The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
Episodes
Episode 119: A Craft Discussion About Douglas Glover, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
28 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, I talk about Douglas Glover's Attack of the Copula Spiders with Vanessa Blakeslee, plus Sam Slaughter writes about how...
Episode 118: Holly Thompson!
21 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 118 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to do...
Episode 117: Pat Rushin!
13 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 116: Stephen Corey!
07 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, I interview Stephen Corey, Editor-in-Chief of The Georgia Review, Photograph by William Walsh. Plus August Evans writ...
Episode 115: Mailbag 6 (The Sweet Cheat Gone)
30 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant, Plus Clint Peters writes about how reading Montaigne changed his l...
Episode 114: Maya Sloan!
24 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer and ghost writer extraordinaire, Maya Sloan. TEXTS DISCUSSED Rich Kids of Instagram" target="_blank"...
Episode 113: Sarah Grieve!
17 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the poet Sarah Grieve, plus Rose Tran writes about what Sherman Alexie taught her about humor. TEXTS...
Episode 112: A Craft Discussion About Aristotle's Poetics, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
09 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 wr...
Episode 111: Iris Jamahl Dunkle!
02 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 C...
Episode 110: Ryan Rivas and Nathan Holic!
25 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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, pl...
Episode 109: Pauline Hawkins!
19 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to writer, teacher, and advocate Pauline Hawkins, plus Caitlin McDonnell writes about discovering her urge to teach, f...
Episode 108: Matt Peters!
13 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 107: Boris Fishman!
05 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Boris Fishman, Photo by Rob Liguori Plus Lisa Korthals shares her essay about reading Lolita a...
Episode 106: Nicole Callihan
28 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the poet and essayist Nicole Callihan, plus Maureen Vance writes about Jane Eyre. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES A...
Episode 105: Alden Jones!
21 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer and memoirist-extraordinaire Alden Jones, plus Peter Demarco writes about discovering Harper Lee's ...
Episode 104: Bloomsday!
16 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this bonus episode, I guide listeners through a lovely tour of Ulysses on today, which is Bloomsday. TEXT DISCUSSED Ulysses (Vintage Interna...
Episode 103: Alan Michael Parker!
14 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer and poet Alan Michael Parker, Plus Andrew Gretes offers his "Ode to Zorba." TEXTS DISCUSSED...
Episode 102: A Donald Duck Roundtable!
07 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 101: Erica Dawson!
31 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the poet Erica Dawson, Plus Nicole Callihan reads her memoir essay, "The Week in News." TEXTS DISCUSSED Big-Ey...
Episode 100: Mailbag Episode 5 (The Dream Child)
24 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant, Normal 0 0 1 15 86 1 1 105 11.153...
Episode 99: Kseniya Melnik!
17 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 Mounta...
Episode 98: Kelly Luce!
10 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Kelly Luce, Plus Nicole Callihan meditates on motherhood, sustenance, autism, and language i...
Episode 97: Lu Vickers!
03 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer and historian of Florida attractions Lu Vickers, Plus Joe Marchia writes about Haruki Murakam...
Episode 96: Rick Moody Event!
26 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 96 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to dow...
Episode 95: Rick Moody 2!
19 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer and one-time memoirist Rick Moody, Rick Moody at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beac...
Episode 94: Eleanor Lerman!
12 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the poet Eleanor Lerman, Plus Alden Jones writes about her time working in Cuba. TEXTS DISCUSSED The Blon...
Episode 93: St. Mark's Bookshop!
05 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to Bob Contant and Terry McCoy, the owners of St. Mark's Bookshop, Plus Dan Lauer writes about identity and New York...
Episode 92: J. Bradley!
29 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the multidisciplinary wonder that is J. Bradley, Plus Molly Gleeson writes about reading Anthony Trollope while t...
Episode 91: Laura Van Den Berg!
23 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer Laura Van Den Berg, Plus Will Dowd reads two poems. TEXTS DISCUSSED The Isle of Youth" What th...
Episode 90: St. Patrick's Day Roundtable!
