The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
Join author John King for eclectic interviews with writers from a variety of genres, including fiction writing, poetry, memoirs, and journalism. From literature to genre writing to the movies, all writing is up for discussion. In particular, The Drunken Odyssey features discussion of all aspects of the writing process—not just the published manuscript, pristinely presented to the entire literate world, but also the scrawled notes and tortured drafts that lead writers there. In long-form interviews, writers discuss their process and the way that writing has influenced their lives. Besides this interview, each episode also features a short memoir essay from a writer about a beloved book, plus John King responds to listener’s questions and observations about the writing (and the drinking) life.
For more information, see our website at www.thedrunkenodyssey.com.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 71 minutes
- Episodes
- 694
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Episode 130: Jaquira Díaz!
In this week’s episode, I interview author and editor Jaquira Díaz.
TEXTS DISCUSSED
Read Jaquira Díaz's "Cami" at Story South.
Read Jocelyn Bartkevicius's "Out of the Garden" at The Missouri Review.
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Episode 126: A Craft Discussion About Horace's Ars Poetica, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 123: Ghost Stories from the Year Without a Summer
On this week's show, I present a discussion of and readings from work that resulted in the companionship of Lord Byron, his physician John Polidori, and the Shelley's during the Year without a Summer…
Episode 122: There Will Be Words Fourth Annual Flash Fiction Spooktacular!
In this week’s episode, I share a recording of a Halloween show in Jesse Bradley's prose reading series, There Will Be Words, in which I was a reader.
The There Will Be Words Fourth Annual Flash Fict…
Episode 121: Vincent A. Cellucci!
In this week’s episode, I interview the poet Vincent Cellucci,
Plus Robert Wallace writes about reading The Grapes of Wrath.
TEXTS DISCUSSED
NOTES
On October 22, if you are…
Episode 119: A Craft Discussion About Douglas Glover, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 117: Pat Rushin!
In this week’s episode, I interview Pat Rushin, who authored the screenplay for the new Terry Gilliam film, The Zero Theorem, which opens in the U.S.A on September 19th,
Pat Rushin and his wife Mary …
Episode 116: Stephen Corey!
In this week’s episode, I interview Stephen Corey, Editor-in-Chief of The Georgia Review,
Photograph by William Walsh.
Plus August Evans writes about Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping.
TEXTS DISCU…
