Craft of Writing

August 17, 2013

Episode 62: Mailbag Episode 2 (Electric Boogaloo)

Episode 62 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant, Plus Jared Silvia reads his amazing new essay, “City of Ghosts.” TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES • Think about… Continue reading

Blog Post, David James Poissant, Drinking, Episode

Christopher Bolton, Craft of Writing, Creative Writing, David James Poissant, Jared Silvia, Pussy Riot, The Gallery at Avalon Island, Writing Podcast

August 6, 2013

Buzzed Books #1: Mastering the Dinner Party, Dialogue, and First Person Narrators

Buzzed Books #1 by Alise Hamilton Mastering the Dinner Party, Dialogue, and First Person Narrators Recommendation: Bobcat And Other Stories by Rebecca Lee Bobcat is a collection of seven short stories so rich and expansive they leave the reader walks away feeling she has read seven novels. Rebecca Lee manages to fit an amazing scope in… Continue reading

Buzzed Books, Craft of Fiction Writing, Drinking, Recommendation

Alise Hamilton, Craft of Writing, Creative Writing, Literature

August 3, 2013

Episode 60: Gilbert King!

Episode 60 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. This week, I interview the Pulitzer Prize-winning non-fiction writer Gilbert King, Plus Monty Joynes discusses coming across Talks and Dialogues by J. Krishnamurti TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES On Tuesday, August 13th, at Urban ReThink in downtown… Continue reading

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Craft of Writing, Creative Writing, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Gilbert King, History, Literature, Nonfiction, Pulitzer Prize, Spirituality, Writing Podcast

July 28, 2013

Episode 59: Alissa Nutting!

Episode 59 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Alissa Nutting, Plus Graham Liddell talks about reading What is the What. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Margaret Atwood has penned a libretto about the life… Continue reading

Episode, Literature of Florida

Alissa Nutting, Craft of Writing, Creative Writing, Erotic literature, Fiction, Literature, Short stories, Writing Podcast

July 22, 2013

Episode 58: Philip Raisor!

Episode 58 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I talk to the poet Philip Raisor, Plus Melissa Crandall brings us some Xmas in July! TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES J.K. Rowling is Robert Galbraith, the author of The Cuckoo’s Calling.… Continue reading

Episode, James Joyce, Memoir, Poetry, Sports

Craft of Writing, Creative Writing, Literature, Memoir, Poetry, Writing Podcast

July 4, 2013

Episode 56: Chuck Klosterman!

Episode 56 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I talk to the essayist and novelist Chuck Klosterman, Plus John McCaffrey discusses Leo Durocher’s Nice Guys Finish Last. BOOKS DISCUSSED NOTES On July 9th, Mattew Peters will read prose… Continue reading

Craft of Fiction Writing, Episode, Memoir, Music, Postmodernism, Sports

Chuck Klosterman, Cinema, Craft of Writing, Creative Writing, David Foster Wallace, John King, Literature, Postmodernism, Sports, stephen king, Writing Podcast

June 22, 2013

Episode 54: Bloomsday in Orlando!

Episode 54 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I share the live Bloomsday event! NOTES See our kickstarter campaign to travel to Weeki Wachee Springs to interview Lu Vickers about Florida literature and the world famous Weeki… Continue reading

Bloomsday, Episode

Bloomsday, Cinema, Craft of Writing, Creative Writing, Fiction, James Joyce, Literature, Shakespeare, Ulysses, Writing Podcast

June 15, 2013

Episode 53: Cheryl Strayed!

Episode 53 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I talk to Cheryl Strayed, Plus I share the piece that first made me read Cheryl Strayed’s work, Deborah Weaver’s essay about Wild. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Pages from… Continue reading

Cheryl Strayed, Craft of Fiction Writing, Episode, Memoir, Poetry

Cheryl Strayed, Craft of Writing, Creative Writing, Memoir, Poetry, Writing Podcast

June 8, 2013

Episode 52: Nathan Holic!

Episode 52 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I talk once again to Nathan Holic, who first appeared on this show all the way back on episode 1, Plus Drew Perlmutter discusses the Cannes Film Festival, Plus Nicholas… Continue reading

Drinking, Episode

Craft of Writing, Creative Writing, Fiction, John King, Literature, Writing Podcast

June 2, 2013

Episode 51: Mailbag Episode 1, with David James Poissant

Episode 51 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant, Plus Cathy Day Addresses The Man Who Called Her On the Phone Asking for Advice About How to Get Published. Notes… Continue reading

Craft of Fiction Writing, David James Poissant, Episode, Poetry

Craft of Writing, Creative Writing, Fiction, Poetry, Writing Podcast