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 60: Gilbert King!

On Episode 60 of The Drunken Odyssey, I interview the Pulitzer Prize-winning non-fiction writer Gilbert King,

Plus Monty Joynes discusses coming across Talks and Dialogues by J. Krishnamurti

TEXTS DISCUSSED

Episode 59: Alissa Nutting!

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 writer Alissa Nutting,

Plus Graham Liddell talks about reading What is the What.

TEXTS…

Episode 58: Philip Raisor!

On this week’s show, I talk to the poet Philip Raisor,

Plus Melissa Crandall brings us some Xmas in July!

TEXTS DISCUSSED

Episode 57: Functionally Literate

On this week’s show, I share a  event I participated in back in May with Monica Wendel and Philip Deaver.

This was an accidental DO reunion, since Monica was a guest on episodes  and ,  and Philip was a guest on…

Episode 56: Chuck Klosterman!

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.

BOOKS DISCUSSED

NOTES
On July 9th, Mattew Peters will read prose at  in…

Episode 55: Bruce Janz!

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. Harder’s Children of Icarus series .

NOTES
See our  campaign to travel…

Episode 54: Bloomsday in Orlando!

On this week’s show, I share the live Bloomsday event!

NOTES
See our  campaign to travel to Weeki Wachee Springs to interview Lu Vickers about Florida literature and the world famous Weeki Wachee mermaids.

Richard Peabody, our guest…

Episode 53: Cheryl Strayed!

Episode 53 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on , or right click here to download.
On this week’s show, I talk to Cheryl Strayed,

Plus I share the piece that first made me read…

Episode 52: Nathan Holic!

On this week’s show, I talk once again to Nathan Holic, who first appeared on this show all the way back on ,

Plus Drew Perlmutter discusses the Cannes Film Festival,

Plus Nicholas Brown discusses Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome…

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