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Episode 481: Catherine Raven!
Episode 481 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). On this episode, I talk to biologist Catherine Raven about her wonderful new memoir, Fox & I: An Uncommon Friendship. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO Listeners… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #362: The Zero Boys
The Curator of Schlock #362 The Zero Boys From zeroes to heroes in no time flat. Edwige and I have been exploring this abandoned mall somewhere on the outskirts of Pittsburgh. There was once a Spencer’s Gifts in this mall. Do any of you remember Spencer’s Gifts? I bought my first whoopee cushion at Spencer’s… Continue reading
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The Perfect Life #20: Maintaining Privacy in Our Thing
The Perfect Life #20 Maintaining Privacy in Our Thing Dear Dr. Perfect, My granddaughter, who works for me in my business, has sanctimoniously informed me that she (as a millennial) greatly prefers to communicate by text rather than telephone calls, which she deems intrusive, and that her feelings need to be considered by the entire… Continue reading
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Episode 480: Tanya Grae!
Episode 480 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). On this episode, I talk to the poet Tanya Grae about finding surprises in poetry, losing one’s hearing at the Hollywood Sportatorium, the solitude of… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #361: We Are the Flesh
The Curator of Schlock #361 by Jeff Shuster We Are the Flesh We are not amused. Edwige and I have looked for a place to hide. We’re outlaws now. I found an abandoned mall on the outskirts of Pittsburg. I’m thinking starting a campfire where the water fountain used to be. I’m going to roast… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #94: Nana Nketwi’s Walking on Cowrie Shells
Buzzed Books #94 by Jan Elizabeth Watson Walking on Cowrie Shells by Nana Nketwi As any writer knows, the quality of voice is sometimes elusive. It is something that you either have and can develop further or do not have until you begin to locate it within yourself. Nana Nkweta’s debut collection, Walking on Cowrie Shells (Graywolf Press),… Continue reading
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The Perfect Life #19: Breaking up with Friends During a Crack Up
The Perfect Life #19 Breaking up with Friends During a Crack Up Dear Dr. Perfect, I have a morose friend who overshares his grief and constantly texts me and leaves me feeling like a harried tourist in my own life. Is it okay to break up with him, as if he was a lover in… Continue reading
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Episode 479: A Discussion of The Departed, with Will Dowd!
Episode 479 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). On this episode, I talk to writer Will Dowd about Martin Scorcese’s 2006 film, The Departed. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO Listeners can get 20% of… Continue reading
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