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
533: A Discussion of Don Marquis's Archy & Mehitabel, with Rachael Tillman!
This week, I speak with my occasional co-host, Rachel Tillman about Don Marquis's Archy & Mehitabel, a series of narrative poems written by a cockroach.
532: Miranda Seymour!
This week, I speak with literary biographer Miranda Seymour about the extraordinary career of Jean Rhys.
531: Loose Lips July 2022!
This week, I am happy to present a bootleg edition of the Loose Lips reading series, hosted by Dianne Turgeon Richardson and Tod Caviness, with readings by Rachel Kolman, Samantha Nickerson, moi, Hol…
529: Kathryn Harlan!
On #529, I speak with fiction writer Kathryn Harlan about her debut collection, Fruiting Bodies.
528: A Discussion of Sally Rooney's Conversations with Friends, with Rachael Tillman!
526: Rochelle Hurt!
On #526 I talk to poet Rochelle Hurt about her latest book, The J Girls: A Reality Show.
525: Brynne Rebele-Henry!
On #525, I talk to Brynne Rebele-Henry about divinity, sexuality, and historical imagination in her extraordinary latest collection of verse, Prelude.
524: Yeoh Jo-Ann!
On #524, I talk to Yeoh Jo-Ann, the spring 2022 resident of the Kerouac Project of Orlando, about her novel, Impractical Uses of Cake, proper otter behavior, the role of agency in happiness, cat envy…
523: Aaron Angello!
522: Ann Hood!
In this week’s episode, I talk to Ann Hood about the challenges of writing nonfiction, the intertwining of feminism and women’s rights and the history of aviation before and after deregulation, the v…
521: Nita Noveno!
520: A Discussion of Anne Sexton with Rachael Tillman!
In this week’s show, I speak with Rachael Tillman about the poetry and practice of Anne Sexton.
519: Marisa Siegel!
In this week’s show, I speak with the poet Marisa Siegel about the value of combining poetry with graphic art, language poetry, discovering poetry early in life, and the Mills College MFA Program in …
518: Vidhu Aggarwal!
In this week’s show, I speak with the poet Vidhu Aggarwal about humor in poetry, the physicality of laughter, symbology, physics and spirituality, The Mahabharata, Samuel Beckett, and Shakespeare.
517: Kimberly Ann Priest
In this week’s show, I speak with the poet Kimberly Ann Priest about purposeful ambiguity in poetry and the minor disturbing oddities in Hieronymus Bosch.
516: A Discussion of Sally Rooney's Novels, with Rachael Tillman!
On #516 Rachel Tillman and I discuss the novels of Sally Rooney.
515: Sara Manning Peskin!
On #515, I talk to Sara Manning Peskin about the history of the mysteries and discoveries of medical science.