• Episode 523: Aaron Angello!

    Episode 523 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 talk to Aaron Angello about his new book, The Fact of Memory: 114 Ruminations and Fabrications, the creative benefits of daily ritual, writing (cough) early in the morning,… Continue reading

  • The Curator of Schlock #381: The Driver

    The Curator of Schlock #381 by Jeff Shuster The Driver Not to be confused with Drive.  I had come home or so I thought. I was prepared to get my life back to normal after my misadventures across North America, ready to resume my role as curator of The Museum of Schlock, but everything had… Continue reading

  • Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #174: Reaping Benefits

    Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #174 by Drew Barth Reaping Benefits As anyone who is a fan of the classic The Mummy (1999) film or its subsequent roller coaster can attest, death is only the beginning. Every myth and religion and folklore has something to say about death and the loneliness that can… Continue reading

  • The Perfect Life #40: Allergic to Love

    The Perfect Life #40 by Dr. Perfect  Allergic to Love Hey, doc! I am a millennial with an avocado allergy. Is natural selection going to use this social defect to end my bloodline? Literally no asshole will brunch with me, sooooo I’ll probably never get married. It’s not fair. Cheers, Forever Alone —————————- Dear Forever… Continue reading

  • Episode 522: Ann Hood!

    Episode 522 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 talk to Ann Hood about the challenges of writing nonfiction, the intertwining of feminism and women’s rights and the history of aviation before and after deregulation, the value… Continue reading

  • The Curator of Schlock #380: The Man in the Iron Mask

    The Curator of Schlock #380 by Jeff Shuster The Man in the Iron Mask All for one and none for me, thank you! My Canadian Odyssey had come to an end. I helped save dozens of rabid marsupials from getting slaughtered and gave a tearful goodbye to Edwige, my kangaroo companion of the last year.… Continue reading

  • Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #173: Lingering

    Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #173 by Drew Barth Lingering A long while ago, I wrote about the first issue of Friday by Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martín, and Muntsa Vicente. It was one of the best examples of the post-YA genre at the time of publication and another piece of Panel Syndicate’s ever-growing… Continue reading

  • The Perfect Life #39: When Diets Won’t Die

    The Perfect Life #39 by Dr. Perfect When Diets Won’t Die Dr. Perfect, My friend has been trying to do Keto for a year. It’s all she ever talks about. How do I politely tell her that I truly, profoundly don’t give a shit? Yours truly, A victim ————————- Dear victim, Like most frivolous endeavors,… Continue reading

  • Episode 521: Nita Noveno!

    Episode 521 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). In this week’s show, I speak with the creative nonfiction writer Nita Noveno about the Peace Corps, having a writing community, the Kerouac House,… Continue reading

  • The Curator of Schlock #379: Memories

    The Curator of Schlock #379 by Jeff Shuster Memories Three movies in one. I was in tears when Larry, a secret agent of the Canadian government, informed me that Edwige, my kangaroo companion, would have to be transported to a kangaroo sanctuary somewhere in Gibraltar. I was allowed to ride in a truck with her… Continue reading

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