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Interview with a Debut Author  This January, we spoke with the author of Dear Miss Perkins: A Story of Frances Perkins's Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany. Released on January 21, 2025, this new book is a fascinating portrait of the progressive female trailblazer and US Secretary for Labor who navigated the foreboding rise of Nazism in her battle to make America a safer place for refugees. As Hitler rose to power, thousands of German-Jewish refugees and their loved ones reached out to the Immigration and Naturalization Service—then part of the Department of Labor—applying for immigration to the United States, writing letters that began “Dear Miss Perkins . . .” This outstanding, inspiring new narrative of the first woman to serve in a president's cabinet reveals the full, never-before-told story of her role in saving Jewish refugees during the Nazi regime. As Secretary of Labor, she wrestled widespread antisemitism and isolationism, finding creative ways to work around quotas and restrictive immigration laws. Diligent, resilient, empathetic, yet steadfast, she persisted on behalf of the desperate when others refused to act. Dr. Rebecca Brenner Graham is a postdoctoral research associate at Brown University who has a PhD in history from American University. She previously taught at the Madeira School and American University. In 2023, she was awarded a Cokie Roberts Fellowship from the National Archives Foundation and a Rubenstein Center Research Fellowship from the White House Historical Association. Her writing has been published in The Washington Post, Time, Slate, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere.  Interviewer Jennie B. Ziegler, Assistant Chair of English at the University of North Florida, completed her M.F.A. in Nonfiction at the University of Arizona. Her work has been published in the University of Texas' Bat City Review, New York University's The Washington Square Review, Bending Genres, Roanoke Review, Squawk Back, MAYDAY Magazine, The Normal School, Essay Daily, and the Appalachian Review, among other outlets. She often focuses on history, the body, folklore, region, science, and identity in her lyric essays. Currently, she is working on Still-Wilds, a collaborative collection of photography and essays that document the preserved areas of Northeast Florida. Find more of her work at jennieziegler.com. Read the book Check out Rebecca's debut novel from the Library: https://jaxpl.na4.iiivega.com/search?query=Rebecca%20Brenner%20Graham&searchType=agent&pageSize=10  Did you know that all of our Lit Chat authors' books count toward your Jax Stacks Reading Challenge completion? Find out what authors we're hosting this month and join in on the fun! Rebecca Recommends Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar Red Comet by Heather Clark Dolls of Our Lives by Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks --- Never miss an event! Sign up for email newsletters at https://bit.ly/JaxLibraryUpdates  Jacksonville Public LibraryWebsite: https://jaxpubliclibrary.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaxlibrary Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaxLibrary/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaxlibrary/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jaxpubliclibraryfl Contact Us: jplpromotions@coj.net 

Send us a textEp 587: The Healing Power of Smut Part 3: The Positive Effects of Reading Smut on Women's Sexuality, Empowerment, Pleasure, Confidence, Body Positivity and Healing with reader and writer Emmie Florence. Topics Discussed: Erotica Authors, Creative Nonfiction, Female Empowerment, Kink Communities, Smut Journey, Women's Sexuality, Body Positivity, Fantasy Exploration, Community Building, Sexual Liberation, Reading Smut, Diverse Erotica, Empowering Narratives, Female Pleasure, Smut Recommendations, Non-Judgmental Spaces, Emotional HealingGuest Bio:M. Florence is a Midwestern, GenX multi-genre writer. She works, teaches, and (sometimes) writes. Her work has been published in Prairie Home Magazine and Bending Genres. She holds a PhD in smut reading and is ready to talk all things monster and dark romance. You can find her chatting up smut writers at @mflorence.bsky.social.Kink 22: https://www.ryn-rehnard.com/guest-writers/2159247_kink-22-by-m-florence-nswfErotic short: https://prairiehomemag.com/lower/Episode Summary:In this exciting episode of Oh F*ck Yeah, Ruan Willow, it's a deep dive into the transformative world of erotica with the talented writer Emmie Florence. Together, they explore the healing power of smut, discussing how reading and writing erotic literature can empower women and foster self-acceptance. Emmie shares her personal journey and reads her provocative piece, "Kink 22," which captures the complexities of desire and submission.The discussion challenges societal norms surrounding female sexuality, celebrates the diversity of erotic literature, and highlight the importance of community within the smut world. From recommendations of must-read smutty erotica authors to the liberating experience of embracing one's desires, this episode is a heartfelt conversation about finding joy and empowerment through the written word. And above all, pleasure.Episode Timeline:00:00 - New series, The Healing Power of Smut00:57 - Emmie Florence talks about the healing power of smut07:18 - The diversity within smut or erotica or dark romance is incredible08:32 - Being a woman isn't just one thing09:57 - The level of acceptance in the smut community is much greater than traditional book groups13:41 - Reading erotica has given me a better relationship with my body18:49 - The last piece of this is, I think, the trickiest part21:36 - One thing I really love to focus on in my writing is female pleasure25:30 - The more smut you can read, the betterNarration of Emma's Policy mentioned in the podcast episode: https://books.ruanwillowauthor.com/emmaspolicyaudiobookSeason's Teasings: Snowbound Seductions Anthology a collection of erotic fiction (affiliate links): https://books.ruanwillowauthor.com/seasonsteasingssnowboundseductionsSupport the showSubscribe for exclusives: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1599808/subscribeSign up for Ruan's newsletters: https://subscribepage.io/ruanwillowhttps://linktr.ee/RuanWillowI Dare You book https://books.ruanwillowauthor.com/idareyouthesaturdaysexchallenge NO AI TRAINING

Today on Midwest Weird: “Negation” by Jessica Klimesh. Jessica Klimesh (she/her) is a US-based writer and editor whose creative work has been published or is forthcoming in Cleaver, Flash Frog, trampset, Atticus Review, Brink, Club Plum Literary, Ghost Parachute, and Bending Genres, among others. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions, and Best of the Net. Learn more at www.jessicaklimesh.com.Find a full transcript for this episode at www.midwestweird.com. _____Midwest Weird is an audio literary magazine from Broads and Books Productions. We're the home of weird fiction and nonfiction by Midwestern writers.Submit your own work to Midwest Weird at www.midwestweird.com.

