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Tag Archives: Vladimir Nabokov

Episode 535: A Discussion of Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran, with Rachael Tillman!

06 Saturday Aug 2022

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Azar Nafisi, Daisy Miller, F. Scott Fitgerald, Henry James, Jane Austen, Lolita, Pride and Prejudice, Reading Lolita in Tehran, The Great Gatsby, Vladimir Nabokov

Episode 535 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing).

This week, Rachael Tillman and I discuss Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran, a long overdue read for both of us.

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Scribophile, the online writing group for serious writers

TDO listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After using the above link to register for a basic account, go here while still logged in to upgrade the account with the discount.

On Saturday, August 13th at 7:30 PM, Rachel Kolman’s farewell reading will take place at the Kerouac Project of Orlando.

Closer to the end of the month, the Orange County Library in downtown Orlando will be holding a literary expo.

 


Episode 535 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing).

Episode 260: Jaroslav Kalfař!

13 Saturday May 2017

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Darin Strauss, Jaroslav Kalfař, Jonathan Saffron Foer, New York University, Spaceman of Bohemia, University of Central Florida, Vladimir Nabokov

Episode 260 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

260 shows equals a fifth anniversary, I’ve decided, so it was a pleasure to talk to someone who was here at the very beginning. Jaroslav Kalfař was my occasional co-host to talk about craft books, during those last days of his being an undergraduate at the University of Central Florida. Five years, one MFA, and one novel later, Jaroslav is an international literary phenomenon. We try to catch up and manage to talk about writing along the way,

Jaroslav Kalfar

plus Heleen Sikorski reads her poem “Autoerotic Alliteration.”

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Spaceman of Bohemia


Episode 260 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

Episode 107: Boris Fishman!

05 Saturday Jul 2014

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A Replacement Life, Boris Fishman, Lisa Korthals, Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov, Writing Podcast

Episode 107 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 Boris Fishman,

Photo by Rob Liguori

Photo by Rob Liguori

Plus Lisa Korthals shares her essay about reading Lolita as a child.

Lisa Korthals

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A Replacement Life

Lolita


Episode 107 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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