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

On this week’s show, David James Puissant and I offer words of advice for new writers and answer some of their questions, in the equivalent of our 8th mailbag episode, almost 2 years after the 7th...…

In 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 anim…

In 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!

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In this week’s episode, I talk with the poet Ephraim Scott Sommers.

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Episode 219 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

In this week’s episode, I share a recording of…

In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about E. L. Doctorow's Creationists.

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I'll be appearing at 

• Lil Indies, in Loose Lips on March 7,
• the Henao Contemporary Center, in the Sec…

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, J…

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 Ro…

In 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.

In this week’s episode, I talk to the novelist and memoirist Lily Brooks-Dalton.

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According to Buzzfeed, Roxanne Gay has pulled her forthcoming book, How to Be Heard, from Simo…

In 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.  

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On Sunday, February 5th, The Drunken O…

In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer Ann Hood,

and the graphic novelist Art Spiegelman.

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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, …

In 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 Z…

In 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.

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In 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 releva…

In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer Glendaliz Camacho near the end of her residency at the Kerouac House in Orlando.

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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.

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In 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,

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