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Episode 571: Mark Scroggins!
On this episode, I speak with the scholar and poet Mark Scroggins about poetry that simultaneously compels and eludes the reader with its strange music, those depths of unknowing, the literary analogues to punk, reverse engineering a sense of cultural history, the problematic nature of the poetic voice, and whatnot. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #414: Tetris
The Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilante of downtown Orlando, and I were outside the Museum of Schlock, trying to figure out the best way inside. He figured I knew the place inside and out, but it had been over two years since I last presided over the residence as Curator. Since then I had dealt… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #218: Sitting at the Center of the Panel
How do you write about wanting to die? Is it through writing down everything happening in your life to act as a demonstration for the need? Or is it talking about it frankly? Or is it showing those feelings as various forms of the self shadowed by something giant, dark, and dreadful just at the… Continue reading
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Episode 570: Kathleen Rooney!
On this episode, I talk to Kathleen Rooney about finding the fun despite the end of The Great Enlightenment, the joys of mixing wit and earnestness in verse, the fun of exploring the landscapes of AWP locations despite mentally frying beneath fluorescent lights, the tactile pleasures of typewriters, and other important matters. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #413: Blitz
The Revenging Manta and I arrived at the Museum of schlock around half past midnight. Rock music was blasting from the inside and I could swear I made out Bachman Turner Overdrive’s “Takin’ Care of Business” over the howls of the dozens of punks on the inside. The ninja vigilante grabbed a large satchel filled… Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #217: We Used to Call it Elseworlds
With the multiverse becoming a major staple in superhero fiction over the past decade—from the various films to crossovers to Rebirths to Multiversity Guidebooks—it’s hard not to want to delve into the stranger aspects of what these archetypal characters can do. We used to see it fairly regularly from DC in the form of the… Continue reading
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Episode 569: Lydia Millet, interview by David James Poissant!
On this episode, David James Poissant interviews fiction writer Lydia Millet about geography, birds, earnestness, the characterization of children, the structure of novels, and other matters of interest. Episode 569 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if… Continue reading
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The Perfect Life #52
The Perfect Life #52 by Dr. Perfect I ran over my neighbor’s Pomeranian whilst backing out of my driveway. They’ve hired a lawyer and commenced legal proceedings even though I used every normal precaution when backing out. They are claiming that I am morally and financially responsible since the dog was asleep in their living… Continue reading
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Episode 568: A Conversation about Albert Camus’s “The Guest” with Chelsea Alice
Episode 568 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). Chelsea Alice gave me homework, to read “The Guest” by Albert Camus, the result of which is this existentialist episode, or something like that. TEXT… Continue reading
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