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Episode 310: Chelsey Clammer!
Episode 310 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, I talk to essayist Chelsey Clammer about the lyric essay, finding humor in trauma, and being honestly surprising. BOOKS DISCUSSED Episode 310 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #222: 13 Cameras
The Curator of Schlock #222 by Jeff Shuster 13 Cameras This is a gross one, folks. No Friday the 13th movies this Friday the 13th. I thought about going with the 2009 remake, but 2009 isn’t 2010 and I am committed to digging for schlock from this decade no matter what the cost. We could have had another Friday… Continue reading
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Episode 309: David McLoghlin!
Episode 309 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, I talk to the poet David McLoghlin about the pains and joys of being a third culture kid, the aesthetic fun of the poetic sketch, the importance of travel and… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #221: The Foreigner
The Curator of Schlock #221 by Jeff Shuster The Foreigner The 90s Aren’t Coming Back To say that much of my film going experience in the 90s revolved around the action titans of Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan would be understatement. I grew jaded over the slow decline of Stallone and Schwarzenegger movies, but the… Continue reading
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Lost Chords & Serenades Divine #7: Angles 9: Disappeared Behind the Sun
Lost Chords and Serenades Divine #7 by Stephen McClurg Angles 9: Disappeared Behind the Sun (2017) If someone has been escaping reality, I don’t expect him to dig my music, and I would begin to worry about my writing if such a person began to really like it. My music is alive and it’s about… Continue reading
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21st Century Brontë #33: The Money Problem, Part 3
21st Century Brontë #33 by Brontë Bettencourt The Money Problem, Part 3 In 2017 I worked three separate jobs. I wondered why I chose Creative Writing as my major. I told myself, “Misery is excellent writing-fodder. Pay attention and learn.” In a previous post I talked about leaving the security of a corporate job since… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #60: Gregory Orr’s A Primer for Poets & Readers of Poetry
Buzzed Books #60 by Amy Watkins Gregory Orr’s A Primer for Poets & Readers of Poetry Why do we write poetry? As an experienced poet, I’m supposed to have an eloquent, compelling answer to this question. I’m supposed to acknowledge that the reasons for writing poetry are various and all valid. I’m supposed to quote… Continue reading
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Episode 308: Get Shreked!
Episode 308 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, the format is quite different. Episode 308 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. Continue reading
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Episode 307: Brian Turner!
Episode 307 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, I talk to poet, memoirist, and editor Brian Turner about how to build a strong anthology, how working in other media helps our writing, and working with our instincts in… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #220: The Snowman
The Curator of Schlock #220 by Jeff Shuster The Snowman From Norway with Fassbender. I did a snowy movie last week. I’ll do another one this week. It’s snowing, right? Isn’t it still a record winter? It’s not spring yet! Oh. Passover begins today. Easter is this Sunday. Whatever. It’s winter somewhere in the world. In… Continue reading
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