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

On this week's show, I present a quartet of readings from HP Lovecraft: "The Beast in the Cave," "The Tree," "Beyond the Wall of Sleep," and "From Beyond." Our readers are Chris Booth, Elise McKenna, and Tom Lucas. THE TEXT

I n this week's episode, I and my inestimable guests have a fine conversation about Lovecraft and his bizarre tales and his rather strange life and his exceptionally unfortunate opinions The participants included Elise McKenna, Tom Lucas, Julian Chambliss, and Dianne Turgeon Richardson . TEXTS DISCUSSED

I n this week's episode, I talk to poet Vidhu Aggarwal, plus Adelia Johnson writes about Ned Vizzini's It's Kind of a Funny Story changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out my essay, "There, But," in the latest issue of Animal: A Beast of a Literary Magazine .

I n this week's episode, I talk to the journalist and historian, Bob Kealing, plus Heather Whited reads her essay, "Onigiri, Shirasagi, and Me."   TEXTS DISCUSSED

I n this week's episode, I talk with  Vanessa Blakeslee  about Virginia Woolf's "Modern Fiction" and "Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown," plus Mingzhao Xu writes about Diana Gabaldon's Outlanders series changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Suki Kim's nuanced take on what happened in Brisbane can be read at The New Republic . Lionel Shriver's "Identity Politics and Fiction" can be read at The Guardian...

I n this week's episode, I talk to the novelist Vu Tran about the appeal of detective fiction, the importance of literary substance over style, the problem with femme fatale characters, the Iowa MFA experience, and many, many other things, plus Jared Silvia sings another Woody Guthrie number in honor of Labor Day, as part of his annual Labor Day musical project. TEXT DISCUSSED

I n this week's episode, I talk to the poet and novelist Ryler Dustin near the end of his residency at the Kerouac House in Orlando, after a weeklong tour of weddings. We speak about the horrors of what happens to poetry in educational environments, the dawning sense of contemporary poetry as a form of play and life, as opposed to some kind of stillborn puzzle. Ryler also talks about the poetic im...

I n this week's episode, I share There Will Be Fan Fiction 2, a special edition of Jesse Bradley's prose reading series, There Will Be Words .   [gallery ids="16266,16265,16263,4775" type="rectangular"]   This installment features the fan fiction of Shauna Basques (Jason Todd-era Batman ), J. Bradley himself ( The Mighty Ducks / Fatal Attraction crossover, obviously), Brontë Bettencourt ( Frozen )...

I n this week's episode, I talk to my friend, fiction writer Sam Slaughter, who I met back in 2014, when he wrote a little something about Denis Johnson's  Jesus' Son  for the show. We talk about his short story collection,  God in Neon , his chapbook,  When You Cross That Line   (inspired by Florida Man stories), alcoholism, how we evolve as writers, and the Orlando writing scene. Photo by Oxley...

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. The line up on that evening was Ryan Rivas, my awesome self,  Mary McGinn, Logan Anderson, and Amy Wa...

I n this week's episode, I talk to historian and creative writer Todd James Pierce, plus Heather Whited reads her essay, "The General." TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTE Check out the Disney History Institute .        

I n this week's episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about  On Writing , a book of selections from Charles Bukowski's letters, plus poet Henry Hughes writes me a letter about his own correspondence with Bukowski back from 1989 and 1991. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES On August 2nd, I'll be reading in Tod Caviness's Loose Lips reading series at L'il Indies. On August 9th, I'll be reading at THERE WILL BE...

I n this week's episode, I talk to J. Bradley about his new novel,  Jesus Christ, Boy Detective , plus  Tom McAllister reads his essay, "A Brief History of World Travel, Part 6." TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES For those of you who'd like to read "A Brief History of World Travel, Part 6," or follow Tom McAllister in general, go here . Subscribe to  The Florida Review   for only $15 a year.

In this week's episode, I interview actor and author Lisa Wolpe about her one woman show, Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender, plus Mistie  Watkins reads her essay "Why I Write."

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Episode 213 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 a joint production of The Drunken Odyssey, The Functionally Literate Reading Series, and the In Between Series: an experimental show called The Pink Fire Revue . This featured the musicians John...

In this week's episode, I interview fiction writer and humorist Erik Deckers , plus Emma Atkinson reads her essay, "The Little Maybe." TEXTS DISCUSSED

In this week's episode, we have a roundtable discussion of Hunter S. Thompson. The participants included  Geoffe Benge, Frank Messina, Josh Dull, Shawn McKee ,   Geoff Benge, Frank Messina, Ashley Inguanta, Josh Dull, and Shawn McKee.   and  Dianne Turgeon Richardson . Dianne pre-recording her bit. Notice the placement of tambourine. TEXTS DISCUSSED

In this week's episode, I interview fiction writer and philosopher Ron Cooper , plus I chat with actor Jeremy Palko, who many of you might recognize as Andy from season 6 of The Walking Dead . Jeremy Palko is the more handsome fellow on the right. TEXTS DISCUSSED  

I n this week's episode, I share a recording of the latest live performance of The Drunken Odyssey All Stars, in The Ink Show. This performance included your humble host, Teege Braune, Nicole Oquendo, Nicole with the tattoo artist, James King. Mistie Watkins, Adrian Alexander, Stephanie Rizzo, Tom Lucas, and Amy Watkins. NOTES Infinite thanks to Beyond Ink Tattoos in Winter Park. Listen to the pow...

In this week's episode, I interview fiction writer Mark Leyner , Photo by David Plakke Media. plus Catherine Carson writes about how Kelly Groome's I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES The music accompanying Catherine Carson's essay is "Wingspan" by Carlton Melton, from their album " Photos of Photos ." Check out the music of The Tequila Worms .

In this week's episode, I interview the novelist and poet Jeffrey Ethan Lee, plus Heather Whited reads another travel memoir essay, "Masada." TEXTS DISCUSSED     NOTES Check out Jeffrey's first appearance on TDO, back on Episode 111 . The Pink Fire Revue is a Modular Collective Art event on June 4th at 7pm at the Gallery At Avalon Island.  Poetry by John King, Nicole Oquendo, Tod Caviness, and Mar...

I n this week's episode, I share a recording of latest Best Of show in Jesse Bradley's prose reading series,  There Will Be Words , in which I was a reader, along with Tom Lucas, Jared Silvia, and Karen Price. J. Bradley. Photo by John King. John King. Tom Lucas is at crotch height. Photo by Shawn McKee. Tom Lucas. Photo by Shawn McKee. Jared Silvia. Photo by Shawn McKee. Karen Price. Photo by Sha...

I n this week's episode, I talk about Wallace Stevens's "The Noble Rider and the Sound of Words" with  Vanessa Blakeslee , Plus Tom McAllister reads his essay, "A Brief History of World Travel, Part 1: Notes on Portland Maine."   TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out The Two Cities Review , as well as its podcast . If you want to read Tom McAllister's "A Brief History of World Travel, Part 1: Notes on P...

In this week's episode, I throw myself into the Star Wars universe from a writer's perspective. NOTE: This show was not authorized by Lucasfilm or any other company. NOTES Learn more about Marcia Lucas's influence on 2.5 of the early Star Wars films here .