16 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, my friends Teege Braune of In Boozo Veritas fame, Matt Peters, Jared Silvia, and my brother James King join me for a wooly d...
Episode 89: David James Poissant!
15 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer David James Poissant, Plus Max Bakke writes about Nick Hornby's High Fidelity. TEXTS DISCUSSED ...
Episode 88: John Henry Fleming!
08 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode of the world's greatest writing podcast, I talk to fiction writer John Henry Fleming, Plus James Sanders writes about read...
Episode 87: Vanessa Blakeslee!
01 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer Vanessa Blakeslee, And Anthony Seidman writes about James Thompson's The City of Dreadful Night. ...
Episode 86: Kevin Sampsell!
22 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer and memoirist Kevin Sampsell, Photo by Ellis Christopher. Plus Kevin Bray writes about finding Men ...
Episode 85: Erotic Poetry Night 2
13 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 84: Rich Millman!
08 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the musician Rich Millman from the band Carlton Melton, Plus Kelsey Liebenson-Morse writes about reading Edith Whar...
Episode 83: Lynn Waddell!
01 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the journalist Lynn Waddell, Plus D. S. Jones writes about how the Charles Bukowski's Post Office changed his life...
Episode 82: Susan Lilley!
25 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's show, I talk to the poet Susan Lilley, Plus Anthony Jacobson writes about how the books of Irvine Welsh changed his life. Irvine ...
Episode 81: Mailbag Episode 4 (A New Hope)!
18 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant, Plus Dan Lauer writes about "standing straight." NOTES Accordin...
Episode 80: Melanie Neale!
11 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I present my interview with the memoirist Melanie Neale, plus Andrew Simpson Guthrie shares his memoir essay-in-verse, "The W...
Episode 79: Sharon Olds and Robert Pinsky!
04 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I present my interview with Sharon Olds, and my interview with Robert Pinsky, plus I share Robert Pinsky and Laurence Hobgoo...
Episode 78: Edwidge Danticat and Koren Zailckas!
28 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I present my interview with Edwidge Danticat, and my interview with Koren Zailckas, plus Samantha Stemler writes about Neil M...
Episode 77: The Monorail Line Pub Crawl!
21 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, my friends Teege Braune of In Boozo Veritas fame, Ryan Rivas of Burrow Press fame, Nathan Holic of American Fraternity Ma...
Episode 76: Richard Blanco!
15 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I present my interview with the poet Richard Blanco, John King interviewing Richard Blanco (photograph by Tammy Taylor) Plus Ke...
Episode 75: The Repeal Day Show!
07 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I present TDO’s Repeal Day party, starring Robert Cassanelo, Mark Pursell, Hunter Choate, Leslie Salas, Anna King, Dan Lauer...
Episode 74: Nikki Giovanni!
28 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I interview the legend Nikki Giovanni, plus Peter Biello writes about reading Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. NOTES Peter Biel...
Episode 73: Matt Bell!
17 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I interview fiction writer Matt Bell, plus Rose Tran writes about encountering Matt Bell's How They Were Found. TEXTS DISCU...
Episode 72: We Drink!
08 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 72: We Drink! On this week’s show, My friends Teege Braune of In Boozo Veritas fame, Matt Peters of Windward Press, and MFA candidate D...
Episode 71: Mailbag Episode 3 (The Guermantes Way)!
19 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant, Plus Dan Lauer writes about a unique book that changed his life. ...
Episode 70: Tessa Mellas!
12 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Tessa Mellas, Plus Todd Sentell writes about Huckleberry Finn, A Good Man is Hard to Find, and...
Episode 69: Nathan Holic and Lindsay Hunter Perform in Functionally Literate!
09 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I share the latest installment of Functionally Literate, the reading series hosted by Jared Silvia, and this time featuring N...
Episode 68: Kristiana Kahakauwila!
28 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 68 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to dow...
Episode 67: Lindsay Hunter!
22 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Lindsay Hunter, Plus David Dadurka writes about Lewis Carroll. TEXTS DISCUSSED Don't Kiss Me" s...
