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

In this week's episode, I talk to the poet and novelist Ryler Dustin near the end of his residency at the Kerouac House in Orlando, after a weeklong tour of weddings. We speak about the horrors of what happens to poetry in educational environments, the dawning sense of contemporary poetry as a form of play and life, as opposed to some kind of stillborn puzzle. Ryler also talks about the poetic impulse overtaking him before he even knew what poetry was, and walks me through his experience in slam poetry and MFA life, and the creative writing PhD, and the drive to move beyond genres. For some reason, I bring up my favorite bit of dialogue from the movie Major League despite Bull Durham being a much better movie. The role of honesty and novelty in writing also brilliantly come up. (We were both sober.) NOTES On September 30th, Richard Blanco is headed to Valencia College for its 2016 Winter Park Writers Festival. Rest in peace, Mr. Sundrop (Episode 213), or else let your caterwauls join the heavenly chorus. Episode 222 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

In this week's episode, I share There Will Be Fan Fiction 2, a special edition of Jesse Bradley's prose reading series, There Will Be Words. [gallery ids="16266,16265,16263,4775" type="rectangular"] This installment features the fan fiction of Shauna Basques (Jason Todd-era Batman), J. Bradley himself (The Mighty Ducks/Fatal Attraction crossover, obviously), Brontë Bettencourt (Frozen), A. C. Warner (Star Trek: The Next Generation, as read by me), and me (Flash Gordon). NOTES Check out the first installment of There Will Be Fan Fiction, which featured Teege Braun writing Small Wonder, Jared Silvia writing King of the Hill, Stephanie Rizzo writing about a post-apocalyptic Lewis and Clarke, Genevieve Anna Tyrrell writing Dexter, and me, that is John King, writing a Benny Hill Show/Ace Frehley crossover that includes David Foster Wallace, Yoda, My Little Pony, and a hint of Cthulu. Also check out J. Bradley's latest book, Jesus Christ, Boy Detective, and here us talk about it back on episode 216. Check out Brontë Bettencourt's blog, 21st Century Brontë.

In this week's episode, I talk to my friend, fiction writer Sam Slaughter, who I met back in 2014, when he wrote a little something about Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son for the show. We talk about his short story collection, God in Neon, his chapbook, When You Cross That Line (inspired by Florida Man stories), alcoholism, how we evolve as writers, and the Orlando writing scene. Photo by Oxley Photography 2014 plus Tom McAllister of Book Fight fame reads his personal essay, "A Brief History of World Travel (Part 8): Notes on Baltimore, MD." TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out Sam Slaughter's website. Hear Sam read his essay about Denis Johnson's Jesus's Son back on episode 119. Or hear Sam read his essay about his misadventures in brewing beer back on episode 126. Or hear Sam reads his essay about helping himself to some sacramental wine as part of our Repeal Day 2014 show back on episode 129. Read the text of A Brief History of World Travel (part 8) - Notes on Baltimore, MD, or check out Tom McAllister's other essays in this series, and his other work, on his website. Consider pre-ordering Tom McAllister's forthcoming novel, The Young Widower's Handbook. Listen to the music of The Bambi Molesters. Episode 220 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. Save

Episode 219 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week's episode, I share a recording of Loose Lips, the monthly current events literary thing hosted by the inestimable Tod Caviness. The line up on that evening was Ryan Rivas, my awesome self, Mary McGinn, Logan Anderson, and Amy Watkins!

In this week's episode, I talk to historian and creative writer Todd James Pierce, plus Heather Whited reads her essay, "The General." TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTE Check out the Disney History Institute.

In this week's episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about On Writing, a book of selections from Charles Bukowski's letters, plus poet Henry Hughes writes me a letter about his own correspondence with Bukowski back from 1989 and 1991. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES On August 2nd, I'll be reading in Tod Caviness's Loose Lips reading series at L'il Indies. On August 9th, I'll be reading at THERE WILL BE FAN FICTION at The Gallery at Avalon Island. Check out Henry Hughes's website here.

