Episode 136 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 talk to Walter Mosley about crime fiction, characterization, the subconscious work of the writer, and the radical aesthetics of Amiri Baraka, Photo by David-Burnett. and I also talk to Petra Mason about Bettie Page, Bunny Yeager, and the legacy of pin up culture. Photo by Janette Valentine at Terribly Girly. Plus, Rose Tran reads her personal essay, "Intermission." Photo by Jon Findell. TEXTS DISCUSSED Rose Gold (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)" target="_blank"Bettie Page: Queen of Curves" target="_blank" NOTES For more information about the Terribly Girly studio, check out their website. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtSNufs8BWw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6LPeq7pbxs _______ Episode 136 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

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