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Episode 353: A Discussion of Two Classic French Post-structuralist Essays!
Episode 353 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 survive reading Roland Barthes’s “The Death of the Author” and “What is an Author?” by Michel Foucault. TEXTS DISCUSSED Check Out Vanessa’s Books! NOTES Suggested donation:… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #260: Final Exam
The Curator of Schlock #260 by Jeff Shuster Final Exam Cheaters never prosper! Anyone out there ever have the final exam dream? It usually goes like this: it’s the end of the semester, you’ve done really well in four out of the five classes you registered for this semester, but there’s that one class you… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #87: The Lonesome Bodybuilder
Buzzed Books #87 by Drew Barth Yukiko Motoya’s The Lonesome Bodybuilder At times, there’s only so much a person can say about a collection of stories that moves them or a collection that so meshes with their own sense of what makes a strong story that it’s hard to not just post one of the… Continue reading
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Episode 352: Terry Ann Thaxton
Episode 352 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 chat with my friend Terry Ann Thaxton about poetry, parents, mortality, yard work, mud, and the underrated useful of writing prompts for professional writers. We were tired, but we laughed… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #259: The House on Sorority Row
The Curator of Schlock #259 by Jeff Shuster The House on Sorority Row Don’t throw your KFC in the swimming pool! Back in October, I partook in a special screening of The House on Sorority Row at my local Regal Cinemas. I wanted to know what it would be like to see an 80s slasher movie for… Continue reading
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Old Poem Revue #1: They Flee From Me
Old Poem Revue #1 by John King They Flee From Me Who wants to discuss old poems? I’ve decided that on Thursdays we here at TDO should try to share pre-twentieth century poems that have stuck with us. I’ll begin with this 1535 bluesy verse from a sixteenth century courtier: They Flee From Me by… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #86: The Kiss
Buzzed Books #86 by Aurora Huiza The Kiss The Kiss: Intimacies From Writers is a lovely arrangement of vignettes, short stories, essays, and poems. Each is a quick, satisfying read. They all have to do with the act of kissing. More broadly, they are about intimacy. And if bountiful, rapturous show of affection is possible,… Continue reading
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Episode 351: Elliot Ackerman!
Episode 351of 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 speak with the war veteran, journalist, and novelist Elliot Ackerman about composition and revision strategies, and the emotional access points from our own experience to the stories we tell. TEXTS DISCUSSED… Continue reading
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