In this episode of Transposition, Nonfiction editor Ramona Pilar joins in to interview author Lori Yeghiayan Friedman whose piece “How to Survive a Genocide” was published in our Vol V: Act/Break issue (2020). The Transposition Pod team dives into themes of Lori's essay which include building identity & finding one's voice as a First Generation child of Armenian immigrants, and the intimate & unique ways people who are raised in Los Angeles get to know Los Angeles.  They also explore the “creative” aspects of creative nonfiction craft including: hermit crab essays, flash nonfiction favorites, and what to do when one gets bored with one's own writing (hint: there's a party involved). About Lori Yeghiayan Friedman: Lori Yeghiayan Friedman's creative nonfiction and essays have most recently appeared in Pithead Chapel, Hippocampus Magazine, Bending Genres, Autofocus Lit, Memoir Monthly and the Los Angeles Times. "How to Survive a Genocide" appeared in Exposition Review's 2020 Act/Break issue and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Lori has a BA and an MFA in Theatre, both from the University of California, San Diego. Follow her on Twitter: @loriyeg  Los Angeles Times essay: “Finding in Little Armenia the roots my parents tried to bury” Links to other work: https://linktr.ee/loriyeg About Ramona Pilar: Ramona Pilar's artistic career spans two centuries (technically). California-born & L.A.-raised, she is a story-diviner who produces prose, plays, songs, and amalgamations. She is the current Creative Nonfiction Editor at Exposition Review, lead singer of The Raveens, and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University, Los Angeles. Her favorite word is, “why?” Help us spread the word!  Please download, review, and subscribe to Transposition. Thank you to Mitchell Evenson for intro and outro music, and the generous donations from our supporters that allow us to pay our authors.  Exposition Review is a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas. Transposition is the official podcast of Exposition Review literary journal.  Producer: Mitchell Evenson Producer: Lauren Gorski Intro Music by Mitchell EvensonHosted by Laura Rensing --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exposition-review/support

Scott Mitchel May is a writer living in Madison, WI. His short fiction has been published in many literary journals including The Maryland Literary Review, HAD, W&S, Maudlin House, Bending Genres, and Rejection Letters. He was the winner of the 2019 UW-Madison Writers' Institute Poem or Page Competition in the category of literary fiction, and his unpublished novel, Bridgeport Nowhere, was shortlisted for the 2022 Santa Fe Writers' Project Literary Award.  His debut novel, Breakneck: or, it happened once in America, was published by Anxiety Press in late April 2023. He is also the author of the novelette, All Burn Down, forthcoming in October 2023 from Emerge Press, and his second novel Awful People: a ghost story is coming in early 2024 from Death of Print Books.  He holds a GED from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and a BS in English Literature from Edgewood College. He tweets @smitchelmay.  Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @podhealing Take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by ** God'Aryan**

Beyond the Boys Club is joined by Kat Leon of Holy Wars who shares her story of meeting her partner and bandmate Nicolas Perez, finding the confidence in herself to give it her all on stage after the devasting loss of her parents, and how Alice Cooper personally gave his blessing upon her rock career. Known as a heavy/alt-rock band, Holy Wars has been getting heavier and heavier over time. In conversation with host Anne Erickson, Kat explains why Holy Wars' recent November EP Cult Classic is truly the culmination of the band's musical journey.Listen to the full interview with Kat Leon of Holy Wars now and read the full article on Consequence.net.This month, we're on a mission to spread the word about Beyond the Boys Club far and wide, and you're our secret weapon. If you love our show as much as we like bringing it to you, we need you to hop over to Apple Podcasts, hit the follow button, and leave us a review. Not only is it a quick and easy way to show your support, but it'll also give you the chance to win some exclusive Consequence merch. Just follow this link to our Google Form and submit your info along with a screenshot of your review. We'll be shouting out our winners in December, so make sure to follow and review soon. Thank you for all your support and for helping Beyond the Boys Club grow. You can also check out the latest about Holy Wars here.And don't forget to like, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode of Beyond the Boys Club!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Mileva Anastasiadou is a neurologist from Athens, Greece, and the author of We Fade with Time, a flash fiction collection published in 2022 by Alien Buddha Press. A Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction and Best Small Fiction nominated writer, Mileva's work can be found in many journals, such as The Chestnut Review, New World Writing, Milk Candy Review, The Bureau Dispatch, and others. We discussed how Mileva's Greek publisher encouraged her to switch languages, how hard writing in English felt in the beginning, but also how it turned out to be a unique way she could look at her life and dissect her experience. In this episode Mileva reads He Used to Be Gold, first published in Bending Genres, Issue Sixteen, August 2020. 

