343: A Very Italian Christmas!
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life
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Show Notes
In this week's episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about the new story anthology, A Very Italian Christmas, from New Vessel Press.
In our discussion, we manage to talk about yuletide loneliness, poverty, despair, prostitution, elk herds, Christmas, fascism, prostitution, friendship, Paul Auster's screenplay for Smoke, and David Sedaris's classic essay, "Dinah the Christmas Whore."
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Check out Vanessa and I talking about A Very French Christmas from last year.
Check out my interview with Davis Sedarisback on episode 50.