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

Episode 69: Nathan Holic and Lindsay Hunter Perform in Functionally Literate!

On this week’s show, I share the latest installment of , the reading series hosted by Jared Silvia, and this time featuring Nathan Holic and Lindsay Hunter!

Episode 68: Kristiana Kahakauwila!

Episode 68 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on , or right click  to download.
On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Kristiana Kahahauwila,

Plus Graham…

Episode 67: Lindsay Hunter!

On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer Lindsay Hunter,

Plus David Dadurka writes about Lewis Carroll.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

NOTES
A  has voted to ban Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man.
The Heaven of Animals, the forthcoming…

Episode 66: Kalliope Lee!

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 Early America.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

NOTES
Until Tuesday, September 17th, 8 A.M. Pacific…

Episode 65: Orlando Shakespeare Theater!

On this week’s show, I talk to three of the stars of Orlando Shakespeare Theatre’s production of .

Geoffrey Kent (Petruchio)

And Deanna Gibson (Kate)

John Ahlin (Baptista)

And J. Bradley talks about being haunted by The Cure.

TEXTS…

Episode 64: Francesca Lia Block 2

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 (originally from Ep. 7)

TEXTS DISCUSSED

 by Francesca Lia Block

 NOTES

 are…

Episode 63: Tim J. Myers

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 DISCUSSED

NOTES
Walter Pater: “All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music”…

Episode 62: Mailbag Episode 2 (Electric Boogaloo)

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 with my friend, David James Poissant,

Plus Jared Silvia reads his amazing new essay, “City of…

Episode 61: Chad Benson!

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 Duthrie talks about John Barth’s The Floating Opera.

TEXTS DISCUSSED

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