268: Kathleen Rooney!
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life · John King
July 8, 20171h 11mExplicit
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Show Notes
On this week's show, I talk to the poet and novelist Kathleen Rooney about the flaneur as geographic narrator of imaginative space, the aesthetic pleasures of walking, writing about New York City, the value of elderly characters, the dramatic provocations of history, and the structure of the novel of memory.
TEXTS DISCUSSED
- On June 16th, I am hosting a fundraiser for the S.A.F.E. Words poetry slam at Writer's Atelier.
- On July 28th, I am hosting a reading by Jaimal Yogis at the Kerouac House.