Episode 66: Kalliope Lee!
14 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the novelist Kalliope Lee, plus Scott Hoffman talks about John Demos's The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from...
Episode 65: Orlando Shakespeare Theater!
06 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to three of the stars of Orlando Shakespeare Theatre's production of The Taming of the Shrew. Geoffrey Kent (Petruchio...
Episode 64: Francesca Lia Block 2
31 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the novelist Francesca Lia Block, Photo by Nicolas Sage Plus I share Alise Hamilton's essay about Francesca (origina...
Episode 63: Tim J. Myers
24 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the poet Tim J. Myers, Plus Dan Lauer explains the impact Spalding Gray's Swimming to Cambodia had on him. TEXTS DI...
Episode 62: Mailbag Episode 2 (Electric Boogaloo)
17 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 62 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is here. On this week’s show, I answer some mail wit...
Episode 61: Chad Benson!
10 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I interview my friend, the fiction writer Chad Benson, who also happens to be a rock musician called Quinn W. Shagbark, plus Jesse Duthri...
Episode 60: Gilbert King!
03 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On Episode 60 of The Drunken Odyssey, I interview the Pulitzer Prize-winning non-fiction writer Gilbert King, Plus Monty Joynes discusses coming acr...
Episode 59: Alissa Nutting!
28 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 59 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is here! On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction...
Episode 58: Philip Raisor!
22 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's show, I talk to the poet Philip Raisor, Plus Melissa Crandall brings us some Xmas in July! TEXTS DISCUSSED Swimming in the Shallow E...
Episode 57: Functionally Literate
13 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I share a Functionally Literate event I participated in back in May with Monica Wendel and Philip Deaver. This was an accide...
Episode 56: Chuck Klosterman!
06 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the essayist and novelist Chuck Klosterman, Plus John McCaffrey discusses Leo Durocher's Nice Guys Finish Last. BO...
Episode 55: Bruce Janz!
29 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the philosopher Bruce Janz, Plus Robert Jacobs shares his Facebook posts. TEXTS DISCUSSED Check out Keith B. Harde...
Episode 54: Bloomsday in Orlando!
22 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I share the live Bloomsday event! NOTES See our kickstarter campaign to travel to Weeki Wachee Springs to interview Lu Vicke...
Episode 53: Cheryl Strayed!
15 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 53 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to downloa...
Episode 52: Nathan Holic!
08 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk once again to Nathan Holic, who first appeared on this show all the way back on episode 1, Plus Drew Perlmutter discus...
Episode 51: Mailbag Show, with David James Poissant
02 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant, Plus Cathy Day Addresses The Man Who Called Her On the Phone Asking ...
Episode 50: David Sedaris!
25 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the memoir writer David Sedaris, plus Pamela Skjolsvik discusses David Sedaris’s Me Talk Pretty One Day, and A...
Episode 49: Monica Wendel (Redux)!
18 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I interview my friend, the poet Monica Wendel, who is in residency at The Kerouac House, Photo by Ashley Inguanta plus Chelse...
Episode 48: Dylan Landis!
11 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 48 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is here! On this week's show, I interview t...
Episode 47: Nerd Love, Sweet Birds of Youth, and Everything Else in the Universe (A Live Reading)
04 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 47 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is now available. This week, it's a great l...
Episode 46: Terry Ann Thaxton!
27 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 45 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available. This week, I talk to the poet...
Episode 45: Richard Peabody!
19 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On Episode 45 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, I talk to Richard Peabody, the editor o...
Episode 44: Erin Belieu!
14 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 44 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is npw available. This week, I talk to the ...
Episode 43: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram!
06 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 43 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, I talk to the poet Lillian-Yvonne Bertr...
Episode 42: Stephen Elliott and Isaac Fitzgerald!
29 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 42 is here. This week, I talk to Stephen Elliott and Isaac Fitzgerald of The Rumpus, plus Astrid Cooke writes about Stephen King's The Sta...
Episode 41: Emily Brandt!
