268: Kathleen Rooney!
- Author
- John King
- Published
- Sat 08 Jul 2017
- Episode Link
- https://thedrunkenodyssey.libsyn.com/268-kathleen-rooney
On this week’s show, I talk to the poet and novelist Kathleen Rooney about the flaneur as geographic narrator of imaginative space, the aesthetic pleasures of walking, writing about New York City, the value of elderly characters, the dramatic provocations of history, and the structure of the novel of memory.
TEXTS DISCUSSED
- On June 16th, I am hosting a fundraiser for the S.A.F.E. Words poetry slam at Writer’s Atelier.
- On July 28th, I am hosting a reading by Jaimal Yogis at the Kerouac House.
