Jaydra Johnson, author of LOW: NOTES ON ART & TRASH, talks fighting to make trash high art, finding your calling, and shaking the demon of your past. If you're a fan of the show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.
Author of My Dead Book and Ripcord, Nate Lippens, talks encroaching death, facing obsolescence, and disappearance. If you're a fan of the show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.
Today Joseph Edwin Haeger, author of Learn to Swim, comes on to talk about friendship, those who influence, and the value of being called out. If you're a fan of the show, please become a Patreon supporter.
The godmother of Indie Lit, author of Estranged, Elizabeth Ellen joins me to discuss what the hell's wrong with internet writing these days. If you're a fan of this show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.
The fascinating Kate Axelrod, author of How to Get Along Without Me, joins me to talk coming from a family of writers, liberty versus marketability, and confronting what you hate in order to grow. If you're a fan of the show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.
The myth, the legend, author of Cult of Loretta, The Red-Headed Pilgrim, and forthcoming Horse Girl Fever, comes on to talk being plagued by the suburbs, having little (or no) agency over your own life, and pleasing our inner teenager. If you're a fan of this show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.
LJ Pemberton, author of Still Alive, comes on to talk about becoming famous in the evangelical Christian community, becoming an atheist, dating a cult member and moving to South America, graduating from Columbia then having to look for work through a temp agency, etc. You know, normal stuff. If you're a fan of this show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.
Author. Illustrator. Designer. Translator. Kit Schluter. The author of Cartoons joins me to talk about a Mexico City literary scene of recent past, the road to translation, cartoons, and the many perils of novelty. If you're a fan of this podcast, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.
The one and only Benjamin Drevlow, author of forthcoming collection, Honky, talks Midwestern racism, dealing with lifelong trauma, and a new masculinity. If you're a fan of this show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.
A free audiobook of my poetry collection, Newspaper Drumsticks. If you're a fan of this show, please consider supporting me on Patreon.
CAConrad, author of The Book of Frank, comes on to talk ritual of creation, where The Muse resides, and boomerangs. If you're a fan of this show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.
The mold farmer himself, Rick Claypool, author of Skull Slime Tentacle Witch War, talks about bringing eccentricities of childhood into what we create as adults, Bear Creek, and what finding belonging in literature can mean. If you're a fan of the show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.
Erin Taylor, author of Bimboland, comes on to talk growing up in Oklahoma, sex work, and missing our older selves. If you're a fan of the show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.
Adrian Sobol, author of The Life of the Party Is Harder to Find Until You're the Last One Around, and editor of kicking your ass, joins to talk Catholic guilt, the continual search for community, and lays out why poems are all jokes. If you're a fan of the podcast, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.
Very special show where the only other person who makes this podcast, Chris Penrod, comes on to talk about learning to say yes, satisfying the itch, and why Magic: The Gathering saved his life. If you're a fan of this show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.
Bonus episode! Ba-zing! I wrangled Michael Wheaton, author of Home Movies, back on to try something new. We had the whole world at our fingertips to talk about, so long as the whole world had a little bit to do with the song "Paperback Writer" by The Beatles. If you're a fan of the show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.
Kristen Felicetti, author of Log Off, and I discuss various eras and tones of the internet since the early-2000's, why I keep interviewing people from around Lake Ontario, and what actually are the benefits of indie publishing. If you're a fan of the show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.
I'm joined by Claire Donato, author of Kind Mirrors, Ugly Ghosts, to talk about gathering, what cult art teaches us, chasing small feelings, and having fun. If you're a friend of the podcast, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.
Today on the show Jeff Alessandrelli, author of And Yet, joins me to talk masculinity, just wanting what others have, and societal pressures. If you're a fan of this conversation, please consider donating to help Jeff's press Fonograf Editions keep making books. If you like this podcast consider supporting me at Patreon.
Past guests Kat Giordano and Troy James Weaver discuss Kat's newest book Thumbsucker, chasing the elusive "golden age" of writing, and doing it all for yourself. If you're a friend of the show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.