Episode 146: A Roundtable Discussion of MFA vs. NYC

04 Saturday Apr 2015

Posted by thedrunkenodyssey in Episode, Poetry, Publishing

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A WIld Swing of the Knfie, Boris Fishman, Bury Me in My Jersey, David James Poissant, J. Bradley, Joanna Rakoff, MFA vs. NYC, My Salinger Year, Tom McAllister, Vanessa Blakeslee

Episode 146 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 host a roundtable discussion with Vanessa Blakeslee, David James Poissant, and Boris Fishman, in which we critique the essay collection, MFA vs. NYC,

Plus J. Bradley reads a selection from his new prose poem book, A Wild Swing of the Knife.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

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Buy It is a Wild Swing of the Knife here.

Patrick Hawkins (Episode 145) and his fellow Geeks of Comedy will be performing at Megacon on April 10th and 11th in Orlando. Check here for more info.

Congrats to Bookmark It on its new digs on the first floor of the East End Market.

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Episode 146 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

Episode 132: Joanna Rakoff and Tony Hoagland!

28 Sunday Dec 2014

Posted by thedrunkenodyssey in Episode, Memoir, Poetry

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Brittany McIntyre, Joanna Rakoff, My Salinger Year, Sharon Olds, Tony Hoagland, Twenty Poems That Could Save America, Twilight

Episode 132 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 interview novelist and memoirsit Joanna Rakoff,

Photo by David Ignaszewski

and then talk once again with the poet Tony Hoagland,

Photo by Ann Staveley

plus Brittany McIntyre writes bravely about how a book I never expected to learn more about changed her life.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

NOTES

Carlton Melton‘s “Country Ways” accompanied Brittany McIntyre’s essay.

In Orlando, come hear me, Kimberly Lojewski, Robert Metcalf, and Tiffany Razzano read at There Will Be Words on January 13th.

Learn more about J. Bradley’s love poem workshop at the Orlando Public Library here.

Check out the dreamy surf rock of The Bambi Molesters.

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Episode 132 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.