Poetry

August 17, 2014

Episode 113: Sarah Grieve!

Episode 113 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 Sarah Grieve, plus Rose Tran writes about what Sherman Alexie taught her about humor. TEXTS DISCUSSED _______ Episode 113 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast… Continue reading

Episode, Poetry

Elizabeth Bishop, Honey My Tongue, Palooka, Poetry, Rose Tran, Sarah Grieve, Sherman Alexie

June 1, 2014

Episode 101: Erica Dawson!

Episode 101 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 Erica Dawson, Plus Nicole Callihan reads her memoir essay, “The Week in News.” TEXTS DISCUSSED Nicole Callihan’s “The Week in News” originally appeared… Continue reading

Episode, Poetry

Big-Eyed Afraid, Dump Amazon, Erica Dawson, Nicole Callihan, Poetry, The Small Blades Hurt

January 25, 2014

Episode 82: Susan Lilley!

Episode 82 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 Susan Lilley, Plus Anthony Jacobson writes about how the books of Irvine Welsh changed his life. NOTES Quentin Tarantino vows to shelve his upcoming film… Continue reading

Episode, Poetry

Anthony Jacobson, Carlton Melton, Irvine Welsh, Jimi Hendrix, Literature of Florida, Marabou Stork Nightmares, Night Windows, Photos of Photos, Poetry, Satellite Beach, Smoke Drip, Susan Lilley, teaching, Trainspotting

November 28, 2013

Episode 74: Nikki Giovanni!

Episode 74 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 interview the legend Nikki Giovanni, plus Peter Biello writes about reading Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Peter Biello’s essay on The Road featured “Found Children” from Carlton Melton’s Pass it… Continue reading

Episode, Poetry

Carlton Melton, Chasing Utopia, cormac mccarthy, Miami Book Fair International, Nikki Giovanni, Peter Biello, Poetry, The Road

August 25, 2013

Episode 63: Tim J. Myers!

Episode 63 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 Tim J. Myers, Plus Dan Lauer explains the impact Spalding Gray’s Swimming to Cambodia had on him. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Walter Pater: “All art constantly… Continue reading

Episode, Poetry, The Bible

Dan Lauer, Poetry, Rhyme, Spalding Gray, Swimming to Cambodia, Tim J. Myers, Walt Whitman

August 6, 2013

Versify #1: Brian Turner’s Here, Bullet

Versify #1 by Monica Wendel In Brian Turner’s Here, Bullet (Alice James Books, 2005) some people don’t die, exactly; they are evaporated, or disappear as if they never existed, moving not from living to not-living but from something to nothing “as if even the idea of them were being / destroyed, stripped of form.” For this blog,… Continue reading

Poetry, Recommendation, Versify

Monica Wendel, Poetry, Recommendation, Versify

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 13, 2013

Episode 57: Functionally Literate!

Episode 57 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 a Functionally Literate event I participated in back in May with Monica Wendel and Philip Deaver. This was an accidental DO reunion, since Monica was a guest… Continue reading

Disney, Episode, Poetry

Burrow Press, Creative Writing, Disney, Fiction, John King, Literature, Poetry, Shakespeare, 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 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

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