DPW Podcast #163: The Shapes Of Stories With Kurt Vonnegut

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Caleb James K.

Caleb James K. is the former Editor-in-Chief of the literary journal, Drunken Pen Writing, and the host of the DPW Podcast. He’s also a fiction writer, poet, and aspiring novelist.

Spencer Church

A former aspiring comic book artist, Spencer is the cohost of the DPW Podcast as well as a short story writer and avid reader.


We kick off the episode with a quick correction from last week. After that, we discuss a lecture series by Kurt Vonnegut that features his master’s thesis about the shapes of stories. 

To add to what Mr. Vonnegut talked about in his lecture, we also revisit the seven kinds of stories and do our best to fit them into Vonnegut’s shapes theory. 

You can check out his lecture at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOGru_4z1Vc

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