On today's episode of The Lives of Writers, Holly Pelesky interviews Stephanie Austin.Holly Pelesky is the author of the essay collection, Cleave, from us at Autofocus Books. She also writes fiction and poetry and co-edits Vast Chasm literary magazine.Stephanie Austin is the author of Something I Might Say, a short essay collection now available from WTAW Press. Her work has been published in more than 25 literary journals in the United States and Canada including The Sun, American Short Fiction, Bending Genres, Wigleaf, Pithead Chapel, and others. An  essay from Stephanie's collection, Kill Floor, was originally published by us at Autofocus.____________PART ONE, topics include:-- assistant property management-- sending out a novel for 15 years-- agonizing less over writing CNF-- the short essay collection SOMETHING I MIGHT SAY-- a lot of loss in a short period of time-- health anxiety in general and especially during the pandemic-- watching a parent's body die-- caregiving for others and (not) taking care of the self-- getting (and enjoying) a low-res MFA____________PART TWO, topics include:-- growing up in a small rural town in Illinois-- things shattering after a move -- reading and writing about ghosts and vampires as a kid-- healing and whether one actually heals-- the things you've been trying to do for 20 years being possible-- a rejection that turn into publication for Something I Might Say ____________Podcast theme music provided by Mike Nagel, author of Duplex. Here's more of his project: Yeah Yeah Cool Cool.The Lives of Writers is edited and produced by Michael Wheaton.

Notes and Links to Jared Beloff's Work      For Episode 198, Pete welcomes Jared Beloff, and the two discuss, among other topics, an early reading challenge that supercharged his voraciousness, contemporary and not-so contemporary writers who left an imprint on him with their visceral work and distinctive worldbuilding, his quick rise to published and acclaimed poet, and pertinent themes in his collection, including nostalgia, indifference, a fading and changing ecosystem, and the myriad effects of climate change.         Jared Beloff is the author of the Who Will Cradle Your Head (ELJ Editions, 2023).    He earned degrees at Rutgers University (BA in English) Johns Hopkins University (MA in English Literature, specializing in the novel and Romantic/18th Century Literature).    Jared has been an adjunct professor at Queensborough Community College, an English teacher and a teacher mentor in NYC public schools for 16 years.    Jared is currently a peer reviewer for The Whale Road Review. His poetry can be found in Contrary Magazine, Barren Magazine, KGB Bar Lit, The Shore, Rise Up Review, Bending Genres and elsewhere. His work has been nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Queens, NY. Buy Who Will Cradle Your Head   Jared's Website   From Identity Theory: “Cracking Open Clams: A Conversation Between Jared Beloff and Candice Kelsey” At about 2:35, Jared talks about a reading challenge that put his reading intake into high-gear   At about 4:25, Jared updates on his reading this summer/including The Sealey Challenge   At about 5:25, Jared reflects on the psychological/philosophical roots of his reading, especially his early reading   At about 7:35, Jared lists some formational and transformational works and writers, like Angels in América and English Patient, as well as Pablo Neruda, Bishop, and Forche's work   At about 10:00, Jared reflects on how his own work reflects that which he has read and enjoyed throughout his life   At about 11:30, Jared responds to Pete's questions about how he has been inspired and moved by fiction and poetry written about climate change; he cites Allegra Hyde's impressive work, as well as work by Hila Ratzabi, Craig Santos-Perez, and Claire Wahmanholm;    At about 14:40, Jared shouts out Diane Seuss, who blurbed his collection, and how her work informs his, as well as how Obit and its metaphors “blew [him] away”   At about 15:20, Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky is highlighted as a stimulus for Jared's writing   At about 16:25, Pete highlights Mai Der Vang's Yellow Rain, and Nguyen and Anthony Cody are shouted out by Jared as influential in his work   At about 17:35, Jared talks about seeds for his collection, especially the “Swamp Thing” poems by Jack Bedell and the ways Todd Dillard uses “wonder”   At about 23:05, Pete highlights the collection's first poem, one “After” Aimee Nezhukumatathil; Jared discusses the methodology of these “After” poems, the ideas of a “muse,” and how he often writes after what/who he teaches   At about 27:50, Jared discusses the background and content of “Animal Crackers”   At about 30:45, Pete compliments Jared on his work regarding his children, and Jared talks about thinking through poems and “allowing wonder to stay” despite “grief-laden” poems   At about 34:30, Jared explains how he used climate change as a proxy a(or vice versa?) for other types of grief both personal and societal    At about 35:40, Pete highlights profound lines and asks about Sasquatch's importance throughout the collection   At about 39:50, Pete and Jared talk structure in Jared's collection, including the diamond/pyramid structure and its uniqueness and power    At about 41:30, Jared shouts out Diana Khoi Nguyen's work and using some structural stimuli   At about 45:05, Pete cites meaningful lines revolving around nostalgia and ideas of energy; he asks Jared about a cool and clever and depressing poem involving the Golden Girls   At about 48:15, Pete asks Jared his views on nostalgia in his work; Jared connects nostalgia with climate change circumstances    At about 51:15, Indifference in the face of climate emergencies is discussed, and Jared discusses “complic[ity]” and political choices   At about 53:00, Jared responds to Pete's questions about climate change advocacy in the system  “tied/tired” as used in a poem   At about 54:00, Jared gives history on Freshkills and its history and eccentric future   At about 55:30, Jared reads the portion of the above poem that features the collection's title and explains the title's genesis    At about 59:00, Jared discusses exciting new projects    At about 1:01:30, Jared shouts out places to buy his book    You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch this and other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.    Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl     Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content!    NEW MERCH! You can browse and buy here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChillsatWillPodcast    This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form.    The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.    Please tune in for Episode 200 with Adam Vitcavage, who is the founder of Debutiful, a website and podcast where readers can discover debut authors. The podcast was named one of the Best Book Podcasts by Book Riot, Town and Country, and Los Angeles Review of Books in 2022. His criticism and interviews have also been featured in Electric Literature, Paste Magazine, Literary Hub, Phoenix New Times, among others.     The episode will air on August 22.  

