Podcast Episodes
Back to Search675: Tom McAllister!
On this episode, John speaks with Tom McAllister about writing burnout, writing prompts, revision, and discovery, as well as Tom's wonderful new collection of flash memoirs, It All Felt Impossible.
Published on 6 months ago
Replay: Episode 130 with Jaquira Díaz
In this week's replay episode, John talks to author and editor Jaquira Díaz in a show dating back to 2014. Many thanks to Brian Salmons.
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
674: Peter Kuper!
On today's art-infused program, Drew Barth speaks with comic book legend Peter Kuper about his wonderful new book, Insectopolis, a project created during Peter's residency at the NY Public Library, p…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
673: A Discussion of William S. Burroughs's Junky, with Matt Peters!
This episode is a recording of the inaugural meeting of the Kerouac Project of Orlando's Book Club. Matt Peters and I discuss William S. Burroughs's debut novel, Junky, and its place in the first qua…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
672: Dan Reiter Event!
Dan Reiter reads from his new book, On a Rising Swell: Surf Stories from the Space Coast, with the jazz piano accompaniment of Daniel Tenbusch, touching the bohemian spirit of Jack Kerouac, who wrote…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
671: Dmetri Kakmi!
On this show, John speaks with Dmetri Kakmi about holding onto the mysteries of storytelling, the setting of Australia, the wild problem of self, and his wonderful new novel, The Woman in the Well.
Published on 7 months ago
670: A Discussion of the Ewoks Trilogy, with Jeff Shuster!
After taking a year off to recover, Jeff Shuster return again for a May the 4th episode of The Drunken Odyssey, in which we discuss the seldom-discussed Ewoks trilogy. As a result, we might never hav…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
669: Shelley Fisher Fishkin
On this show, John speaks with the literary scholar, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, who writes lucidly about classic American fiction in readable, important, and enjoyable prose. One of Dr. Fishkin's areas …
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Replay Episode: Tessa Mellas (Episode 70, from 2013)
While John attempts his convalence from his contempible cold, here is a replay of a classic episode from 2013 with the fiction writer Tessa Mellas.
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
668: Margie Sarsfield!
In Margie Sarsfield's debut novel, Beta Vulgaris, a hipster Brooklyn couple take on temporary work at a Minnesota beet farm at harvest time in order to earn extra money to help them maintain their Br…
Published on 8 months ago