In this week's episode, I talk to J. Bradley about his new novel, Jesus Christ, Boy Detective, plus Tom McAllister reads his essay, "A Brief History of World Travel, Part 6." TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES For those of you who'd like to read "A Brief History of World Travel, Part 6," or follow Tom McAllister in general, go here. Subscribe to The Florida Review for only $15 a year.

In this week's episode, I interview actor and author Lisa Wolpe about her one woman show, Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender, plus Mistie Watkins reads her essay "Why I Write."

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Episode 213 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week's episode, I share a recording of a joint production of The Drunken Odyssey, The Functionally Literate Reading Series, and the In Between Series: an experimental show called The Pink Fire Revue. This featured the musicians John Curtis, Derek Duda (Dudagruv), Jared Silvia (Pressurewave), and visual artist Ginger Leigh (Synthestruct), and the writers, namely myself, Nicole Oquendo, Mary McGinn, Tod Caviness, &, by proxy, The Terrible Mr. Sundrop. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES If you like in the city beautiful that is Orlando, do check out Bright Light Books, my favorite local used book store, especially for their overstock sales every Saturday. Episode 213 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

In this week's episode, I interview fiction writer and humorist Erik Deckers, plus Emma Atkinson reads her essay, "The Little Maybe." TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Follow Erik's humor columns here, his professional blog here, or on twitter. Check out Chuck Cannini's review of New York Classical Theatre's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

In this week's episode, we have a roundtable discussion of Hunter S. Thompson. The participants included Geoffe Benge, Frank Messina, Josh Dull, Shawn McKee, Geoff Benge, Frank Messina, Ashley Inguanta, Josh Dull, and Shawn McKee. and Dianne Turgeon Richardson. Dianne pre-recording her bit. Notice the placement of tambourine. TEXTS DISCUSSED

In this week's episode, I interview fiction writer and philosopher Ron Cooper, plus I chat with actor Jeremy Palko, who many of you might recognize as Andy from season 6 of The Walking Dead. Jeremy Palko is the more handsome fellow on the right. TEXTS DISCUSSED

In this week's episode, I share a recording of the latest live performance of The Drunken Odyssey All Stars, in The Ink Show. This performance included your humble host, Teege Braune, Nicole Oquendo, Nicole with the tattoo artist, James King. Mistie Watkins, Adrian Alexander, Stephanie Rizzo, Tom Lucas, and Amy Watkins. NOTES Infinite thanks to Beyond Ink Tattoos in Winter Park. Listen to the powerful surf rock of The Intoxicators. TEXTS DISCUSSED

In this week's episode, I interview fiction writer Mark Leyner, Photo by David Plakke Media. plus Catherine Carson writes about how Kelly Groome's I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES The music accompanying Catherine Carson's essay is "Wingspan" by Carlton Melton, from their album "Photos of Photos." Check out the music of The Tequila Worms.

In this week's episode, I interview the novelist and poet Jeffrey Ethan Lee, plus Heather Whited reads another travel memoir essay, "Masada." TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out Jeffrey's first appearance on TDO, back on Episode 111. The Pink Fire Revue is a Modular Collective Art event on June 4th at 7pm at the Gallery At Avalon Island. Poetry by John King, Nicole Oquendo, Tod Caviness, and Mary McGinn. Visualizations by Synthestruct. Improvised electronic music by Jon Curtis, Dudagruv, and Pressure wave. The Pink Fire Revue is presented by Functionally Literate, The Drunken Odyssey, and The In-Between Series. This event is free and open to the public. Follow The In Between Series here.oad.

In this week's episode, I share a recording of latest Best Of show in Jesse Bradley's prose reading series, There Will Be Words, in which I was a reader, along with Tom Lucas, Jared Silvia, and Karen Price. J. Bradley. Photo by John King. John King. Tom Lucas is at crotch height. Photo by Shawn McKee. Tom Lucas. Photo by Shawn McKee. Jared Silvia. Photo by Shawn McKee. Karen Price. Photo by Shawn McKee. NOTES If you live in the City Beautiful, that is Orlando, come see me collaborate with others in The Pink Fire Revue on Saturday, June 4th.

