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

I n this week's episode, I talk to animator Barry Temple about his extraordinary professional experience in show business. We cover career highlights like The Mouse and His Child , Ralph Bakshi's animated version of  The Lord of the Rings , and the arc of Disney animation in the 1980s (from Don Bluth's defection to the renaissance of Disney filmmaking). We discuss the role that perseverance and ad...

I n this week's episode, I talk to Gary Evans, Brian Crum, and Adam Watson of The Intoxicators about writing music, working collaboratively, fast tempos, and staying fired up! ALBUMS

In this week's episode, I talk with the poet Ephraim Scott Sommers. TEXTS DISCUSSED

Episode 219 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on  iTunes , or right click  here  to download. I n this week's episode, I share a recording of Loose Lips, the monthly current events literary thing hosted by the inestimable Tod Caviness, with special guests Josh Dull, Racquel Henry, Darlyn Finch Kuhn, and me.

In this week's episode, I talk with the poet  Ashley Inguanta , plus  Daniela Chamorro  writes about how Sandra Cisneros's  The House on Mango Street  changed her life.

I n this week's episode, I talk with  Vanessa Blakeslee  about E. L. Doctorow's  Creationists . NOTES I'll be appearing at  Lil Indies, in  Loose Lips  on March 7, the Henao Contemporary Center, in  the Second Saturday reading series  ($5 cover), on March 11 th , a new Modular Collective Art show on March 23rd, and at the Gallery at Avalon Island in  Litlando on March 25 th .

This week's episode is an eclectic mix of poetry, fiction, and an interview on the subject of the American  presidency. This show features Jennifer Berne, Shawn McKee, Karen Best, Christopher Booth, Jeremy DaCruz, & Lauren Camp. NOTES On  Monday, February 27  at 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, at Bookmark It in The Lovely, Vanessa Blakeslee will lead a discussion of Sinclair Lewis's It Can't Happen Here. Save

This week features our 5th annual Erotic Poetry Night, featuring... Naomi Butterfield Ephraim Scott Sommers Diane Turgeon Richardson Wilson Santos Stephanie Rizzo Brian Downes Rachel Kolman Lisa Roney Madison Strake Bernath & your host, John King.

I n this week's episode, I talk to the novelist and memoirist Tom McAllister about structuring long-form fiction, the mystery of love, the addictive horrors of football, and other important matters.   NOTES Follow Bookmark It on  Facebook to learn more about Brave New Book Club, which is led  by Vanessa Blakeslee. Save

In this week's episode, I talk to the novelist and memoirist Lily Brooks-Dalton. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES According to  Buzzfeed , Roxanne Gay has pulled her forthcoming book,  How to Be Heard , from Simon and Shuster.

I n this week's episode, I talk to the poet Joy Harjo, the poet and fiction and creative nonfiction writer Kim Addonizio, and the memoirist Paul Lisicky.   NOTES On Sunday, February 5th,  The Drunken Odyssey  will be hosting its annual erotic poetry night at  Vinyl Arts Bar in Orlando, Florida . 7 PM.

I n this week's episode, I talk to fiction writer Ann Hood, and the graphic novelist Art Spiegelman. TEXTS DISCUSSED Book That Matters Most" target="_blank"> An Italian Wife" target="_blank"> Si Lewens Parade An Artists Odyssey" target="_blank"> Complete Maus"> NOTES Monica Crowley, Donald Trump's choice for senior director of communications for the National Security Council, is a plagiarist .  On...

In this week's episode, I talk with  Vanessa Blakeslee  about Jennie Jarvis's  Crafting the Character Arc: A Practical Guide to Character Creation and Development. Plus Scott Hoffman reads his essay, "I read  Ethan Frome  every January." TEXTS DISCUSSED Crafting the Character ARC"> Ethan Frome" target="_blank">

I n this week's episode, I talk to fiction writer, Irvine Welsh, and share his reading from his new novel, A Decent Ride, at Miami Book Fair. Aleksander Hemon also read from his novel, The Making of Zombie Wars. Here I am with Irvine Welsh back in 2012. TEXTS DISCUSSED Decent Ride" target="_blank"> Trainspotting" target="_blank"> Ulysses Complete & Unabridged As Corrected & Reset in 1961" target="...

I n this week's episode, I talk to the poets Rita Dove and Robert Pinsky, and share the reading they gave together at Miami Book Fair International.   TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Listen to my previous interview with Robert Pinsky here .

I n this week's episode, I talk to the essayist Sarah Sweeney about her debut collection,  Tell Me If You're Lying , the impediments and the value the academy can be to writing, and the essential relevance of poetry to the prose arts. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Read Sarah Sweeney's essay about catfishing musicians here .

I n this week's episode, I talk to fiction writer Glendaliz Camacho near the end of her residency at the Kerouac House in Orlando. Photo by Linda Nieves-Powell   NOTES Check out Glendaliz's work: Pigeons  (short story) Full Battle Rattle  (personal essay) Dominoes (short story) Reinaldo Arenas's story "The Glass Tower" appears in

On this week's show, I talk to the literary historian Bill Savage about the re-release of George Ade's 1931 classic, breezy history of drinking culture in America. George Ade TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Watch and hear Bill's rant against the term  dive bar . Should Prohibition be repealed? (illustration from The Old Time Saloon)  

I n this week's episode, I present an Election Day version Jesse Bradley's prose reading series,  There Will Be Words , or in this case, There Will Be Words and/or Doom. The readers included  myself, Rachel Kolman, Glendaliz Camacho, And Whitney Hamrick. Thanks once again to our host, J. Bradley.

On this week's show, I talk to the nonfiction writer Sayantani Dasgupta about creative nonfiction, the romance of reading, and the powerful appeal of the in-between. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Listen to Sayantani's essay about 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea here .

I n this week's episode, I talk with  Vanessa Blakeslee  about David Foster Wallace's "E Unibus Plurim: Television and U.S. Fiction." TEXTS DISCUSSED Read David Foster Wallace's 1993 essay "E Unibus Plurim: Television and U.S. Fiction" here . Save Save Save

On this week's show, I talk to the nonfiction writer Pamela Skjolsvik about creative nonfiction, anxiety, and death, plus I briefly eulogize a triumvirate of entertainers: Leonard Cohen, Robert Vaughn, and Kevin Meaney. TEXT DISCUSSED

I n this week's episode, I talk to the journalist and nonfiction writer, Craig Pittman. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES On November 8th, come hear me, Gelndaliz Camacho, Rachel Kolman, and Whitney Hamrick read at  There Will Be Words  at  The Gallery at Avalon Island . Watch The Drunken Odyssey's  latest video : Craig Pittman, Tod Caviness, Jesse Bradley, Susan Fallows, and David Thomas Moran read in the Lo...

This week is a live show: Horror Movie Poetry Night III. The Drunken Odyssey All Stars were Glendaliz Camacho, Curtis X. Meyer, Stacy Barton, Jim Driggers, Shawn McKee, Jared Silvia, Whitney Hamrick, Teege Braune , & your host, John King.

Episode 229 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on  iTunes , or right click  here  to download. I n this week's episode, I return to Jesse Bradley's Halloween installment of his prose reading series,  There Will Be Words . Jesse Bradley, Karen Best, Shawn McKee, Teege Braune, John King, & Jared Silvia. Erik Deckers Plus a final performan...