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Episode 610: Rebecca Renner & Major Jackson
On today’s show, John King chats with journalist Rebecca Renner and poet Major Jackson at Miami Book Fair. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small commission on anything you purchase at no… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #58: Heat Death and Feral Architecture
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A warning and a… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #254: Nightshade and Elderberry Cake
Have I talked about John Allison recently? No? Then it’s time once again to bring up his writing over the past decade. From webcomics to series long and short, his are the comics I can always count on to find some measure of joy in despite anything else happening in the world. And it’s his, Max… Continue reading
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Episode 609: Meg Cabot & Kelle Groom!
On today’s show, Samantha Nickerson talks to novelist Meg Cabot and memoirist Kelle Groom! TEXTS DICSUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small commission on anything you purchase at no additional cost to yourself.… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #444: Visiting Hours
I’ve been warned by my attorney not to mention what happened to a punk resembling Waldo from Where’s Waldo?. I’m not supposed to mention that in a fit of rage at the destruction of the Museum of Schlock’s statue of Carl Weathers that I sicced Edwige, my steadfast kangaroo companion, on him. I’m not supposed to mention… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia #57: The Widow’s Wall, The Widower’s Wind
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #253: Twice Told Duck Tales
Everyone loves a good duck, be it the rubber one in your bathtub or the one you would hunt on your NES or the private detective in Duckman. All of these ducks pale in comparison to Howard. Created in the early 70s by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik, Howard the Duck has been an odd… Continue reading
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101 Horror Movie Nights
with your host, Kount Dmetri Kakmi. I love horror movies. I have been a fan since I saw Night of the Living Dead when I was nine years old. The love affair was solidified in my teens when I fell in lust with The Creature from the Black Lagoon. He’s hot in his tight rubber suit, no?… Continue reading
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Episode 608: Maggie Smith and Michael Cunningham!
On today’s show, John talks to the poet and memoirist Maggie Smith about the complexities of trying to merge reality with narrative structure, and discusses the same, in different ways, with the novelist Michael Cunningham! These conversations were conducted at Miami Book Fair. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #443: The Car
Edwige, my steadfast kangaroo companion, and I were interrogating a punk resembling Waldo from Where’s Waldo?. I slapped him until he confessed the whereabouts of the Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilante of downtown Orlando. “Okay—okay,” he said, spitting up blood. “They’re holding him in The Beyond exhibit.” “One more thing,” I said, Edwige and I giving him a… Continue reading
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The Drunken Odyssey is a forum to discuss all aspects of the writing process, in a variety of genres, in order to foster a greater community among writers.
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