In this week's episode, I talk about Wallace Stevens's "The Noble Rider and the Sound of Words" with Vanessa Blakeslee, Plus Tom McAllister reads his essay, "A Brief History of World Travel, Part 1: Notes on Portland Maine." TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out The Two Cities Review, as well as its podcast. If you want to read Tom McAllister's "A Brief History of World Travel, Part 1: Notes on Portland Maine," go here. Check out my review of Book Fight, or Book Fight itself.

In this week's episode, I throw myself into the Star Wars universe from a writer's perspective. NOTE: This show was not authorized by Lucasfilm or any other company. NOTES Learn more about Marcia Lucas's influence on 2.5 of the early Star Wars films here.

In this week's episode, I interview poet Campbell McGrath about XX, his tenth book of poetry. Campbell McGrath (left) and John King (right). Photo by Shawn McKee. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES All 7 panels from Litlando 2016 are now available on youtube here. Read Amy Watkins's review of XX here. My creative nonfiction piece, "Just Barely," recently appeared in the Fantastic Floridas section of Burrow Press Review. My flash fiction, "Gentle Spirit," appeared in THAT Literary Review #1. On May 10th, I'll be reading with Jared Silvia, Tom Lucas, and Karen Price in The Best of There Will Be Words. Check out "The Battle Over the Sea Monkey Fortune" at The New York Times Magazine. The Picasso film I reference is The Mystery of Picasso, from 1956, which is not actually in the 1970s at all. Check out the music of The Bambi Molesters. Their songs "Rising East" (As the Dark Wave Swells) and "Chaotica" (from Sonic Bullets: 13 from the Hip) are heard on this episode.

In this week’s episode, I share Litlando 2016's publishing panel, featuring Danita Berg, Lisa Roney, Raquel Henry, and Ryan Rivas. plus Chris Bedell writes about how Sara Shephard's Pretty Little Liars: Toxic changed his life. TEXTS DISCUSSED Pretty Little Liars 15 Toxic">NOTES Check out the music of The Tequila Worms.

In this week’s episode, I present my lecture, Postmodernism for Creative Writers. TEXTS DISCUSSED The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer" target="_blank"> French Lieutenants Woman" target="_blank"> Gravitys Rainbow" target="_blank"> True Places Never Are" target="_blank"> Break Every Rule: Essays on Language, Longing, and Moments of Desire" target="_blank"> _

In this week’s episode, I talk to the poet and memoirist Brian Turner, Poet Brian Turner. Photograph by Kim Buchheit. plus Heather Whited reads her essay, "Scotland Break Up." TEXTS DISCUSSED My Life as a Foreign Country A Memoir" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-13383"> Here Bullet" target="_blank"> Phantom Noise" rel="attachment wp-att-13382">NOTES According to The Guardian, some readers were not amused by Calvin Trillan's "Have They Run Out of Provinces Yet?".

In this week’s episode, I talk to the New York Times bestselling novelist Ridley Pearson from Walt Disney World, plus Mistie Watkins writes about how The Night Circus changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED Kingdom Keepers: The Return Book Two Legacy of Secrets" target="_blank"> Kingdom Keepers 01 Disney After Dark" target="_blank"> Starcatchers 01 Peter & The Starcatchers" target="_blank"> Choke Point" target="_blank"> Night Circus" target="_blank">

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In this week’s episode, I talk about Carole Maso's Break Every Rule with Vanessa Blakeslee, Break Every Rule: Essays on Language, Longing, and Moments of Desire" target="_blank"> plus Jeremy DaCruz writes about a lucky day on the Econlockhachee River. TEXTS DISCUSSED Break Every Rule: Essays on Language, Longing, and Moments of Desire" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-12165">

