The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
Episodes
517: Kimberly Ann Priest
02 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 Bo...
516: A Discussion of Sally Rooney's Novels, with Rachael Tillman!
26 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On #516 Rachel Tillman and I discuss the novels of Sally Rooney.
515: Sara Manning Peskin!
19 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On #515, I talk to Sara Manning Peskin about the history of the mysteries and discoveries of medical science.
514: Laura Costas!
12 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I talk to Laura Costas about the pleasures of disorientation, the surprises of actual history, the complexity of myth, and postmo...
513: Jane-Rebecca Cannarella!
05 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In #513, I talk to Jane-Rebecca Cannarella about genre bending & blending, illustrating literature, and the dialectics of Disney's The Little Mermaid.
512: Lan Samantha Chang!
26 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I talk to Lan Samantha Chan about writing a novel over a long period of time, learning and teaching at the Iowa Writers Workshop,...
511: David A. Bossert!
19 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
510: Drew Barth Redux
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today's show, I talk to TDO's comic book blogger Drew Barth to discuss Walt Simonson's astounding mythical, iconoclastic run on Thorback in the 198...
509: Sandra Lim!
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sandra Lim talks about optimism, editing through the pile of a poem, letting oneself go in the current of the stream, and finding a grounding in the a...
508: Laura Blackett & Eve Gleichmann
29 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today's show, co-novelists Laura Blackett and Eve Gleichman talk about corporate cults, collaborative writing, and satire.
507: Sonya Huber
22 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Memoirist Sonya Huber discusses how to write the way that we think, including the semiotic leapfrogs of memory, and trying to depict the precarious ba...
506: Shruti Swarmy!
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On #506, Shruti Swarmy talks about calling the reader into a complete, already alive imaginary world, and writing about dance in ways that transcend...
505: Brian Broome!
08 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today's show, I speak with the memoirist Brian Broome, winner of the 2021 Kirkus Prize for nonfiction. Photo by Annie O'Neill TEXT DISCUSSED
504: Zaina Arafat!
01 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today's show, I speak with fiction writer Zaina Arafat about love, identity, sarcasm, and their complications for storytelling.
503: 3 Poets on Geography, Intimacy, and Dislocation
25 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Raymond Antrobus, Carlie Hoffman, and Tiana Nobile read & discuss their poetry in this 2021 Miami Book Fair event.
502: David Morgan O'Connor!
19 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
501: Sandra M. Gilbert & Susan Gubar!
11 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today's show, legendary scholars Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar discuss the history of feminism and women's studies, and the turns of current ev...
500: Paul Auster!
05 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today's show, I discuss the power of Stephen Crane with novelist Paul Auster. Photo by by Spencer Ostrander.[/caption]
499: Saïd Sayrafiezadeh!
27 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Back from the dead, I discuss Beckett, Kafka, wry sardonic world-weariness, & other matters of interest with fiction writer & memoirist Saïd Sayrafie...
498: Craig Pitman!
13 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today's show, I discuss Florida journalism, the tragic side of Florida Man, iguana hunters, bespoke mermaid tales, and other topics of great intere...
497: Lenny Dellarocca & Michael Mackin O'Mara
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On #497, I discuss poetry, literary magazines, and The Miami Book Fair with editors Lenny Dellarocca and Michael Mackin O'Mara, of The South Florida P...
496: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #9 (Tokyo Gore Police)
30 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss the sensitive contribution to cinema that is Tokyo Gore Police. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listener...
495: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #8 (Repo! The Genetic Opera)
23 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss Repo! The Genetic Opera!
494: Lindsay Eillis!
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today's show, I talk to science fiction novelist Lindsay Ellis!
493: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #7 (The Midnight Meat Train)
16 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss an underrated adaptation of a Clive Barker short story, the delicately-titled The Midnight Meat Train.
492: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #6
09 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss an quietly beautiful independent movie from 2005 called The Devil's Rejects. Jeff & I get off track a ...
491: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #5
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss 2002's classic horror film, Ju-on: The Grudge.
A TDO Update
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
490: A Commentary on Martin Scorcese's Casino, with Patrick Jehle!
18 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's show, Patrick Jehle and I talk our way through all of Casino. This episode's a long one. Enjoy!
489: Aimee Bender!
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Photo by Mark Miller. In this week's show, I talk to fiction writer Aimee Bender about the subterranean connections that literary fiction makes betwe...
488: Mixtape #15: Sailing an Ocean of Violets in Bloom.
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy.
487: Todd James Pierce!
28 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I talk to Disney historian Todd James Pierce about how Covid-19 and the home streaming of entertainment might affect the future o...
486: Jan Elizabeth Watson!
22 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I talk to the novelist Jan Elizabeth Watson about a great many things.
485: Drew Barth!
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I talk to Drew Barth about comic book obsessions.
484: James Tate Hill
07 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I interview fiction writer and memoirist, James Tate Hill.
483: Tim Parks!
31 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I interview a writer I'm obsessed with, the prose writer Tim Parks. We talk about walking and its relationship to composition, ...
482: A Discussion of Introducing Cultural Studies, with Leslie Salas!
