“Ode to Zorba” piece narrated on The Drunken Odyssey

Hi all, I was fortunate enough to have a piece published on John King’s witty podcast about the writing life: “The Drunken Odyssey.” The piece (about an hour into the podcast) is narrated by a voice much smoother than my own (Christopher Booth’s) and is titled “Ode to Zorba” – it’s essentially a meditation on my favorite novel, Zorba the Greek, and how the book influenced both my own work (How to Dispose of Dead Elephants) and life in general. Thanks for the listen!

http://thedrunkenodyssey.com/2014/06/14/episode-103-alan-michael-parker/

 

Zorba the Greek

 

Celebrate Small Press Month!

March is a protean month. Pisces are born every March. Caesar is betrayed every March. You run the possibility of being pinched if you don’t wear green every March. Demeter is reunited with Persephone every March. One gives five dollars to a friend for a college basketball pool and never sees those five dollars again every March. But perhaps most world-historically important of all, small presses are celebrated every March. That said, show your appreciation for small presses by browsing the catalog of any of the following stellar links below!

Sandstone Press

Graywolf Press

Dark Coast Press

Melville House

Doing a X at Polt

Kneeling and paying homage to the “celebrate national small press month” sign at Politics and Prose!