We're joined by fellow Midwesterner Scott Mitchel May to discuss the categorization of Ohio, the twisted origins of some Arthurian legends, allowing readers to feel uncomfortable, and finding out twists as readers do. We also get a sneak preview of his debut novel Breakneck: or, it happened once in America, discuss the pros and cons of trying to plot map and how expectations within the publishing industry have changed from decades past to the 2020s. Scott Mitchel May is a writer living in Madison, WI. His short fiction has been published in many literary journals including The Maryland Literary Review, HAD, W&S, Maudlin House, Bending Genres, and Rejection Letters. He was the winner of the 2019 UW-Madison Writers' Institute Poem or Page Competition in the category of literary fiction, and his unpublished novel, Bridgeport Nowhere, was shortlisted for the 2022 Santa Fe Writers' Project Literary Award. His debut novel, Breakneck: or, it happened once in America, was published by Anxiety Press in late April 2023. He is also the author of the novelette, All Burn Down, forthcoming in October 2023 from Emerge Press, and his second novel Awful People: a ghost story is coming in early 2024 from Death of Print Books. He holds a GED from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and a BS in English Literature from Edgewood College. He tweets @smitchelmay. Want to submit your writing or be a guest editor? Email darkwaterspodcast@gmail.com Intro/Outro music: www.bensound.com Disclaimer: Any and all opinions expressed are the opinions of the participants and not of the organizations or institutions with which they are affiliated. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/darkwaters/support

Scott Mitchel May is a writer living in Madison, WI. His short fiction has been published in many literary journals including The Maryland Literary Review, HAD, W&S, Maudlin House, Bending Genres, and The Metaworker. He was the winner of the 2019 UW-Madison Writers' Institute Poem or Page Competition in the category of literary fiction, and his unpublished novel, Bridgeport Nowhere, was shortlisted for the 2022 Santa Fe Writers' Project Literary Award. His debut novel, Breakneck: or, it happened once in America, was published by Anxiety Press in late April 2023. He is also the author of the novelette, All Burn Down, forthcoming in October 2023 from Emerge Press, and his second novel Awful People: a ghost story is coming in early 2024 from Death of Print Books. He holds a GED from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and a BS in English Literature from Edgewood College. He tweets @smitchelmay You can purchase Breakneck: or it happened once in America here: https://t.co/m74uIpRYzc Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing OR take a look at Mallory's other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/ beats by God'Aryan Support Textual Healing with Mallory Smart by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/textual-healing

In Scott Mitchel May's latest novel, a serial killer who believes he's possessed by an Irish demi-god haunts Madison while a city detective tracks his patterns for years. A former Capitol intern becomes a separationist working to retake the American Southwest. The US is led by a President who speaks gibberish except when on the air, and a Wisconsin state senator who is past his prime casts a deciding vote to secede from the nation amid growing continental conflict.Plots collide and timelines overlap in Breakneck: Or, It Happened Once in America (Anxiety Press, April 2023) a full-length novel from Madison author Scott Mitchel May. It could be described as cynical, neo-noir, postmodern thriller, with plenty of authentic Madison geography (Mickey's Dairy Bar! Edgewood and UW-Madison! Eken Park! Apartments on Doty Street!).As May tells us on Madison Book Beat, it's “my book that I wanted to put Madison at the center of, and highlight a different kind of Midwest sensibility.” Scott Mitchel May joins us on Book Beat to tell us about his latest work, out April 28 from Anxiety Press.Scott Mitchel May is a local writer whose work has appeared in a number of literary journals, including Maudlin House, Rejection Letters, The Bear Creek Gazette, The Maryland Literary Review, Bending Genres. He's the winner of the 2019 Poem or Page Contest at the UW Writers' Conference in the category of Literary Fiction and was a shortlist finalist for the 2022 Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Award. A former legislative aide in the Wisconsin State Senate, he now works an administrator for a charitable foundation, and is an avid skateboarder.May's debut collection of short fiction, DeKalb, Illinois is a Paradise What Eats its Own, was published by Alien Buddha in 2022. His forthcoming novelette All Burn Down is expected in October 2023 from Emerge Journal, and next novel Awful People is set to publish in winter 2024 from Death Print. You can find more about him on his website, scottmitchelmay.com, or on twitter @smitchelmay.

Caleb Bethea is an MFA at UofSC, studying fiction by night. By day, he works as a copywriter. But, the best of his time is spent with his wife and two goblins by the ocean. You can read his work in HAD, Maudlin House, Autofocus, Twin Pies, Bending Genres, hex, and elsewhere. He tweets at @caleb_bethea_ Check out his writing here: https://linktr.ee/caleb_bethea_ Opening beats by God'Aryan Support Textual Healing with Mallory Smart by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/textual-healing

Bobby Miller is a writer and filmmaker from New Jersey who lives in Los Angeles. His fiction has appeared in Maudlin House, Expat Press, and Bending Genres. His films have premiered at Sundance, SXSW, and Fantasia. He's currently working on his first novel, and yes, has a Substack you should read: BobbyMiller.Substack.com Support Textual Healing with Mallory Smart by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/textual-healing