Episode 196 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I interview the actor Joe Vincent, Plus John McMahon writes about how Moby Dick changed his life. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out Orlando Shakespeare Theater's current offerings, and use the discount code mentioned at the beginning of this week's episode. See my reviews of OST's Tempest and Pericles. Check out C.T. McMillan's blog, McMillan's Codex. Check out Lisa Marten's blog, On Top of It. I am so proud to share this wonderful Kerouac House/Burrow Press event from last month, My Queer Valentine, starring Ashley Inguanta, Claire Robin Thorne, Amber Norman, and Sarah Viren. Episode 196 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

In this week’s episode, I interview the creative nonfiction writer Sarah Viren, Plus Amy Oestreicher writes about a book that changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED Sarah Viren's My Murderer's Futon. Sarah Viren's How to Unmarry Your Wife. Courage to Heal 4th Edition A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse 20th Anniversary Edition" target="_blank"> NOTES Learn more about Sarah Viren here. Learn more about Amy Oestreicher, including upcoming dates of her one-woman show, Gutless and Grateful, here.

In this week’s episode, I interview the poet J. Scott Brownlee, plus Dan Lauer reads his memoir essay, "Helen of Troy." TEXTS DISCUSSED Requiem%20for Used Ignition Cap (The Orison Poetry Prize)" target="_blank"> Sex Drugs & Cocoa Puffs A Low Culture Manifesto" target="_blank"> Break Every Rule: Essays on Language, Longing, and Moments of Desire" target="_blank">

In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Mary Gaitskill, and share her reading from Miami Book Fair International, plus Beverly Army Williams and I discuss Mary Gaitskill's new novel, The Mare. TEXTS DISCUSSED The Mare" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-11673"> Veronica" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-11672">NOTES Check out Beverly Army Williams's site, Mothershould. Get tickets for Litlando here. The music used in this show was by Michael Hearst. "Alprazolam" (Songs for Fearful Flyers) and "Nicht Lustig Fight" (Film Music and Other Scores, Vol. 1) appeared in the opening, and "Theme From Magic Camp" (Film Music and Other Scores, Vol. 1) at the close. Check out his wonderful music. Songs For Fearful Flyers" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-11854">If you live in Orlando, check out Orlando Shakespeare Theater's 2016 production of The Tempest. Greg Thornton (Prospero) & Lisa Wolpe (Antonia) in OST's The Tempest. (Photo by Luke Evans.)

This week features our 4th annual Erotic Poetry Night, featuring Jesse Bradley, Teege Braune, Stephanie Rizzo, Danielle Kessinger, Amy Watkins, David James Poissant, Ashley Inguanta, Sarah Viren, and (ahem) John King.

In this week’s episode, I interview poet Erin Belieu, plus I share the Miami Book Fair International reading she participated in with Carl Phillips, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, and Kevin Young. TEXTS DISCUSSED Slant Six" target="_blank"> Reconnaissance Poems" target="_blank"> Heaven Poems" target="_blank"> Book of Hours" target="_blank"> NOTES Check out my first interview with Erin Belieu back on episode 44, when we talked about VIDA and the count. On Superbowl Sunday, February 7, 7 P.M., The Drunken Odyssey will be Super Balling at Writer’s Atelier. More info is here. Get tickets for Litlando here.

In this week’s episode, I interview Adrian Todd Zuniga, the host of Literary Death Match, plus Heather Whited writes about how Susanna Clark's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Learn More about Literary Death Match here. Get tickets for Litlando here.

In this week’s episode, I talk about Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Poetry as Insurgent Art with Vanessa Blakeslee, Plus Alice Lowe writes about how Virginia Woolf's A Writer's Diary changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED Poetry As Insurgent Art"> Coney Island Of The Mind" target="_blank"> Writers Diary Being Extracts from the Diary of Virginia Woolf" target="_blank"> NOTES Coney Island was much more interesting in 1907 than it turned out to be in 2007 when I visited. The line for food was onerous. And no funnel cake. His philtrum is a bit too feline for someone serving food. This was not as much fun as it looked. This ride was, disappointingly, all facade. It covered half-a-ring at most, with mostly tetanus to frighten you with. Parachute Literary Arts managed a much better poetic experience at Coney Island. Wonder Wheel, photographed by Jim McDonnell. Amanda Deutch hosting the night of poetry in and on The Wonder Wheel. Emcee and Coney Island Hysterical Society co-founder (on the left, outside the car) Richard Eagan. Julie Ezelle Patton. Wanda Phipps reading. _____ Episode 189 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

