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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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638: Jennifer Maonocherian!

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2024/09/01

On this episode, John speaks with the screenwriter and novelist Jennifer Manocherian about building characters, planning stories, and the discoveries made while drafting.

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01:08:38

637: Tiffany Midge!

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2024/08/24

On this episode, John speaks with the poet Tiffany Midge about the vibrant, often overlooked roles of humor and entertainment in poetry. They also talk about James Cameron's Aliens, popular culture as metaphor, and serial killers.

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52:21

636: Jeff Alessandrelli

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2024/08/17

On #636, John talks to Jeff Alessandrelli about his new novel, And Yet. They discusse the existentital torment of desire, the problem of overthinking the problem of overthinking, and the role of desire in literature, psychology, and history.

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01:19:56

635: Michael Wheaton!

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2024/08/10

On this week's show, John talks to his friend Michael Wheaton about how to live in think in a media-saturated American life, which is the subject of his new book, Home Movies, available through Bunny Books.

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01:17:08

634: A Discussion of Jewel's A Night Without Armor...

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

2024/08/03

On this week's episode, Rachel Tillman, Samantha Nickerson, and John King join the nocturnal jousting in a conversation about Jewel's A Night Without Armor. This is a taste of what will be coming to my Patreon content, once I launch a Patreon page for this podcast.

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01:00:05

633: Todd James Pierce!

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2024/07/27

On this week’s show John speaks with Todd James Pierce about Larry Watkin and his history with Walt Disney as a novelist, screenwriter, and producer. They explore the 1940s to the 1960s of Watkin’s career and the common themes present throughout his risky live-action Disney projects such as Darby O’Gill, Robin Hood, and Treasure Island.

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01:30:40

632: A Discussion of Nicholson Baker's The...

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

2024/07/20

In this week's episode, Rachael Tillman and I break some standards of academia as we discuss the poetry insights of Paul Chowder, the narrator of Nicholson Baker's 2009 comic novel, The Anthologist.

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52:47

Replay: Episode 2 with Charles Simic & Richard Blanco!

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2024/07/13

On this replay episode, I talk to the late Charles Simic about James Tate, Kansas surrealism, humor in poetry, and embracing the unconscious, plus I talk to Richard Blanco about the accidents that turn us into artists, the grind of editing, and the joys of finding new forms and challenges.

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01:12:28

631: Blake Sanz!

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

2024/07/07

On this week’s show John talks to Blake Sanz, author of The Boundaries of Their Dwelling, about the intertwining short stories within the book and the journeys of emotional vulnerability, writing as a grad student, and wooden planks reminiscent of Theseus.

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53:45

630: Juli Min, interviewed by Samantha Nickerson!

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2024/06/29

On this week's show, Samantha Nickerson talks to Juli Min about reverse-chronology narratives and the captivation of surprises in following characters over decades.

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629: Li-Young Lee (interviewed by Chrissy Kolaya)!

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2024/06/22

On this week’s show Chrissy Kolaya talks to Li-Young Lee about his latest collection of poems, The Invention of the Darling. Together they explore the rooms of poetry, the systems of the human imagination, and the voice of angels.

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58:25

628: Kent Wascom!

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

2024/06/15

On this week’s show, John King talks to the novelist Kent Wascom about the continuation of the Woolsack legacy in his new novel, The Great State of West Florida. We discuss the vibrantly chaos of Florida, the postmodern pulp possibilities of the western genre, and the importance of a great book cover.

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01:02:37

627: David McLoghlin!

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2024/06/08

On this week’s show, Johnj talk to the poet David McLoghlin about his newest collection of poems, Crash Centre, and history, religion, rugby, boarding school, trauma, and exiting the comforts of metaphor.

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626: Ian Patterson, interviewed by Chelsea Alice...

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

2024/06/01

Chelsea Alice interviewed Ian Patterson back on episode 589, but they had much more to talk about, so here is another round of frank, literary conversation, this time about translating Charles Fourier and Patterson's original poetry as well.

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01:04:21

625: Daniel Handler!

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2024/05/25

In this week’s show, John talks with Daniel Handler about the absurd fun of stress-testing reality, the joys of listening to Sun Ra & Prince, the efficacy of writing on ordinary writing pads, and the importance of waiting for the good stuff to come to us as writers.

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624: Ann Hood!

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2024/05/18

After discussing World War I with Michael Korda on episode 622, this week I speak with Ann Hood about her newest novel, The Stolen Child, which features a storyline about artists during World War I. During this interview, I may have defended IHOP perhaps too strenuously. Talking with Ann was, as always, charming.

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01:10:57

Replay: Episode 278 with Brittany Perham

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2024/05/11

Thanks to Brian Salmons for bumpering this replay episode.

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623: Nicholson Baker!

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

2024/05/04

In this week’s show, John talks with Nicholson Baker about the potential sorrows of writing, the drive to discover joy, and the need to explore other creative endeavors besides writing.

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622: Michael Korda!

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

2024/04/28

In this week’s show, John talks with prose writer Michael Korda about telling the historical stories of the poets of World War I.

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621: Tyler Mills!

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2024/04/20

In this week’s show, John talks with Tyler Mills about her extraordinary multimedia memoir, a poetic people’s history of America’s secretive relationship to the atomic bomb.

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