In this episode, we get to know Dylalien, a San Francisco based artist who writes West Psy, a style of dance music born out of the Goa Gil parties in Northern California. As a founding member of the Fractal Cowboys, with his musical partner, Quasar, the two have played around the world on 5 continents and at some of the largest festivals in Europe. Dylalien shares the Fractal Cowboys song "Backdoor Dinosaur," the first West Psy release put out with his musical partner of many years, Quasar. They also listen to and discuss his latest solo creations, "Clocktower" and "Waken and Baken", recently signed with Dome Of Doom Records. He and Greg discuss the hallmarks of this emerging genre as an evolution of Trance music and its influences from traditional Psy Trance and west coast Bass music, as well as Dylalien's personal inspiration from artists like Negativland and from creating "psychedelic propaganda" sound collage art before being introduced to Psy Trance at Burning Man. Dylalien talks about his experience putting on events, from his first time meeting Goa Gil at Burning Man and now touring the world and performing in front of 10,000 plus crowds in South America and Israel. The discussion focuses on the importance of evolving a genre and how that happens and the emerging regional differences in the popularity of Psy Trance, West Psy, and other genres around the world. Dylalien has recently joined the LA-based Record Label Dome of Doom, and is excited about the opportunity to grow a larger audience here at home in California! Check out Dylalien Here: https://linktr.ee/dylalien Check out Dome of Doom Records here: https://www.domeofdoom.org/ Listen to The tracks from the episode: https://open.spotify.com/track/3z6SPG1L6ecmaBz5SUnMhG?si=d3f930b0e4c345a3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You've been listening to the Night's End podcast which is a production of Dissonance Media.   Ofuyu and Sasuke investigate several mysterious deaths. All signs point to an otherworldly force being responsible for the acts. Will they reveal and defeat the evil?   Kamaitachi Incident was written by Toshiya Kamei. Toshiya is a fiction writer whose short stories have appeared in such places as Bending Genres, New World Writing, and SmokeLong en Español, as well as the anthologies Daily Flights of Fantasy and Enchanted Entrapments.    This episode was narrated by James Barnett.  James is a writer, narrator, editor, podcast producer, and reluctant Transport Manager. For more works from James, head to www.jamesbarnettcreative.com  To connect with him on Twitter and Instagram, follow @jimmyhorrors    Mary, Edward, and Elizabeth were performed by Zoe, Mike, and Evie Rickard. Zoe and Mike are the hosts of the Stories of Strangeness podcast where they discuss all things on the topics of paranormal, folklore, cryptids, hauntings and more. To check it out head over to www.storiesofstrangeness.com or wherever you listen to your podcasts.  Mary – Zoe Rickard - http://storiesofstrangeness.com/ Edward – Mike Rickard - http://storiesofstrangeness.com/ Elizabeth – Evie Rickard    Jimmy Horrors was performed by James Barnett  This episode was edited and produced by James Barnett    This is just another reminder that we are open to specific submissions. We are accepting ghost and paranormal stories for a secret project. Head over to www.nightsendpodcast.com  for all details and to submit via our form. If you aren't already aware, Night's End has released a horror-themed apparel line called, Stay Horrific. There are horror-themed t-shirts, mugs, dresses, socks, and all the good stuff. Go and check it out now. Support the Night's end on Patreon to receive bonus content and merch: www.patreon.com/nightsendpodcast Or support us by purchasing directly from our shop: www.nightsendpodcast.com/shop Donations: www.ko-fi.com/nightsendpodcast    And as always, stay horrific, everyone.

Michael talks with Meg Tuite about growing up in a family of readers, A Confederacy of Dunces, the beginnings of writing and publishing, early books, risk, sentences as worlds unto themselves, her newest book WHITE VAN, focusing on dark or uncomfortable material, the effect of suicide on her family, language that works on multiple levels, new work, and more.Meg Tuite is author of many books of varying forms, including a novel-in-stories, Domestic Apparition (San Francisco Bay Press), a short story collection, Bound By Blue, (Sententia Books) Meet My Haze (Big Table Publishing), and most recently White Van (Unlikely Books). Her work has been published in over 600 literary magazines and over fifteen anthologies. She teaches workshops for Bending Genres, where she is also an editor.Podcast theme: DJ Garlik & Bertholet's "Special Sause" used with permission from Bertholet.

Scott Mitchel May is a writer living with his wife and son in Madison, Wisconsin. His work has appeared in Maudlin House, Rejection Letters, The Bear Creek Gazette, The Maryland Literary Review, Bending Genres, and many more. He was the winner of the 2019 Poem or Page Contest at the UW Writers' Conference in the category of Literary Fiction. His debut collection of short fiction, DeKalb, Illinois is a Paradise What Eats its Own, was published by Alien Buddha in 2022. He works as an administrator for The Only in Wisconsin Giving Foundation where he coordinates grants for non-profits doing work in the areas of childhood education, healthcare, domestic violence emergency sheltering, and hunger relief. Scott holds a GED from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and a BS in Literature from Edgewood College.

Michael talks with Robert Vaughan about the creation of Bending Genres, reading and writing with dyslexia, almost becoming a musician, finding book publishers from public readings, his sixth book ASKEW, creating distance, form, and technique in revision, telling it slant, upcoming work, and more.Robert Vaughan is the author of six books of poetry, fiction, and cross-genre writing, including Addicts & Basements, RIFT (a collaboration with Kathy Fish), Funhouse, and most recently Askew (Cowboy Jamboree Press, 2022). He's the editor-in-chief for the literary magazine Bending Genres.Podcast theme: DJ Garlik & Bertholet's "Special Sause" used with permission from Bertholet.