In this week’s episode, I interview memoir writer J.J. Anselmi, Plus Patty Hawkins eulogizes David Bowie. TEXTS DISCUSSED Heavy" target="_blank">Low" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-10773">NOTES Check out Drew Perlmutter's kickstarter campaign for his upcoming documentary, US Highway 98: The Florida I Never Knew. He was my cinematographer for The Drunken Odyssey's first documentary, The Weeki Wachee Spectacular. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Cg6lFnfl4 Patty Hawkin's recommends Bowie's Jazzin for Blue Jean. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXvAaNcXNzI

In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Kelly Link, Plus I share the reading she participated in, "Short Stories, Tall Tales," also featuring Adam Johnson and Padgett Powell. TEXTS DISCUSSED Get in Trouble: Stories" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-10669">NOTES Get in Trouble: Stories" target="_blank"> A Quaker high school in Philadelphia has removed Huckleberry Finn from its curriculum. Mein Kampf will be published in Germany for the first time in 70 years. Neil Gaiman straightened out an impatient George R. R. Martin fan back in 2009, which is perhaps why fans are being nicer to Martin right now, after he missed a deadline for the latest installment of A Song of Ice and Fire.

In this week’s episode, I interview the poet and memoirist Nick Flynn, Plus I share the reading he participated in about 45 minutes after our interview, a reading that also included Ed Skoog and Denise Duhamel (Episode 134). TEXTS DISCUSSED My Feelings Poems" target="_blank"> Another Bullshit Night in Suck City A Memoir" target="_blank"> Rough Day" target="_blank">

In this week’s episode, I interview Teege Braune, who reads short story, "Top Takes a Top," which just appeared in Bridge Eight. TEXTS DISCUSSED Ethiopiques%204" target="_blank"> Ulysses Complete & Unabridged As Corrected & Reset in 1961" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-8475">NOTES Scott McCloud and Cory Doctorow: A Conversation is now available on TDO's youtube channel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqwnK1I2Xhg

In this week’s episode, I interview Cory Doctorow and Amy Hempel, plus Shawn McKee reads his personal essay, "A Confession." TEXTS DISCUSSED In Real Life" target="_blank"> Down & Out In The Magic Kingdom" target="_blank"> Information Doesnt Want to Be Free" target="_blank"> The Hand That Feeds You" target="_blank"> Collected Stories of Amy Hempel" target="_blank"> NOTES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV9zW3ou0tM

In this week’s episode, I interview Mary Karr, and share her talk at Miami Book Fair International 2015, plus I share a Miami Bookfair Event I was in, Tiffany Razzano's Saved by the Sunshine State. Tiffany Razzano ruling over The Swamp!

In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Elizabeth McCracken, and share her reading at Miami Book Fair International 2015, plus Dallas Woodburn reads her personal essay, "First, Please Yourself." NOTES David Henry Hwang is apparently going to be okay after being seriously attacked with a knife in Brooklyn. Special thanks to Lisa Martens, Don Royster, and Racquel Henry for sharing their impressions of NANOWRIMOing. TEXTS DISCUSSED Thunderstruck & Other Stories" target="_blank"> Durable Goods" target="_blank">

In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Rick Moody plus Ryan Rivas reads his essay, "Reporting from Inside the Vortex of Miami Book Fair," which first appeared on lithub. TEXTS DISCUSSED Check out Rick's new band, The Unspeakable Practices. Episode 181 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Cate McGowan, plus Shawn McKee reads his piece, "Job Letter." & Racquel Henry discusses her experience with NANO-WRIMO.TEXTS DISCUSSED True Places Never Are Short Stories" target="_blank"> NOTES

In this week’s episode, I interview memoir writer J. C. Sevcik, plus Nancy Caronia readers her personal essay, Postmortem. TEXTS DISCUSSED Read some of J. C. Sevcik's essays here, here, and here. Brain-dead Megaphone" target="_blank"> Against Football" target="_blank"> NOTES Miami Book Fair is coming up: November 15-22. TDO is now on Instagram.

