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

Hosted ByJohn King

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.


All Episodes

542: Azar Nafisi!

541: Marie Myung-Ok Lee!

This week, Samantha Nickerson speaks with novelist Marie Myung-Ok Lee about the musicality of novel-writing, and discovering the shape a novel requires despite one’s intentions.

540: Mark Braude!

This week, I talk with historian and biographer about artist, model, and cabaret singer Kiki Man Ray and the art life in Paris in the 1920s.

539: Chelsey Clammer!

This week, I catch up with longtime friend of the show, the brilliant creative nonfiction writer, Chelsey Clammer.

538: A Discussion of John Bois’s “17776” with Chelsea Alice!

This week, the brilliant Chelsea Alice & I discuss John Bois’s postmodern masterpiece, “,” which is partially about what football will look like in the time of the singularity. Probably no other fiction has made such utility out of the resources and…

537: Michael Wheaton!

On #537, I speak with the writer, publisher, and podcaster Michael Wheaton

536: Nona Willis Aronowitz!

This week, I speak with nonfiction writer Nona Willis Aronowitz about sex and feminism and other matters.

535: A Discussion of Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran, with Rachael Tillman!

This week, Rachael Tillman and I discuss Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran, a long overdue read for both of us.

534: Rachel Kolman!

This week, I speak with Rachel Kolman about her immersion in creative non-fiction and her writing life after her UCF MFA.

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