This episode first appeared in January 2022. Is this piece based on Victoria's actual life? Can you eat a Hermit crab essay, and if so, does it taste like chicken? Victoria Buitron is a writer and translator who hails from Ecuador and resides in Connecticut. She received an MFA in Creative Writing from Fairfield University. She writes about the intersection of identity and place, family history, and the moments her hippocampus refuses to forget. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Lost Balloon, XRAY Lit Mag, Revolute Lit, Bending Genres, and other literary magazines. Her debut memoir-in-essays, A Body Across Two Hemispheres, is the 2021 Fairfield Book Prize winner and will be available in Spring 2022 by Woodhall Press.

This episode first appeared in January of 2022. It seemed appropriate to share it again on the 4th of July, as the main character frees a chainsaw to follow its own bliss...far, far away from her. Victoria Buitron is a writer and translator who hails from Ecuador and resides in Connecticut. She received an MFA in Creative Writing from Fairfield University. She writes about the intersection of identity and place, family history, and the moments her hippocampus refuses to forget. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Lost Balloon, XRAY Lit Mag, Revolute Lit, Bending Genres, and other literary magazines. Her debut memoir-in-essays, A Body Across Two Hemispheres, is the 2021 Fairfield Book Prize winner and will be available in Spring 2022 by Woodhall Press.

Hi there, National Poetry Month Extravaganza continues! Today I am arts calling Jared Beloff! About: Jared Beloff earned degrees at Rutgers University (BA in English) Johns Hopkins University (MA in English Literature, specializing in the novel and Romantic/18th Century Literature). Jared has been an adjunct professor at Queensborough Community College, an English teacher and a teacher mentor in NYC public schools for 15 years. Jared is currently a peer reviewer for The Whale Road Review. His poetry can be found in Contrary Magazine, Barren Magazine, KGB Bar Lit, The Shore, Rise Up Review, Bending Genres and elsewhere. His work has been nominated for Best of the Net. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Queens, NY. www.jaredbeloff.com Click to purchase Marvelous Verses today!! For Jared's latest publications online, visit: https://www.jaredbeloff.com/publications Twitter: https://twitter.com/Read_Instead Thanks for coming on the show, Jared! -- Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro at cruzfolio.com. If you like the show: consider reviewing the podcast and sharing it with those who love the arts, your support truly makes a difference! Check out cruzfolio.com for more podcasts about the arts and original content! Make art. Much love, j

Michael talks with Scott Mitchel May about moving back to the midwest, working as political staffer, writing novels as practice to write more novels, The World According to Garp, his first story collection, ads on podcasts, book length, and more.Scott Mitchel May is the author of the story collection Dekalb, Illinois Is a Paradise What Eats Its Own. His stories have appeared in Rejection Letters, The Daily Drunk, Maudlin House, Bending Genres, and elsewhere. He lives in Wisconsin.Podcast theme: DJ Garlik & Bertholet's "Special Sause" used with permission from Bertholet. 

Michael talks with Zac Smith about burning out on linguistics, getting into writing, writing in collaboration, his poetry collection 50 BARN POEMS, poems as jokes/jokes as poems, his story collection EVERYTHING IS TOTALLY FINE, deadpan humor, sentence energy, performing first person, the fine lines of gimmicks, and more.Zac Smith is the author of EVERYTHING IS TOTALLY FINE (Muumuu House, 2021) and 50 BARN POEMS (Clash Books, 2019). His writing has been published by Hobart, X-Ray, Maudlin House, New World Writing, Wigleaf, Bending Genres, and other magazines.Podcast theme: DJ Garlik & Bertholet's "Special Sause" used with permission from Bertholet.

Ordinarily, dumping a troublemaker into the river is wrong, but maybe we should make an exception in this case. Join Victoria Buitron as she shows us how her character deals with the Albatros around her neck. Victoria Buitron is a writer and translator who hails from Ecuador and resides in Connecticut. She received an MFA in Creative Writing from Fairfield University. She writes about the intersection of identity and place, family history, and the moments her hippocampus refuses to forget. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Lost Balloon, XRAY Lit Mag, Revolute Lit, Bending Genres, and other literary magazines. Her debut memoir-in-essays, A Body Across Two Hemispheres, is the 2021 Fairfield Book Prize winner and will be available in Spring 2022 by Woodhall Press. You can find her work at https://victoriabuitron.com. A full transcript of her reading will be on http://latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday February 1st.

How did Victoria come up with the idea of telling this tale of (humorous) marital woe in a review? And what is Hermit Crab writing? Can you eat it? Does it go well with lemon butter sauce? Tune in to get the answers to all these questions and more! Victoria Buitron is a writer and translator who hails from Ecuador and resides in Connecticut. She received an MFA in Creative Writing from Fairfield University. She writes about the intersection of identity and place, family history, and the moments her hippocampus refuses to forget. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Lost Balloon, XRAY Lit Mag, Revolute Lit, Bending Genres, and other literary magazines. Her debut memoir-in-essays, A Body Across Two Hemispheres, is the 2021 Fairfield Book Prize winner and will be available in Spring 2022 by Woodhall Press. You can find all the info on Victoria's forthcoming memoir at https://victoriabuitron.com. A complete transcript of this episode will be available on http://latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday February 1st, 2022.