This week is a live show for Horror Movie Poetry Night 2, starring The Drunken Odyssey All Stars, brought to you several days early for your Halloweening pleasure. Photos by Racquel Henry. On this occasion, The Drunken Odyssey All-Stars included: Tom Lucas (The Mouth of Madness) Teege Braune (The Creature from the Black Lagoon) Anna King (House of 1,000 Corpses/The Devil's Rejects) Mark Purcell (Rosemary’s Baby) Genevieve Anna Tyrrell (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) Vincent Crampton Satan Susan Fallows (Carrie) Special thanks to Writer's Atelier for granting us a venue! If you live in Orlando, check out WA's website here for information about its workshops and events.

In this week’s episode, I interview bizarro fiction writer Tom Lucas, plus Dallas Woodburn writes about how reading Aimee Bender'’s The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED Pax Titanus" target="_blank">The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: A Novel. Aimee Bender" target="_blank"> NOTES The Drunken Odyssey: A Podcast About the Writing Life presents another evening of verse inspired by that most poetic of film genres: horror! Featuring Mark Purcell Teege Braune Anna King Vincent Crampton Genevieve Anna Tyrrell Tom Lucas Susan Fallows & your host, John King. Absinthe ceremony to follow? October 28, 2015 Writer's Atelier (336 Grove Avenue, Winter Park, FL) See facebook event page here.

In this week’s episode, I share a recording of a Halloween show in Jesse Bradley’s prose reading series, There Will Be Words, in which I was a reader. Besides moi, the show featured Raymond McKee Will Garland Danita Berg J. C. Sevcik Peg Martin Catherine Carson, and Tom Lucas. JC Sevcik (Photo by Patrick Greene) NOTES Check out Michael Hearst's new album, Film Music and Other Scores, Vol. 1.

In this week’s episode, I interview my occasional co-host Vanessa Blakeslee about her new novel, Juventud, Photo by Ashley Inguanta. plus James Stewart III writes about how reading David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest changed his life. TEXTS DISCUSSED Juventud" target="_blank"> Infinite Jest: A Novel" target="_blank"> NOTES Come see Vanessa on book tour, including her upcoming appearance on October 18th in the Sunday Salon series with Orlando Ferrand, Anu Jindal, and Asali Solomon. The reading starts at 7 P.M. at Jimmy's #43 at 43 E 7th Street, NY, NY. Svetlana Alexievich has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.Elvis, the king cobra who has roamed Orlando for the last 5 weeks, has been found. In turns out, Publix Supermarkets don't recycle human skulls.

In this week’s episode, we have a roundtable discussion of Edgar Allen Poe. Present for this discussion were Jared Silvia, Shawn Whittington, Dianne Turgeon Richardson, Matt Peters, and Teege Braune, Jared, put THAT damned knife away. So you're saying my thesis isn't solid? Really? NOTES Check out the sweet swag in The Drunken Odyssey‘s fundraiser here. Check out these Burrow Press events. Literary Death Match will be judged by Billy Collins. Saturday October 3rd | Functionally Literate Presents: PADGETT POWELL | REBECCA EVANHOE | BETH McKEE Lowndes Shakespeare Center | 812 E. Rollins Street 7pm | FREE | No ticket necessary. Wednesday October 7th | Literary Death Match Presents: ERICA DAWSON | DAVID JAMES POISSANT KRISTIN HARMEL | KRISTEN ARNETT Mad Cow Theatre | 54 W. Church Street, 2nd Floor Doors at 7pm | Show at 8pm $12 pre-sale | $15 at the door.