Episode 203: Campbell McGrath!

In this week's episode, I interview poet Campbell McGrath about XX, his tenth book of poetry. <dl id="attachment_13896" class="wp-caption alignnone" style= "width: 5322px;"> <img class= "alignnone size-full wp-image-13896" src= "https://thedrunkenodyssey.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/campbell-mcgrath-2.jpg" alt="Campbell McGrath 2" width="5312" height="2988" /> Campbell McGrath (left) and John King (right). Photo by Shawn McKee. TEXTS DISCUSSED <a href= "http://www.powells.com/book/xx-9780062427359?partnerid=37058&p_ti"%20title="More%20info%20about%20this%20book%20at%20powells.com"%20rel="powells-9780062427359"%3E%20XX" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13645" src="https://thedrunkenodyssey.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/xx.jpg" alt="XX" width="755" height="1141" /><a href= "http://www.powells.com/book/in-the-kingdom-of-the-sea-monkeys-9780062110909?partnerid=37058&p_ti"%20title="More%20info%20about%20this%20book%20at%20powells.com"%20rel="powells-9780062110909"%3E%20In%20the%20Kingdom%20of%20the%20Sea%20Monkeys" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13901" src="https://thedrunkenodyssey.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/in-the-kingdom-of-the-sea-monkeys.jpg" alt="InTheKingdom_pb_c" width="1365" height="2048" /><a href= "http://www.powells.com/book/seven-notebooks-9780061577437?partnerid=37058&p_ti"%20title="More%20info%20about%20this%20book%20at%20powells.com"%20rel="powells-9780061577437"%3E%20Seven%20Notebooks" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13900" src="https://thedrunkenodyssey.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/seven-notebooks.jpg" alt="Seven Notebooks" width="760" height="1094" /><a href= "http://www.powells.com/book/florida-poems-9780060008963?partnerid=37058&p_ti"%20title="More%20info%20about%20this%20book%20at%20powells.com"%20rel="powells-9780060008963"%3E%20Florida%20Poems" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13899" src="https://thedrunkenodyssey.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/florida-poems.jpg" alt="Florida Poems" width="907" height="1360" /> NOTES All 7 panels from Litlando 2016 are now available on youtube <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg-TKhQp7AqFbx4ykk4ZkMxdpl-EJV_un" target="_blank">here. Read Amy Watkins's review of XX <a href= "https://thedrunkenodyssey.com/2016/04/19/buzzed-books-39-xx-poems-for-the-twentieth-century/" target="_blank">here. My creative nonfiction piece, "Just Barely," recently appeared in the <a href= "http://burrowpress.com/just-barely-john-king/">Fantastic Floridas section of Burrow Press Review. My flash fiction, "Gentle Spirit," appeared in <a href= "http://www.thatliteraryreview.com/issues.html">THAT Literary Review #1. On May 10th, I'll be reading with Jared Silvia, Tom Lucas, and Karen Price in <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/events/231931887164438/">The Best of There Will Be Words. Check out "The Battle Over the Sea Monkey Fortune" at <a href= "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/magazine/the-battle-over-the-sea-monkey-fortune.html?_r=0"> 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 <a href= "http://www.thebambimolesters.com/">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. <a href= "http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ADPQNU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003ADPQNU&linkCode=as2&tag=thedruody-20&linkId=6CKT26D5KTUTKP2X"%3EAs%20The%20Dark%20Wave%20Swells"> <img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-7760" src= "https://thedrunkenodyssey.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/as-the-dark-wave-swells.jpg?w=529" alt="As the Dark Wave Swells" width="529" height= "529" /><a href= "http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000067A5P/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000067A5P&linkCode=as2&tag=thedruody-20&linkId=FGZFPCJSTNTWS4SI"%3ESonic%20Bullets:%2013%20From%20the%20Hip"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-7761" src= "https://thedrunkenodyssey.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/sonic-bullets.jpg?w=529" alt="Sonic Bullets" width="529" height="529" />