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

On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer and ghost writer extraordinaire, Maya Sloan.

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Learn more about the Kerouac House here.

On this week’s show, I talk to the poet Sarah Grieve,

plus Rose Tran writes about what Sherman Alexie taught her about humor.

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On this week’s show, I talk to Vanessa Blakeslee about what Aristotle's Poetics can teach us about fiction writing today,

Plus Kevin Bray writes about reading John Gardner's On Becoming a Novelist.

On this week’s show, I talk to the Trio Award-winner Iris Jamahl Dunkle,

plus Jeffrey Ethan Lee reads his essay, "The Poet's Mother's Deathbed Conversion" at Fergie's Pub in Philadelphia.

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On this week’s show, I talk to Ryan Rivas and Nathan Holic about the publication of Forget How You Found Us: 15 Views of Orlando, Volume III,

plus I share readings from stories by Karen Best, Matt P…

On this week’s show, I talk to writer, teacher, and advocate Pauline Hawkins,

plus Caitlin McDonnell writes about discovering her urge to teach, from a night spent in jail, in "The Capacity of Langua…

On this week’s show, I talk to the publisher of Beating Windward Press, Matt Peters,

Plus Stephen Scully writes a memoir essay about meeting two baseball legends.

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The Briti…

On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Boris Fishman,

Plus Lisa Korthals shares her essay about reading Lolita as a child.

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On this week’s show, I talk to the poet and essayist Nicole Callihan,

plus Maureen Vance writes about Jane Eyre.

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According to The Guardian, British publishers and the Society…

On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer and memoirist-extraordinaire Alden Jones,

plus Peter Demarco writes about discovering Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.

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On this bonus episode, I guide listeners through a lovely tour of Ulysses on today, which is Bloomsday.

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On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer and poet Alan Michael Parker,

Plus Andrew Gretes offers his "Ode to Zorba."

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Davis Sedaris talked about the Amazon/Hachette…

On this week’s show, my friends Teege Braune of In Boozo Veritas fame, Sean Ironman of Heroes Never Rust fame, Jeff Shuster, who is the Curator of Schlock, and Dianne Turgeon Richardson join me for a…

On this week’s show, I talk to the poet Erica Dawson,

Plus Nicole Callihan reads her memoir essay, "The Week in News."

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Nicole Callihan's "The Week in News" originally appeared on…

On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant,

plus Rose Tran shares a memoir essay about her unpleasantly Proustian relationship to Florida weather.

On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Kseniya Melnik,

Plus Matt Berman writes about Jean Craighead George's My Side of the Mountain.

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On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Kelly Luce,

Plus Nicole Callihan meditates on motherhood, sustenance, autism, and language in "Notes Toward: Babies, Bananas, Boxes."

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On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer and historian of Florida attractions Lu Vickers,

Plus Joe Marchia writes about Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood.

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Episode 96 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I present Rick Moody's re…

On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer and one-time memoirist Rick Moody,

Plus I share his prose …