24 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, Leslie Salas and I discuss Ziauddan Sardar and Borin Van Loon's Introducing Cultural Studies.
481: Catherine Raven!
18 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, I talk to biologist Catherine Raven about her wonderful new memoir, Fox & I: An Uncommon Friendship. TEXT DISCUSSED
480: Tanya Grae!
10 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, I talk to the poet Tanya Grae about finding surprises in poetry, losing one's hearing at the Hollywood Sportatorium, the solitude o...
479: A Discussion of The Departed, with Will Dowd!
03 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, I talk to writer Will Dowd about Martin Scorcese's 2006 film, The Departed.
478: Tyler Gillespie!
26 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
n this week's show, journalist & poet Tyler Gillespie & I discuss long-form journalism and the epic wildness and weirdness of Florida. Photo by Eliza...
477: A Summer Solstice Special with Jefff Shuster!
19 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, Jeff Shuster (our glorious Curator of Schlock) kick off summer by discussing two vintage summer camp films released in a two year...
476: Anahid Nersessian!
12 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, literary scholar Anahid Nersessian & I discuss John Keats, the potential for personal observations in academic work, the sexual p...
475: Kathleen Rooney!
05 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I talk to the novelist Kathleen Rooney about finding the spark to begin stories, the shape for long-form narratives, and the whim...
474: Nat Segaloff & Thomas Warming!
29 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I talk to Nat Segaloff and Thomas Warming about writing for and about Hollywood.
473: A Discussion of Tom Waits's "Swordfishtrombones" with Stephen McClurg!
22 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I bring music blogger Stephen McClurg aboard as we talk about one of the most transformative, dramatic, atmospheric, strange, Ame...
472: Spencer Huffman!
15 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I talk to the spring 2021 resident of The Kerouac Project of Orlando, playwright Spencer Huffman.
471: A Discussion of Kurt Vonnegut's Pity the Reader with Leslie Salas
09 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, Leslie Salas and I discuss Kurt Vonnegut' and Suzanne McConnell's compendious Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style.
470: Mixtape 14: I Don't Know How to Talk to You Outside of a Poem
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NOTES This episode is sponsored by the excellent people at Scribophile. TDO Listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After u...
469: Geoffrey Kent!
24 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I speak with the actor Geoffrey Kent about Shakespeare in performance, how actors make the texts come alive, the modern English ...
468: Alfred Corn!
17 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I speak with the poet and translator Alfred Corn about Rainer Maria Rilke's sublime Duino Elegies.
467: Ciara Shuttleworth!
10 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I speak with Ciara Shuttleworth about poetry, telling factions, limerence, running with the Muses, being open to delight, and the...
466: Maxim Loskutoff!
04 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I speak with Maxim Loskutoff about Montana and the messy importance of setting, the fecund symbolism of reality, and attending N...
465: Samantha Hart!
27 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I speak with Samantha Hart about her wonderful debut memoir, Blind Pony, Plus I speak with Scott Cunningham about the monthlong...
464: A Discussion of Allie Brosh's Solutions and Other Problems (with Leslie Salas)!
20 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, Leslie Salas and I discuss Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Halfand Solutions and Other Problems.
463: Raphael Cormack!
13 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, theater scholar Raphael Cormack and I discuss the allure of Arabian music, the revolutionary times in Egypt between the world ...
462: Denise Duhamel!
07 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
461: Isaac Fitzgerald/Brigette Barrager/Leigh Hobbs!
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, I speak with Isaac Fitzgerald and Brigette Barrager and Leigh Hobbs about children's books.
460: Gwen Mullins!
20 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, fiction writer Gwen Mullins and I discuss many, many things from the front of the Kerouac Project of Orlando's porch.
459: Nicklaus Rupert!
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicklaus Rupert and I discuss the PhD in Creative Writing, the creative and professional benefits of working for a literary magazine, how working in a...
458: A Discussion of Lynda Barry's Syllabus, with Leslie Salas!
06 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, Leslie Salas and I discuss Lynda Barry's composition book-inspired musings on art, Syllabus, and how not just craft, but creativ...
457: Ryan Rivas!
31 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 457 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, o...
456: Lily-Brooks Dalton!
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, Janna Benge and I talk to Lily Brooks-Dalton about the experience of having her novel adapted into a prominent Netflix flick, how...
455: Elif Shafak!
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I talk to the novelist Elif Shafak about the importance of the structure of literary novels, the sublime oddity of the mind, how ...
454: Sarah Kuhn!
09 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I talk to the novelist and graphic novel writer Sarah Kuhn about writing about Cassandra Cain for a YA audience, the demographics of fandom...
453: Carolyn Forché!
02 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The poet and memoirist Carolyn Forché discusses elegies, the role of the unconscious in composition, and being willing to avoid plans.
452: Grace Elizabeth Hale!
26 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I talk to historian Grace Elizabeth Hale about how Athens, Georgia helped launch an indie music revolution with the B52s, REM, Pylon, and o...
451: A Panel of Debut Poets, with Tommye Blount, Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, & Joy Priest!