23 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 41 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available on iTunes, or right click he...
Episode 40: Tony Hoagland!
15 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 40, I talk to the poet Tony Hoagland, Plus Bob Lamb Explains How Ernest Hemingway saved him from Rendition. Texts Discussed Sweet Ruin (B...
Episode 39: Rick Moody!
06 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 39 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is now available. On this week’s show, I ...
Episode 38: Matthew Pitt!
02 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Matthew Pitt, plus Pamela Skjolsvik discusses David Sedaris’s Me Talk Pretty One Day. Texts D...
Episode 37: Steve Davenport!
23 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to the poet Steve Davenport, Joe Conley plums Cormac McCarthy's Child of God, Plus I answer some mail... Texts Discus...
Episode 36: Readings of Erotic Poetry (A Valentine's Day Special)
13 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, The Drunken Odyssey All-Stars & I get erotic, poetically speaking... Here are the ancestral German kissing dolls shown off by L...
Episode 35: Philip F. Deaver
09 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 35 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available. On this week’s show, I talk...
Episode 34: Stephen Burdman!
01 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 34 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is here! On this week’s show, I talk Shak...
Episode 33: Chauncey Mabe!
27 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 33 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available on iTunes, or right here for ...
Episode 32: Terry Cronin!
19 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 32 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is now available. On this week’s show, I ...
Episode 31: Grant Ginder!
13 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's show, I interview novelist Grant Ginder, Plus Tim J. Myers discusses Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, Texts Discussed Dr...
Episode 30: Francesca Lia Block!
29 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks show, I interview the ever-fabulous Francesca Lia Block, Plus Lillian-Yvonne Bertram reads her poem, "You Can’t Outdrink The Moon, ...
Episode 29: The Drunken Odyssey Xmas Party!
21 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The Drunken Odyssey Xmas Party features original works by Ashley Inguanta Jamie Poissant Lisa Claire Roney Steph Jurusz Anna King Olivia Kate Cerrone...
Episode 28: J. T. Waldman!
16 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's show, I talk to the graphic novelist J. T. Waldman, plus Elizabeth Sauchelli discusses Star Girl.
Episode 27: December 8, 2012 (Cara Blue Adams)!
08 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer and Southern Review co-editor, Cara Blue Adams! Plus jazz poetry by Richard Negri! Plus I answer the...
Episode 26: December 1, 2012 (Martin Amis Event!)
01 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 26 of The Drunken Odyssey features the Martin Amis event at Miami Book Fair International, November 17, 2012.
Episode 25: November 23, 2012 (Interviews with Martin Amis, Irvine Welsh, and Bunny Yeager)
23 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's show, I report on Miami Book Fair International, where I interviewed Martin Amis, Irvine Welsh, and Bunny Yeager.
Episode 24: November 15, 2012 (Interview with Jason Roeder, Essay by Stephen McClurg)
15 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, I talk to humorist Jason Roeder, Plus Stephen McClurg writes about Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends.
Episode 23: November 10, 2012 (Interview with Darin Strauss, Essay by Sarah Blakeley)
10 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
On Episode 23, I talk to Lissette Mendez of Miami Book Fair International and the novelist Darin Strauss, plus Sarah Blakeley discusses Laura Ingalls ...
Episode 22: November 3, 2012 (Interview with Jacob M. Appel, Essay by Lisa Martens)
03 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
On Episode 22 of The Drunken Odyssey, John interviews the prolific Jacob M. Appel, Lisa Martens snarks on The Catcher in the Rye, and John answers a ...
Episode 21: October 27, 2012 (Interview with Jason Croft, Essay by Beverly Army Williams)
27 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
On Episode 21 of The Drunken Odyssey, John discusses mid-century grandeur and men's magazines and burlesque with Jason Croft, aka Java, editor of ...
Episode 20: October 20, 2012 (Interview with Anna Lillios, Essay by Alison Barker)
20 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
On Episode 20 of The Drunken Odyssey, John discusses Florida literature with the literary scholar Anna Lillios, then Alison Barker discusses Lydia Yu...