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

n this week's show, journalist & poet Tyler Gillespie & I discuss long-form journalism and the epic wildness and weirdness of Florida. Photo by Elizabeth Lynch.[/caption] TEXTS DISCUSSED Read Brandon Wolfe's essay about Pulse. Read John King's essay about Walt Disney World's tragic alligator incident. Learn about how Florida's governor will protect freedom at Florida universities by policing thoug...

In this week's show, Jeff Shuster (our glorious Curator of Schlock) kick off summer by discussing two vintage summer camp films released in a two year span, Ivan Reitman's  Meatballs (1979) and Tony Maylam's  The Burning (1981).

In this week's show, literary scholar Anahid Nersessian & I discuss John Keats, the potential for personal observations in academic work, the sexual politics of art, theme parks, and academic institutions, the dialectic of the indeterminacy & the permanence of art, & the scope of Keats's personae.

In this week's show, I talk to the novelist Kathleen Rooney about finding the spark to begin stories, the shape for long-form narratives, and the whimsy to make discoveries along the way.

In this week's show, I talk to Nat Segaloff and Thomas Warming about writing for and about Hollywood.

In this week's show, I bring music blogger Stephen McClurg aboard as we talk about one of the most transformative, dramatic, atmospheric, strange, American pastoral phantasmagorical musical albums of all time, Tom Waits's Swordfishtrombones (1983).

In this week's show, I talk to the spring 2021 resident of The Kerouac Project of Orlando, playwright Spencer Huffman.  

In this week's show, Leslie Salas and I discuss Kurt Vonnegut' and Suzanne McConnell's compendious Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style .

NOTES This episode is sponsored by the excellent people at Scribophile. 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. Check out my literary adventure novel,  Guy Psycho and the Ziggurat of Shame .

In this week's show, I speak with the actor Geoffrey Kent about Shakespeare in performance, how actors make the texts come alive, the modern English translation of Shakespeare plays, the agony of having to cut Shakespeare's texts down, the scenes that are rehearsal-eaters, -linging steel, how action sequences by themselves tell stories, and other important matters.

In this week's show, I speak with the poet and translator Alfred Corn about Rainer Maria Rilke's sublime Duino Elegies.

In this week's show, I speak with Ciara Shuttleworth about poetry, telling factions , limerence, running with the Muses, being open to delight, and the importance of daydreaming.

In this week's show, I speak with Maxim Loskutoff about Montana and the messy importance of setting, the fecund symbolism of reality, and attending NYU's creative writing program.

In this week's show, I speak with Samantha Hart about her wonderful debut memoir,  Blind Pony, Plus I speak with Scott Cunningham about the monthlong poetry festival, O, Miami . Photo by Alexander Ruiz.[/caption]

In this week's show, Leslie Salas and I discuss Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Half and  Solutions and Other Problems .

In this week's episode, theater scholar Raphael Cormack and I discuss the allure of Arabian music, the revolutionary times in Egypt between the world wars, and the women who dominated Cairo's entertainment scene in the 1920s and 30s.

In this week's episode, I speak with Isaac Fitzgerald and Brigette Barrager and Leigh Hobbs about children's books.

In this week's episode, fiction writer Gwen Mullins and I discuss many, many things from the front of the Kerouac Project of Orlando's porch.

Nicklaus Rupert and I discuss the PhD in Creative Writing, the creative and professional benefits of working for a literary magazine, how working in a cinema house can turn one into a storytelling curmudgeon, and the responsibilities of using the trope of Floridian tackiness.  

In this week's show, Leslie Salas and I discuss Lynda Barry's composition book-inspired musings on art,  Syllabus, and how not just craft, but creativity itself is a skill. TEXT DISCUSSED

Episode 457 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). In this week's show, Ryan Rivas talk about small press publishing, book design, and the value of MFA programs. Ryan Rivas by Jared Alan Smith.

In this week's show, Janna Benge and I talk to Lily Brooks-Dalton about the experience of having her novel adapted into a prominent Netflix flick, how to enjoy letting a story take a new life with another creator, what the running time of a film means for a film's meaning, what film adaptations can teach a novel writer, and what film and television writing can do for a writer's creative momentum.

In this week's show, I talk to the novelist Elif Shafak about the importance of the structure of literary novels, the sublime oddity of the mind, how politics deepen literature (so long as politics don't drive literature), how research itself generates creativity, and how inclusive literature is the richest literature. TEXT DISCUSSED https://youtu.be/KCr8s57hdzY NOTES TDO Listeners can get 20% of...

This week, I talk to the novelist and graphic novel writer Sarah Kuhn about writing about Cassandra Cain for a YA audience, the demographics of fandom, the fun of the depth of the character pool of DC Comics, and collaborating with an amazing artist.