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The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life

Join author John King for eclectic interviews with writers from a variety of genres, including fiction writing, poetry, memoirs, and journalism. From literature to genre writing to the movies, all writing is up for discussion. In particular, The Drunken Odyssey features discussion of all aspects of the writing process—not just the published manuscript, pristinely presented to the entire literate world, but also the scrawled notes and tortured drafts that lead writers there. In long-form

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01:23:00

571: Mark Scroggins!

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2023/04/09

On this episode, I speak with the scholar and poet Mark Scroggins about poetry that simultaneously compels and eludes the reader with its strange music, those depths of unknowing, the literary analogues to punk, reverse engineering a sense of cultural history, the problematic nature of the poetic voice, and whatnot.

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54:06

570: Kathleen Rooney!

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2023/04/01

I talk to Kathleen Rooney about finding the fun despite the end of The Great Enlightenment, the joys of mixing wit and earnestness in verse, the fun of exploring the landscapes of AWP locations despite mentally frying beneath fluorescent lights, the tactile pleasures of typewriters, and other important matters.

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01:06:45

569: Lydia Millet interviewed by David James Poissant!

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2023/03/25

Lydia Millet and David James Poissant discuss geography, birds, earnestness, the characterization of children, the structure of plot and novels, and other matters of interest.

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01:10:48

568: A Conversation about Albert Camus's "The Guest"...

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2023/03/18

Chelsea Alice gave me homework, to read "The Guest" by Albert Camus, the result of which is this existentialist episode, or something like that.

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01:03:08

567: Brook Ziporyn!

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2023/03/11

This week, Brook Ziporyn and I discuss the complexities of interpreting the Daodejing, the humor of the book, and its applications to life philosophies, politics, literature, and many other things along the way.

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59:53

566: Ciera Horton McElroy

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2023/03/04

This week, I speak with Ciera Horton McElroy about following through with long form fiction and her extraordinary debut, Atomic Family.

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01:24:37

565: A Discussion of William Gibson’s Pattern...

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2023/02/25

This week, Rachael Tillman and I discuss William Gibson's not especially science fictiony, but post-modern systems thriller, Pattern Recognition

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01:13:24

564: Patricia Smith!

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2023/02/18

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01:09:37

563: Stephanie McCarter, interviewed by Chelsea Alice!

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2023/02/11

This week, Chelsea Alice talks to Stephanie McCarter about Ovid’s self-reflection, making Ovid's humor visible to a contemporary audience, and feminism as it relates to translation.

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01:04:09

562: Mike Nagel!

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2023/02/05

This week, I speak with fiction writer Mike Nagel about comic existentialism, alcoholic literature, and the class complexities of real estate.

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01:02:07

561: Felicia Berliner and Deb Rogers, interviewed by...

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2023/01/28

This week, Samantha Nickerson talks to Felicia Berliner about her new novel, Shmutz, and the challenges of existing within multiple identities, plus Samantha Nickerson talks to Deb Rogers about her new novel, Florida Woman, group-think, cults, and lots of monkeys. Today's Guest Host TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES 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

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01:28:28

560: A Discussion of Philip Schultz's Comforts of the...

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2023/01/21

On #560, Rachael Tillman and I discuss the art of persona writing through the lens of Philip Schultz's recent book, Comforts of the Abyss.

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01:25:29

559: Laurie Rachkus Uttich!

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2023/01/14

This week I have a long overdue convo with the extraordinary poet Laurie Rachkus Uttich.

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01:01:37

558: Jennifer Worley!

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2023/01/07

This week I speak with the prose writer Jennifer Worley, the fall 2022 resident of The Kerouac Project of Orlando.

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01:03:22

557: Jason Roeder!

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2022/12/31

John speaks with his friend Jason about the creative joys of grieving and the power of earnestness and other matters of interest.

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01:14:05

556: Lynn Melnick!

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2022/12/24

The poet and memoirist Lynn Melnick talks with me about the cleverness and heart of Dolly Parton, who can serve as more than a cultural icon as we try to discover how to make our unique ways in the world.

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555: Julia Koets (interviewed by Rochelle Hurt)

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2022/12/17

Rochelle Hurt interviews Julia Koets about romantic desire and loss, the villanelle form, the layouts of poetry volumes, growing up with the policing of restrictive gender norms, how research contributes to creativity, the linguistic surprises lurking in the mundane world.

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01:07:00

554: Chrissy Kolaya!

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2022/12/03

On this week’s program, I talk to the poet and novelist Chrissy Kolaya about the creative process, psychology, and the multitudinous tensions of being an American.

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553: Interview with Robert Pinsky!

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2022/11/26

Robert Pinsky discusses his memoir Jersey Breaks, and John and Mr. Pinksy compare some psychogeographic notes, as well as bragging rights.

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01:10:44

552: A Celebration of Salman Rushdie and Miami Book...

The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About... ·

2022/11/19

On this week’s program, I talk to Chelsea Alice about Salman Rushdie’s playful parable from 2020, “The Old Man in the Piazza,” published in The New Yorker, plus I share Salman Rushdie’s 2017 event from Miami Book Fair, in which he reads from his novel, The Golden House.

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