19 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I share a Miami Book Fair panel of poets with debut books: Tommye Blount, Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, & Joy Priest!
450: Tron Legacy Roundtable!
13 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, I talk with Julian Chambliss, Leslie Salas, Todd James Pierce, and Jeff Shuster about the legacy of Tron Legacy (2010) and...
449: A Very German Christmas Discussion
05 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about the excellent new anthology, A Very German Christmas, from New Vessel Press. TEXT DI...
448: Peniel E. Joseph
29 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On #448, Dr. Peniel E. Joseph and I discuss the careers of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcom X, and how examining them together reveals the complexit...
447: Candacy Taylor!
21 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Candacy Taylor and I discuss her new book, Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America. We talk about how research c...
446: Phil Klay!
14 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The fiction writer and veteran Phil Klay and I discuss finding the right form for a novel, war literature, the uplift of humor, and winning the Nation...
445: A Discussion of The Selected Works of Audre Lorde, with Audi Barnes!
07 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's show, poet and scholar Audi Barnes and I discuss the essays and poetry of Audre Lorde.
444: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #4 (with Jeff Shuster)
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss Jordan Peele's Us, and a lot of other things, too.
443: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #3 (with Jeff Shuster)
24 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss Richard Stanley's recent film of H.P. Lovecraft's The Color Out of Space.
442: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #2 (with Jeff Shuster)
18 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Photo by Leslie Salas.[/caption] On this week's show, Jeff Shuster and I discuss the genius of Richard Brake, the superior sound design of Rob Zombie...
441: TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock #1 (with Jeff Shuster)
10 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's show, I talk with Jeff Shuster about Cosmos Panatos's 2018 classic horror film, Mandy, as part 1 of our series of discussions on horror...
440: Dmetri Kakmi!
03 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Photo by Jon Rendell. On this week's show, I talk to Dmetri Kakmi about existentialism in horror, the performance of identity, the structure of memoi...
439: Chuck Palahniuk!
26 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's show, I talk to novelist Chuck Palahniuk about The Invention of Sound, Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life after Which Everything...
438: A Discussion of Children of Men, with Michael Wheaton!
20 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, I talk to writer Michael Wheaton about Alfonso Cuaron's 2006 film, Children of Men, while I wait in vain for my ears to stop rin...
437 Steve Davenport!
12 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, I talk to poet Steve Davenport about poetry, collaboration, the body, and many other things. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Check out my ...
436: Alex Miller!
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, personal essayist Alex Miller and I talk about the intimate power of the personal essay, pitches, politics, and universities in NYC. ...
435: Ariel Francisco!
29 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Photo by Carlie Hoffman. On this episode, poet Ariel Francisco and I talk about Florida's wildness, Miami, Hollywood (Florida), multilingualism, Anna...
434: Nick Flynn!
22 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 434 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or...
433: Darin Strauss!
15 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Darin Strauss and I discuss the utility of outlines, the utility of abandoning outlines, love, pain, stream-of-consciousness, love, Lucille Ball, Fred...
432: Kyle Eagle!
09 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I talk to podcaster Kyle Eagle about music and everything.
431: TDO After Dark #1 with Vanessa Blakeslee
01 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, Vanessa Blakeslee and I discuss two online pieces on the subject of sex writing, and the conversation roves from there.
430: Jared Silvia!
25 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I talk to writer, musician, and producer Jared Silvia about the connections between music and writing, the history of synth-p...
429: Lindsay Ellis!
18 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Photo by Emily VanDerWerf. In this week's show, I talk to novelist and video essayist Lindsay Ellis about science fiction; the structure of novels; ex...
428: David James Poissant
11 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I talk to my friend David James Poissant about novel-writing, sex scenes, The X-Men, graphic art, focus, and many other things. T...
427: Bruce Janz!
04 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I talk to my friend, the philosopher Bruce Janz, about how to calm our monkey brains in the time of the pandemic, and what the pa...
426: Scott Hoffman!
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I talk to my friend, the historian Scott Hoffman, about the evolution of Purdue's Outfest, Chicago Pride, Austin Pride, Queer...
425: Mixtape 13: Tender Ballads for Subhuman Lovers (2005)
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NOTES This episode is sponsored by the excellent people at Scribophile. TDO Listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After usin...
424: Ronan Ryan!
14 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Photo by David Whitaker. In this week's show, I talk to novelist Ronan Ryan about the dramatic uses of gallows humor, how loss teaches us about our pr...
423: Protest (Interview with Alexander Pate)
06 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, my intern, Alexander Pate, and I discuss the Salisbury, NC protests that he has participated in, and discuss this point in history. Heavy a...
422: Discussion of Scott Pilgrim, with Michael Merriam!
30 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 422 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or...
421: Didier Ghez!
23 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week I talk with Disney historian Didier Ghez about the joys of research and forging one's own path as a historian.
420: Tom Papa!
16 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week I talk with comedian, actor, sourdough aficionado, and essay writer, Tom Papa! TEXTS DISCUSSED
419: Mike Oronato!
09 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's show, I speak with Mike Onorato, Vice President of Publicity at Smith Publicity, about how publicity works behind the scenes for w...