van Damme to J.C.V.D. or JCVD, but I refuse to do it. Jean-Claude Van Damme is human being, not an abbreviation.… Continue reading
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Video Essay: Reasons to be Excited by the Walt Disney World Skyliner!
Dear readers Some of you know about my Disneyphilia. Here is a video essay I created about the skyline transportation system, which should change the way people get around two of the theme parks and four hotels. Selah, John King Continue reading
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Episode 366: Mixtape #10: Purple Caverns of Shattered Memories
Episode 366 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I share my first mixtape in almost 2 years. Happy writing. Let me know what you think below. NOTES Please buy me. Episode 366 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #272: Universal Soldier
The Curator of Schlock #272 by Jeff Shuster Universal Soldier Jean-Claude Van Damme vs. Dolph Lundgren. What more could you possibly want? A good movie? It looks like Disney has unveiled their full slate of movies until the year 2027. We’re getting a new Star Wars trilogy. Yay. Maybe this new trilogy won’t feature any characters drinking… Continue reading
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Episode 365: Campbell McGrath!
Episode 365 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk with poet Campbell McGrath about his his new book, Nouns & Verbs, from a luminous lobby in Portland. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out my previous interview with Campbell… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #271: Death Warrant
The Curator of Schlock #271 by Jeff Shuster Death Warrant Bring me a dream, Burke! Bring me a dream! It’s May and that means it’s Jean-Claude Van Damme Month here at the Museum of Schlock. We’ll be taking a tour of his career from his early classics to his modern marvels. I remember covering Pound of… Continue reading
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