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Episode 240: Irvine Welsh!

31 Saturday Dec 2016

Posted by thedrunkenodyssey in Craft of Fiction Writing, Episode

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A Decent Ride, Aleksander Hemon, Dublin, Edinburgh, Irvine Welsh, James Joyce, The City as Character, The Making of Zombie Wars, Trainspotting, Ulysses

Episode 240 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 fiction writer Irvine Welsh about his latest novel, A Decent Ride, Edinburgh as a character, the influence of climate and populace on characterization, and the way to balance outrageous plot twists with earnestness, too.

TDO Irvine Welsh

Here I am with Irvine Welsh back in 2012.

I also share him reading from A Decent Ride, along with Aleksander Hemon reading from The Making of Zombie Wars.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

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trainspotting

Ulyssesthe-making-of-zombie-wars

NOTES

Thanks to Pressure Wave (Jared Silvia) for his song “Two Thousand Six.”

jared-silvia


Episode 240 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

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Episode 82: Susan Lilley!

25 Saturday Jan 2014

Posted by thedrunkenodyssey in Episode, Poetry

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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

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,

Susan Lilley

Plus Anthony Jacobson writes about how the books of Irvine Welsh changed his life.

Anthony Jacobson

Irvine Welsh is on the left, Tony on the right.

NOTES

Quentin Tarantino vows to shelve his upcoming film project, The Hateful Eight, after the screenplay’s first draft was leaked (according to Deadline).

The Florida Writers’ Conference goes from February 13th-15th, ending with the Florida premiere of Terry Giliam’s new film, written by Pat Rushin, The Zero Theorem. Click here to learn how to register for the conference.

zero theorem

Carlton Melton‘s “Smoke Drip,” from their album Photos of Photos, accompanied Anthony Jacobson’s “Hang-Up at the Gorgie Venture Hostel for Exceptional Young Men.”

Photos Of Photos

TEXTS DISCUSSED

Satellite Beach

Night Windows

Trainspotting

Maribou Stork Nightmares

Episode 82 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

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