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

John King
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Mar 25, 2023 • 1h 7min

569: Lydia Millet interviewed by David James Poissant!

Lydia Millet and David James Poissant discuss geography, birds, earnestness, the characterization of children, the structure of plot and novels, and other matters of interest.
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Mar 18, 2023 • 1h 11min

568: A Conversation about Albert Camus's "The Guest" with Chelsea Alice

Chelsea Alice gave me homework, to read "The Guest" by Albert Camus, the result of which is this existentialist episode, or something like that.
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Mar 11, 2023 • 1h 3min

567: Brook Ziporyn!

This week, Brook Ziporyn and I discuss the complexities of interpreting the Daodejing, the humor of the book, and its applications to life philosophies, politics, literature, and many other things along the way.
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Mar 4, 2023 • 60min

566: Ciera Horton McElroy

This week, I speak with Ciera Horton McElroy about following through with long form fiction and her extraordinary debut, Atomic Family.
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Feb 25, 2023 • 1h 25min

565: A Discussion of William Gibson's Pattern Recognition with Rachael Tillman!

This week, Rachael Tillman and I discuss William Gibson's not especially science fictiony, but post-modern systems thriller, Pattern Recognition
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Feb 18, 2023 • 1h 13min

564: Patricia Smith!

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Feb 11, 2023 • 1h 10min

563: Stephanie McCarter, interviewed by Chelsea Alice!

This week, Chelsea Alice talks to Stephanie McCarter about Ovid's self-reflection, making Ovid's humor visible to a contemporary audience, and feminism as it relates to translation.
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Feb 5, 2023 • 1h 4min

562: Mike Nagel!

This week, I speak with fiction writer Mike Nagel about comic existentialism, alcoholic literature, and the class complexities of real estate.
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Jan 28, 2023 • 1h 2min

561: Felicia Berliner and Deb Rogers, interviewed by Samantha Nickerson!

This week, Samantha Nickerson talks to Felicia Berliner about her new novel, Shmutz, and the challenges of existing within multiple identities, plus Samantha Nickerson talks to Deb Rogers about her new novel, Florida Woman, group-think, cults, and lots of monkeys. Today's Guest Host TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription to Scribophile. After using the above link to register for a basic account, go here while still logged in to upgrade the account with the discount. If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small commission on anything you purchase at no additional cost to yourself.
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Jan 21, 2023 • 1h 28min

560: A Discussion of Philip Schultz's Comforts of the Abyss with Rachael Tillman!

On #560, Rachael Tillman and I discuss the art of persona writing through the lens of Philip Schultz's recent book, Comforts of the Abyss.

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