Writing The Rapids

Joe is joined by Anna Poletti to talk about her new book hello, world?, kink, Hungary, power structures, and so much more.Contact for Anna Polettihello, world?InstagramContact for Joe bieleckiTwitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

Robert Kloss rejoins Joe to talk his new book The Genocide House, America, smooshing ideas together, and more.Contact for Robert KlossBooksWebsiteContact for Joe bieleckiTwitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

Joe is joined by Laura Paul to talk about her new book Film Elegy, mentoring under Amy Halpern, playing with text and images, and more!“Amy was a unique individual. Immensely talented, funny, and hard-working, she was probably the most outgoing and helpful student of our generation.Gone, but not forgotten. Amy was and is utterly unforgettable.”-Alex Cox, director of Repo ManContact for Laura PaulTwitterInstagramWebsiteFilm ElegyContact for Joe bieleckiTwitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

Joe is rejoined by Sam Richard to talk about Weirdpunk Books' anthology of sword and sorcery Profane Altars, as well as the companion zine Profane Sorcery. They also talk about the link between fantasy and horror, the practice of editing anthologies, and more!Contact for Sam RichardTwitterBlueskyWeirdpunk Books Contact for Joe bieleckiTwitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

Joe is rejoined by Rick Claypool to talk about his new book Skull Slime Tentacle Witch War, the difference between fungi and slime molds, absurd books, and so much more.Contact for Rick ClaypoolWebsiteTwitterSkull Slime Tentacle Witch WarContact for Joe bieleckiTwitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

Joe is joined by Derek Fisher to talk about his book Night Life, his forthcoming collection Container, exerting one's will onto art, cityscapes, and so much more.Contact for Derek FisherWebsiteTwitterInstagramContact for Joe bieleckiTwitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

Joe is rejoined by Persephone Erin Hudson to talk about the first two acts of Aprostate Crater, tender transgression, serialized fiction, comic books, and so much more.Contact for Persephone Erin HudsonTwitterItchioContact for Joe bieleckiTwitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

Joe is joined by Christopher Zeischegg to talk about Creation, friendship, when transgression becomes stale, and so much more.Contact for Christopher ZeischeggWebsiteInstagramTwitterCreationContact for Joe bieleckiTwitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

David rejoins Joe to talk about David's new book The Berlin Wall, listless Nationalism, Lars Von Trier, writing about Europe, and more.Contact for David Leo RiceWebsiteTwitterThe Berlin WallContact for Joe bieleckiTwitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

Joe is joined by Thomas to talk about technology, editing long novels, noir, and so much more.Contact for Thomas KendallInstagramTwitterThe AutodidactsHow I Killed the Universal ManContact for Joe bieleckiTwitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

Joe is rejoined by Kat to talk about confessional poetry, editing poetry, if reading poetry is perverse or not, and more!Contact for KatTwitterWebsiteInstagramContact for Joe bieleckiTwitter and Instagram: @noisemakerjoeWebsitePatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

Joe is joined by O F Cieri to talk about their collective dislike for Joseph Campbell, their collective love of western esotericism, some gripes with indie publishing, and so much more!Contact for O F CieriInstagramTwitterWebsiteBackmaskContact for Joe bieleckiTwitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

Joe is rejoined by Graham Irvin and they talk about guns, guns, guns, and more!Contact for Graham Irvin Neutral Spaces Twitter InstagramI Have A GunContact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon TiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

In this bonus episode, Laura Paul takes the host chair to interview Alissa Hattman about her book Sift. Available here.Laura Paul is a writer and artist who has been published in The Brooklyn Rail, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Comics Journal, minor literature[s], Tarpaulin Sky Magazine, and other outlets. She holds an M.A. in Media Studies from UCLA and a B.A. in Comparative History of Ideas from the University of Washington. She works for the publisher Sublunary Editions and independent book distributor Asterism Books. To find out more, visit her website laurapaulwriter.com or connect with her on Instagram @laura_n_paulAlissa Hattman is author of the novel Sift, which engages with themes of ecological grief and climate repair. Her writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Carve, The Gravity of the Thing, Propeller, Big Other, Shirley Magazine, MAYDAY, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in Fiction from Pacific University and an MA in English Literature from Portland State University. She has worked as a fiction editor, book reviewer, zine librarian, writing group facilitator, and teacher. Originally from North Dakota, she now lives and teaches in the Pacific Northwest. More at www.alissahattman.com. 

Joe is joined by Mila Jaroniec to talk about her book Plastic Vodka Bottle Sleepover, teaching and editing, autofiction, alt-lit, tarot and so much more.Contact for Mila JaroniecInstagramWebsiteBlack LipstickClass Contact for Joe bieleckiTwitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

Joe is rejoined by Charlene Elsby and they talk about ethics, the ineffable draw of philosophy, solid logic based on weird axioms, and so much more! Contact for Charlene ElsbyLinktreeTwitterContact for Joe bieleckiTwitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

Joe is joined by Sam Richard to talk about grief as fear, JG Ballard, genre conventions and restrictions, and much, much more!Contact for Sam RichardTwitterBlueskyWeirdpunk Books Contact for Joe bieleckiTwitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

Joe is rejoined by Garett Strickland to talk asemic writing, letting go of control, Kay Sage landscapes, and more.Contact for Garett StricklandA Place BeyondUngulaScrimsPortalogyTwitter Contact for Joe bieleckiTwitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

Joe is joined by Stacy Hardy to talk about holes, play, collaboration, and more!Contact for Stacy HardyAn Archeology of Holes Contact for Joe bieleckiTwitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa

Joe is rejoined by Danika Stegeman LeMay to talk about her new book Ablation, grief, talking about grief, and more.Contact for Danika Stegeman LeMayWebsiteInstagramTwitterContact for Joe bieleckiTwitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoeWebsiteOne time donationPatreonTiredArt photo by Arielle Tipa