Courtney and Chris sit down with Dare Williams for a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! Dare Williams: A 2019 PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow, Dare Williams is a Queer HIV-positive poet, artist, rooted in Southern California. He has received fellowships from John Ashbury Home School and The Frost Place. He is a co-producer of the reading series Word of Mouth which raises money for communities facing food and nutrition inequities and was the co-curator of the WeHo Reads Literature Festival 2021. Dare's poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and Best American Poets 2021. His work has been anthologized in Redshift 5 by Arroyo Secco Press and is featured in THRUSH, The Shore, Exposition Review, Cultural Weekly, Bending Genres, and is forthcoming in Altadena Review and elsewhere. He is at work on his debut poetry collection. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

When a flood threatens to overtake the village, an unlikely visitor appears.Today's episode was written by Toshiya Kamei.Toshiya Kamei is a fiction writer whose short stories have appeared in such places as Bending Genres, New World Writing, and SmokeLong en Español, as well as the anthologies Daily Flights of Fantasy and Enchanted Entrapments.Visit https://toshiyakameiwrites.wordpress.com/ to learn more.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/rerule)

Scott Mitchel May is a fiction writer living in Wisconsin and his work has been featured in The Maryland Literary Review, Bending Genres, Ellipses Zine, Stone of Madness, and The Bear Creek Gazette, among others. Adam Ai is a poet and US Army veteran from Los Angeles where he lives with a ghost and teaches the clock how to love. Claire Taylor lives in Baltimore, Maryland where she writes for both adult and youth audiences.  (Transcript) Welcome to Micro, a podcast for short but powerful writing. I'm your host, Drew Hawkins. Mint syrup, violent currents, and glossy suds. This episode holds a lens up to everyday life and examines the profound effect of changed perspective.  First up is a piece whose speaker distances himself from his head and his body—the result both discordant and humorous. It's called “Headcase.” It was written by Scott Mitchel May and published by Stone of Madness Press. Enjoy.   “Headcase” by Scott Mitchel May in Stone of Madness Press Scott Mitchel May is a fiction writer living in Wisconsin and his work has been featured in The Maryland Literary Review, Bending Genres, Ellipses Zine, Stone of Madness, and The Bear Creek Gazette, among others. You can find him on Twitter at @smitchelmay, or on his website at scottmitchelmay.com Our next piece is a poem as brief as it is filled with love. It's called, “The Prayer That Moves Through All Things.” It was written by Adam Ai and published in Ancient Paths Literary Magazine. Enjoy. “The Prayer That Moves Through All Things” by Adam Ai in Ancient Paths Literary Magazine Adam Ai is a poet and US Army veteran from Los Angeles where he lives with a ghost and teaches the clock how to love. You can find him on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube at @adamaipoems. Our final piece is both a practice in mindfulness and a rejection of it, as subtle tone shifts and all-too-familiar detail ask us to pay attention to the dishes. It's called, “Resolve.” It was written by Claire Taylor and published in Serotonin. Enjoy. “Resolve” by Claire Taylor in Serotonin Claire Taylor lives in Baltimore, Maryland where she writes for both adult and youth audiences. You can find her on Twitter at @ClaireM_Taylor, on Instagram at @todayweread, or on her website at clairemtaylor.com.  Micro is edited and curated by Dylan Evers, our social media is managed by M.M. Kaufman, and the show is produced and hosted by me, Drew Hawkins. Our theme song is by Matt Ordes. You can find all of the information about this episode's writers, their featured work, and the publications where they were published, as well as a transcription of this episode in the show notes. Find more of our shows wherever you listen to podcasts, or check out our website at micropodcast.org. And follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook at podcastmicro.  Thanks for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Mitchel May is a fiction writer living in Wisconsin and his work has been featured in The Maryland Literary Review, Bending Genres, Ellipses Zine, Stone of Madness, and The Bear Creek Gazette, among others. Adam Ai is a poet and US Army veteran from Los Angeles where he lives with a ghost and teaches the clockContinue reading "May x Ai x Taylor"

Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Andy Marino. Andy Marino was born in upstate New York, spent half his life in New York City, and now lives in the Hudson Valley. He works as a freelance writer. The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess is his first horror novel   In this episode Andy and I discuss: Why addiction and recovery provide a rich backdrop for a horror novel. How he crafted a cold open that created a sympathetic bond between his protagonist and readers. Whether horror is a genre or a mood and what characteristics define it.   Plus, his #1 tip for writers. For more info and show notes: diymfa.com/379

Read: Anuja Ghimire's poem "Orlando" and Burgi Zenhaeusern's "Self-Portrait as Granatöpfel"Anuja Ghimire is a Nepal-born writer of poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction. She is the author of Kathmandu (Unsolicited Press, 2020),  fable-weavers (Ethelzine, 2022),  and two poetry books in Nepali. A Best of the Net and Pushcart nominee, Anuja works as a senior publisher in an online learning company. She reads poetry for Up the Staircase Quarterly and enjoys teaching poetry to children in summer camps. Most recently, her work found home in Bending Genres, Chestnut Review, and Moist Poetry Journal. Anuja lives near Dallas, Texas with her husband and two children. Find Anuja on twitter @GhimireAnuja.Burgi Zenhaeusern [‘borghee ‘tsenhoisern] (she/her/hers) grew up in Switzerland. She majored in English and Spanish Literature and Linguistics at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and attended workshops led by Rose Solari, Jean Nordhaus, Laura Fargas, and Yvette Neisser at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, MD. Her chapbook Behind Normalcy (CityLit Press, 2020) won the 2019 Harriss Poetry Prize, chosen by Erica Dawson, final judge, and Kwame Alexander, series editor. She co-edited the translations of the bilingual poetry anthology Knocking on the Door of the White House  (Zozobra Publishing, 2017, J. Ballesteros et al., editor), which was selected by Beltway Poetry Quarterly as a “2017 Ten Best” book. Her writing appears in various print and online journals. She volunteers behind the scenes for the Cafe Muse reading series and is a poetry consultant for River Mouth Review. She lives in Chevy Chase, MD. Find Burgi on twitter @Burgi323.Purchase: Kathmandu (Unsolicited Press, 2020) by Anjua Ghimire and Behind Normalcy(CityLit, 2020) by Burgi Zenhaeusern

