• Episode 544: Ryan Rivas!

    Episode 544 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). __________ This week, I speak with my friend and colleague Ryan Rivas about his new experimental memoir, Nextdoor in Colonialtown. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners… Continue reading

  • Episode 543: Q&A Time!

    Episode 543 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). __________ This week, my colleagues Christopher Odom, Bethany Duvall, Jared Silvia, and I sling writing advice from Full Sail University’s Fifth Annual Creative Writing Conference.… Continue reading

  • Episode 542: Azar Nafisi!

    Episode 542 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). __________ This week, I talk with memoirist and literary scholar Azar Nafisi about authoritarianism in Iran and America, and the role literature plays in freedom.… Continue reading

  • The Curator of Schlock #397: Eight Legged Freaks

    The Curator of Schlock #397 by Jeff Shuster Eight Legged Freaks Giant spider movie.  “You want the pills, I need the dough,” the drug-pusher-disguised-as-a-pizza-delivery-guy said. I saw the name Gary engraved on his jacket.  “Okay, Gary. Just give me a few minutes,” I said, trying to stall for time until the crazed vigilante ninja, The… Continue reading

  • Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #192: Undisputed Classics

    Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #192 by Drew Barth Undisputed Classics Comics as a medium is old. The stories we tell about those older comics could likely fill up more pages than exist in comics. And even more pages could be filled by the comics that never existed but were talked about by… Continue reading

  • Episode 541: Marie Myung-Ok Lee!

    Episode 541 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). __________ This week, Samantha Nickerson speaks with novelist Marie Myung-Ok Lee about the musicality of novel-writing, and discovering the shape a novel requires despite one’s… Continue reading

  • The Curator of Schlock #396: Moonfall

    The Curator of Schlock #396 by Jeff Shuster Moonfall This movie is a disaster. I mean this is a disaster movie.  I was waiting at a bowling alley after dark. I was disguised as the owner, waiting for a fentanyl delivery. I heard a knock at the back and opened it to see a pizza… Continue reading

  • Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #191: Dogged Legends

    Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #191 by Drew Barth Dogged Legends Cú Chulainn is one of the most well-known Irish hero myths with his image making many appearances throughout the country as a symbol of Irish independence and solidarity. And while he has appeared in various comics in the past, both from Marvel… Continue reading

  • The Perfect Life #48: Zooming Towards a Breakdown

    The Perfect Life #48 by Dr. Perfect Dear Dr. Perfect, I don’t know how much longer I can remain employable due to the existential terrors of work meetings.  There I am in a zoom meeting, not doing the work that is stressing me out, me stressing out about waiting to stress out about the stress… Continue reading

  • Episode 540: Mark Braude!

    Episode 540 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). __________ This week, I talk with historian and biographer Mark Braude about artist, model, and cabaret singer Kiki Man Ray and the art life in… Continue reading

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