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

In this week's show, I talk to my friend David James Poissant about novel-writing, sex scenes, The X-Men, graphic art, focus, and many other things. 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...

In this week's show, I talk to my friend, the philosopher Bruce Janz, about how to calm our monkey brains in the time of the pandemic, and what the pandemic can teach us about life before  the pandemic. 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 accoun...

  In this week's show, I talk to my friend, the historian Scott Hoffman, about the evolution of Purdue's Outfest, Chicago Pride, Austin Pride, Queerbomb, Orlando pride, respectability politics, and other matters of interest.

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 .

Photo by David Whitaker. In this week's show, I talk to novelist Ronan Ryan about the dramatic uses of gallows humor, how loss teaches us about our priorities, how elusive reality is, and how to match style to story.

This week, my intern, Alexander Pate, and I discuss the Salisbury, NC protests that he has participated in, and discuss this point in history. Heavy activity around a confederate statue with an angel.[/caption]

Episode 422 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, Michael Merriam and I discuss the 2010 cult film,  Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, and in this conversation we address the classic structure of film; the importance of...

This week I talk with Disney historian Didier Ghez about the joys of research and forging one's own path as a historian.

This week I talk with comedian, actor, sourdough aficionado, and essay writer, Tom Papa! TEXTS DISCUSSED  

  On this week's show, I speak with Mike Onorato , Vice President of Publicity at Smith Publicity , about how publicity works behind the scenes for writers, and how COVID-19 is affecting the books business.

  Vanessa Blakeslee and I discuss the classic of comparative mythology, Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces. While this is a work of scholarship not directly intended for creative writers, its lessons are of immense value to anyone writing adventure, fantasy, or science fiction. We reference Star Wars, The Matrix, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, The Bible, and Pinocchio, among other work...

This week I talk with the novelist Jason Z. Morris about structuring a novel, learning the confidence to write a novel, how the peer review process in science helps in receiving creative writing criticism, and the fun, diverse conversations to be had at the faculty cafeteria at Fordham at Lincoln Center.

This week I talk with the poet Kimiko Hahn about the mysteriousness of objects, the mourning involved in memory, the strange penchant of Dr. Chevalier Quixote Jackson, and discovering the scheme of a book of poetry.

This week I talk with poet Emily Brandt about her new book Falsehood by After Hours Press . We delve into her personal connection with the poems and her growth from taking a poetry class as a one-off to her experience in NYU's MFA program to published poet . We also discuss the effect her students have had on her writing and her life, which range from high school students to veterans of the wars o...

In this week's episode, I talk with creative writer and Disney historian Todd James Pierce about the new Disney's Hollywood Studios attraction that let's guests cross into the screen of a cartoon experience. TEXTS DISCUSSED

In this bonus, mid-week episode of The Drunken Odyssey, the game-writing expert Michael Merriam and I read and discuss Escape from Fire Island , a lost classic from the 1990s. Somehow, we touch upon Dragon's Lair , The Canterbury Tales , Hamlet  (naturally),  He-Man and The Masters of the Universe , and The Hero with a Thousand Faces . TEXTS DISCUSSED  

This week, my occasional co-host, Vanessa Blakeslee, and I discuss Douglas Glover's latest collection, The Erotics of Restraint: Essays on Literary Form. We explore his insights on time and plot construction, as seen the works of Alice Munro, Jane Austen, Ernest Hemingway, and others.

This week I sit down with novelist and memoirist Paul Lisicky to discuss his new memoir,  Later: My Life at The Edge of The World . We dive into the process of memory in writing memoir, the ways of poetically complicating how time works in narrative, and the influences that let him know what was possible to be at home in memoir. We also discuss his formative experiences living in Provincetown in t...

This week, I speak to actor, show writer, and memoirist Ron Schneider about the show business life, theme park creativity, and learning to master new creative challenges. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES This episode is sponsored by the excellent people at Scribophile.

This week, I speak to fiction writer Shane Hinton about his poetic, spooky apocalyptic novel, Radio Dark.

Episode 408 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, my occasional co-host, Vanessa Blakeslee, and I discuss Paul Fussell's entertaining treatise, Class: A Guide Through the American Status System . While this is cle...

This week, I talk to my friend and colleague Nathan Holic about his new novel that is a true epic of our hometown (Orlando), Bright Lights, Medium-Sized City . Nathan Holic at an undisclosed location in Orlando, without a beer. This is Nathan's 8th appearance on TDO!  

This week, I talk to my friend and colleague Amy Watkins about becoming more systematic about submitting work, and about conceiving of book-length projects of poetry. 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 the discount.

This week, I talk to my friend Corwin Moore, who is a comic and comedy writer. Our proposed topic of discussion was the greatness of Richard Pryor, which we cover at length in a conversation that took many turns. 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 ba...

This week, I talk to my friend, and Orlando's poet laureate, Susan Lilley! TEXT DISCUSSED