Nonfiction flash writer JJ Peña joins us in our season finale to read “this is how i want you to remember me” from the Change in Perspective Flash 405 contest. Writer and judge K.B. Carle leads in the interview with JJ as they explore flash, memory, and the power storytelling. Read along at: http://expositionreview.com/flash-405/this-is-how-i-want-you-to-remember-me/ About JJ Peña: JJ Peña (pronouns he/they) is a queer, burrito-blooded writer. JJ is the winner of blue earth review's 2019 flash non-fiction contest, cutbank's 2019 big sky, small prose contest, mythic picnic's 2020 postcard prize, & Santa Clara Review's 2021 Flash Non-fiction contest. JJ's work is included in the Best Microfiction 2020 anthology & Wigleaf's Top 50 (Very) Short Fictions (2020). JJ is a 2021 Periplus fellow, holds a BA in both English and Anthropology, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso. JJ's stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Washington Square Review, Cincinnati Review, Massachusetts Review, & elsewhere. JJ serves as a flash fiction reader for Split Lip magazine About K.B. Carle: K.B. Carle lives and writes outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is the Associate Editor at Fractured Lit. and an Editor at FlashBack Fiction. Her stories have appeared in Waxwing Magazine, matchbook, Bending Genres, No Contact Magazine, and have been nominated for Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, and the Pushcart Prize. She can be found online at http://kbcarle.com or on Twitter @kbcarle. Links from the Podcast: JJ Peña's website: https://www.jjpena.com/ JJ's Insta: bootyshortsjesus JJ's Twitter: @heckaseuss K.B. Carle's website: https://www.kbcarle.com/ K.B.'s Insta: @kbcarle K.B.'s Twitter: @kbcarle K.B.'s workshop: The Narrative Mystique: Embodying the Unexpected Narrator in Flash Workshop with K.B. Carle Exposition Review Chapbook: http://expositionreview.com/2021/04/composition-rearview-chapbook-now-available/ Help us spread the word! Please download, review, and subscribe to Transposition. Thank you to Mitchell Evenson for intro and outro music, and the generous donations from our supporters that allow us to pay our authors. Exposition Review is a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas. Transposition is the official podcast of Exposition Review literary journal. Associate Producer: Mitchell Evenson Intro Music by Mitchell Evenson Hosted by Laura Rensing --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/exposition-review/support

Michael talks with D.T. Robbins about taking a break from drinking, his childhood, his divorce, his remarriage, publishing his first book of "poems," starting Rejection Letters, the persona at play on Twitter & in the book, the relationship of professional wrestling to it all, and more.D.T. Robbins lives in Southern California with his wife and two kids. He's founding editor of Rejection Letters whose writing his been published all over the internet in journal such as Hobart, HAD, X-Ray, Maudlin House, Bending Genres, and No Contact. His first book, This Is What Happens When You Leave Me Alone, is out now from Rejection Letters Press.Podcast theme: DJ Garlik & Bertholet's "Favorite Sause" used with permission from Bertholet.

A 2019 PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow, Dare Williams is a Queer HIV-positive poet, artist, rooted in Southern California. He has received fellowships from John Ashbury Home School and The Frost Place. He is a co-producer of the reading series Word of Mouth which raises money for communities facing food and nutrition inequities. Dare's poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a two-time finalist for Blood Orange Review's contest. His work has been anthologized in Redshift 5 by Arroyo Secco press and is featured in Cultural Weekly, Bending Genres, THRUSH, Exposition Review, and is forthcoming in Limp Wrist and elsewhere. For more information on programs visit www.cbaw.org. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cbaw/support

Kristin Tenor is the flash-fiction editor at CRAFT and has work in Bending Genres, Emerge Literary Journal, and elsewhere. Anita Goveas is British-Indian, based in London and her flash fiction collection Families and Other Natural Disasters is available from Reflex Press. Grace Q. Song is a poetry and fiction writer whose work has been includedContinue reading "Tenor x Goveas x Song" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shome Dasgupta lives in Lafayette, Louisiana, and is the author of seven books, including The Seagull And The Urn (HarperCollins India) and Anklet And Other Stories (Golden Antelope Press). Karen Schauber's flash fiction appears in 50 international journals and magazines including Bending Genres, Brilliant Flash Fiction, and Fiction Southeast. Jack B. Bedell was Poet LaureateContinue reading "Dasgupta x Schauber x Bedell" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Phillip Whalen is the author of Semiotic Love [Stories], and his work appears in The Southern Review, Creative Nonfiction, the Flash Nonfiction Food anthology, and elsewhere. Wilson Koewing is a writer from South Carolina. His work has recently appeared in Bending Genres, Maudlin House, New World Writing, X-R-A-Y, and Trampset. Bud Smith lives inContinue reading "Whalen x Koewing x Smith" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices