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Hosted by Drunken Pen Writing · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 455 episodes
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Drunken Pen Writing is a nonprofit writing and arts podcast aimed at exploring various aspects to the craft of writing, reading, drinking, and literature‘s impact on society and pop culture. A mix of raunchy humor and useful information, DPW is sure to have something you‘ll enjoy.
Drunken Pen Writing hosts Drunken Pen Writing Podcast, a arts show with 455 episodes published.
In today's cold open, we briefly discuss some writing updates and a writers' group we attended. After that, we break down pacing in fiction and give tips on how to do it well. We also share examples of good and bad pacin
In today's cold open, we discuss what reading level the average adult should be at. Studies have shown that the average currently sits between a 5th-grade and 7th-grade reading level, but we feel that's way too low. We a
No cold open today. Instead, we dive right into the topic of the day. We examine the current illiteracy crisis going on in the US and discuss a study done with English majors who were found to be unable to read or inadeq
We get controversial in today's cold open by discussing the nonsense that is organized religion. After that, we have a fun chat about the American books you should read at least once in your life. Well, at least accordin
We begin today's episode with a rant against all the people trashing the new Odyssey movie for illegitimate reasons. After that, we discuss current and future reads. You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter
In today's extended cold open, we perform a terrible review of the wild novel "Ham on Rye" by Charles Bukowski. After that, we do an even more terrible job of discussing the 2026 Bram Stoker Awards. You can follow us on
We kick today's episode in the ass with some Charles Bukowski talk! After that, we discuss another list about the Great American Novel. This one tries to define what that truly means and if it's possible for a single nov
We kick off today's episode by discussing how terrible everything is and how it's similar to John Steinbeck's super-depressing novel The Grapes of Wrath. After that, we read a list of the most American novels according t
We begin today's episode with a terrible review of Gravity's Rainbow, followed by our current reads. After that, we read and discuss the top 100 books according to the readers of The Guardian. You can follow us on Instag
We open today's episode with an interesting question: if you could become the greatest ever in one art form, what art form would you choose? Writer, painter, actor, singer? Somehow, this segues into a conversation about
We open today's episode with an unorthodox review of The Devil Wears Prada 2. After that nonsense, we discuss the types of stories you rarely, or never, read about or see in the movies. Such as Caleb's latest story, "San
Today, we sit down with a past guest, journalist, poet, and owner of Starving Author Press, Nick Ulanowski. We discuss his Kickstarter for his newest book, Truth Before Comfort: Confessions of a Comic Book Journalist. We
We begin today's episode with some poor writing updates. After that, we discuss how to get casual readers interested in tackling more challenging classic literature. We also give our recommendations of what books we thin
In today's cold open, we discuss some old/new publishing news as of the recording of the episode. After that, we discuss some of the most infamously difficult books in literature and why you should either read them or th
The government has decided to pay us not to work and instead focus on our art! Or at least that's the scenario we discuss in today's cold open. What would you do with your free time if you received a universal basic inco
While this is our most recent recording, we bumped this up to air before our other episodes in the queue because we discuss a bunch of current events. Mainly, fresh publishing news, an on-air car accident announcement, a
We begin today's episode with a conversation about collecting vinyl records. After that, we discuss the graphic novel adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel "The Road" by Manu Larcenet. We also talk about what books we wo
In today's cold open, we discuss the nonsense that is Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon. It's about rockets and man boners. That's probably all you need to know. After that, we settle in and talk about famous literary
We begin today's episode by discussing the importance of joining a writing group. After that, we talk about our recent reads, including the absolutely crazy novel, "Pulp" by Charles Bukowski. Things take a turn for the w
We kick off today's episode with some publishing news and an update on what we're reading. After that, we discuss the most violent books ever written, according to Google AI. We also have a ridiculous conversation about
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