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The Curator of Schlock #424: The Children of the Corn

The punk in the blue bandana tugged on the leash of the dude clad in stitched leather. “We call him Terror,” the dude said “He likes fresh meat.” Terror grimaced at me with razor sharp chompers. The punk in the blue bandana then pulled out a hunting knife, and sliced my left forearm bloody. Terror Continue reading
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Episode 337: A Roundtable Discussion of Stephen King’s Danse Macabre!
Episode 337 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 am joined by Dale Lucas, Tom Lucas, and Elise McKenna for a deep dive into Stephen King’s 1981 treatise on the horror genre, Danse Macabre. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Check out Don Continue reading
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The Lists #24: Some of the Worst Adverbs in the English Language
The Lists #24 by John King et. al. Some of the Worst Adverbs in the English Language In On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Stephen King (no relation) warns that “the road to Hell is paved with adverbs” (118), based on the idea that a more precise verb, or the more careful context of Continue reading
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Episode 147: Scott Bailey!
Episode 147 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 the poet Scott Bailey, whose work is newly banned in South Korea… plus Chad W. Lutz writes about Stephen King’s novella “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.” TEXTS Continue reading
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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
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Episode 42: Stephen Elliott, Isaac Fitzgerald, & The Rumpus!
Episode 42 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. This week, I talk to Stephen Elliott and Isaac Fitzgerald of plus Astrid Cook writes about Stephen King’s The Stand. Texts Discussed Isaac Fitzgerald’s Why I Agreed to be a Bend-over Boyfriend. Notes Continue reading
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Episode 37: Steve Davenport!
Episode 37 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I talk to the poet Steve Davenport, Joe Conley plums Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God, Plus I answer some mail… Texts Discussed: Notes: Orlando Shakespeare Theatre presents Othello, now through March Continue reading
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