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Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack: https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcomeToday's guest is Greg Mania, author of the memoir Born to Be Public. In this episode, Greg shares his winding path to publication—from losing an agent, to finding the right publisher with the indie press Clash Books, to signing with a new agent, and what he's learned through the highs and lows of going on submission multiple times. He offers practical advice for staying sane during the process, building a creative support system, and the marketing strategies that helped make his debut a success. Follow Greg on Instagram @gregmania.The Bleeders is hosted by Courtney Kocak. Follow her on Instagram @courtneykocak and Bluesky @courtneykocak.bsky.social. For more, check out her website courtneykocak.com.Courtney is teaching some upcoming workshops you might be interested in:How to Build a “Platform” for Writers Who Shudder at the Thought: https://writingworkshops.com/products/how-to-build-a-platform-for-writers-who-shudder-at-the-thought-zoom-seminarCreating Your Podcast: https://www.roadmapwriters.com/products/creating-your-podcast-0Podcasting for Writers: How to Start, Sustain & Grow Your Podcast: https://writingworkshops.com/products/podcasting-for-writers-how-to-start-sustain-grow-your-podcast-4-week-zoom-workshopStart a Newsletter to Supercharge Your Platform, Network and Business: https://writingworkshops.com/products/start-a-newsletter-to-supercharge-your-platform-network-business-zoom-seminarLand Big Bylines by Writing for Columns: https://writingworkshops.com/products/land-big-bylines-by-writing-for-columns-zoom-seminar

In the first half of this two-part episode, author Rae Wilde ("Merciless Waters," I Do Not Apologize For My Position on Men") returns to talk about her upcoming novella "I Can Fix Her" (June 3, CLASH Books). They discuss the terror of "nightmare logic," Rae's interest in exploring toxic sapphic romance, the "Wilde Test" (i.e. decentering men altogether as significant drivers of plot in narrative), the unique lure of obsession, and the hazards of power in relationships. Rae and Scotty also dive into an impromptu conversation about Darren Aronofsky's divisive 2017 psychological horror film "mother!" In the second half, Scotty welcomes Albuquerque-based actor Peter Diseth ("Roswell, New Mexico," "Better Call Saul") to talk about his performance as Jorg in the new satirical horror film "Opus" (2025), starring Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Juliette Lewis, and written/directed by newcomer Mark Anthony Green. Aside from discussing his experience on the film itself, they spend a few minutes on Peter's background in the New Mexico film and theatre scene, explore the fine line between comedy and horror, and consider the trend towards "the horror of politeness" in film like "Opus," "The Invitation" (2015), "Speak No Evil" (2022), and "The Menu" (2022). Find Rae online at https://www.raewilde.com Pre-order "I Can Fix Her" at https://indiepubs.com/products/i-can-fix-her Check out Rae's recommendation of "This Is How You Lose the Time War" by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43352954-this-is-how-you-lose-the-time-war Find Peter online at https://www.peterdiseth.com Check out Peter on IMDB at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5674152/ Watch Peter in Episode 9 of the webseries "Overlook, NM": https://youtu.be/5uSBs383Rlo?si=QkrZ_2LWTQd39vyB Watch the trailer for "Opus" here: https://youtu.be/5owo-kbx8X0?si=AHbsmF79h4WM6Zrc Be sure to tune in to Daniel Braum's YouTube series "Night Time Logic." The series focuses on the strange, weird, and wonderful side of dark fiction through readings and discussions with diverse authors from around the world. You can tune in on Daniel's You Tube Channel, which is his name DanielBraum or @danielbraum7838. https://www.facebook.com/groups/429777132474382 https://www.youtube.com/@danielbraum7838 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Being able to see 5 seconds into the future may not seem like much, but in Alexander Boldizar's latest novel, The Man Who Saw Seconds, it's enough to change the world. This fast-paced story explores the dynamics of power structures, the line between good and evil, and the power of family. And it invites the reader to consider some serious questions:Can you return to what you were after you've crossed the line?How far is too far to save the people you love?Just how powerful is 5 seconds of local omniscience?In the first of our two-part discussion, I chat with Alexander about his path from law to writing, publishing with Clash Books and navigating the financial side of bookselling, and how to craft an entertaining story that can still be a vehicle for the exploration of ideologies.Books of his we discuss: The Ugly, The Man Who Saw SecondsFurther info on this and other episodes can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AlternateFutures.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you're on Wordpress.com, you can follow the podcast at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠alternatefuturespodcast.wordpress.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Finally, you can follow my articles on science fiction, socio-technological issues, and futurism at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠alternatefutures.substack.com⁠

Kevin Maloney is the author of the story collection Horse Girl Fever, available from Clash Books. Maloney's other books include the novels The Red-Headed Pilgrim and Cult of Loretta. His fiction has appeared in FENCE, Barrelhouse, Rejection Letters, HAD, and a number of other journals and anthologies. He lives in Portland, Oregon. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch Twitter Instagram  TikTok Bluesky Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Notes and Links to Greg Mania's Work         Greg Mania's words have been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, HuffPost, Oprah Daily, PAPER, among other international online and print platforms. He is also a contributing editor to BOMB Magazine, he hosts The Rumpus's #ShowUsYourDesk on Instagram Live, and co-hosts Empty Trash, a reading series in Los Angeles. His debut memoir, Born to Be Public, is out now from CLASH Books.    He lives in Los Angeles, where he spends his days writing and hanging out with his boyfriend, the poet and TV writer Tommy Pico, whose commitment to the bit rivals his own.       Buy Born to Be Public   Greg Mania's Website   Lambda Literary Review of Born to Be Public   “How Born to Be Public Author Greg Mania Lived a Double Life Before Coming Out” for Oprah Daily At about 2:10, Greg talks about growing up in Central New Jersey, and his cultural life and the ways in which New York City held a special magnetism for him At about 5:35, Greg describes the different parts of New Jersey and its immortal malls  At about 6:45, Greg responds to Pete's questions about growing up speaking Polish and whether his writing in English has parallels in Polish  At about 8:15, Greg explains how he's a “word nerd” and how this and his family affects his joke creation  At about 9:40, Greg talks about how he and Ruth Madievsky vibe for me many reasons, including a shared affinity for dark humor At about 12:30, Greg notes that Born to Be Public has been **translated into Polish** At about 13:20, Greg gives background on Poland and its evolving conservatism and liberalism  At about 14:15, Greg shows his Beverly Cleary-related tattoo and shouts out his love of Garfield and other dark/weird humor in growing up; Phyllis Diller gets stanned  At about 16:30, n expanding upon his love for Pee Wee Herman, Greg talks about his love for and interest in persona  At about 17:40, Phyllis Diller gets stanned more as Greg notes an incredible sign from Phyllis/the universe At about 19:25, Greg discusses the litany of publications with which he works, and being a “freelance” writer in a year of transformation At about 21:20, Greg responds to Pete's question about his writing routine At about 24:50, Greg gives information on his upcoming novel project  At about 27:15, Greg answers Pete's question about how taking his nonfiction to fiction is “freeing” At about 30:10, Greg lists Ruth Madievsky, Samantha Irby, Emily Austin, Rufi Thorpe, Kristen Arnett, Chantal Johnson, Kimberly King Parsons as some of the writers who thrill and challenge her At about 32:40, Greg responds to Pete's asking about how one is funny on the page At about 34:25, Greg makes a startling Friends'-related admission At about 35:15, Pete and Greg discuss the interplay between the humor and heaviness in his book At about 39:20, Sand art! At about 40:30, Greg talks about advice from a writer about how he ended up writing a book that has resonated with so many  At about 41:30, Greg reflects on childhood fears and the ways in which he has worked through these fears and compulsions  At about 43:45, The two discuss fixations with death At about 44:40, Greg gives background on his childhood fascination with chimneys and diesel trains, and his dad's selflessness At about 47:30, Greg talks about the ways in which his parents' generosity and love was counterbalanced by homophobia and migraines and anxiety  At about 51:00, Greg details some harmful words from a childhood doctor  At about 53:15, Greg responds to Pete's question about his mindset in retorting to bullies and he mentions the “power” that came with quips  At about 55:15, Pete connects Greg's humor to a Tillie Olsen line and wonders about Greg's feelings at the time  At about 57:45, Greg details how his friend Rachel brought him so much confidence and helped him build his humor At about 1:00:00, Greg talks about the “no inhibitions” that govern his relationships with his boyfriend Tommy in the same way as with Rachel At about 1:01:15, Greg charts how educating himself on his fears has been helpful, particularly with regards to “fight or flight”   At about 1:05:15, Pete notes a “LOL” moment that sums up a classic college trope  At about 1:07:30, Greg speaks to the idea of “identity as never neat” At about 1:09:00, Greg talks about the links between his first friends in New York and Lady Gaga and the ways in which “Greg Mania” (MAYN-ee-uh) grew to fit him At about 1:10:10, Greg discusses how his writing mentors in high school and college helped him on his way to professional writing  At about 1:13:20, Greg talks about the book as A memoir, and how it's him “pars[ing] the different parts of [him]” At about 1:15:50, Greg responds to Pete's questions about his days at “Magic Mondays” and its connection to the worlds of publishing At about 1:19:00, Greg talks about his “majestic” hair (Pete's words) and the ways in which it was his calling card in his clubbing days At about 1:20:40, Greg answers Pete's questions about what comedy writing “satisfies” for him, and Greg expands on the “sacred[ness]” of joke writing At about 1:23:00, Greg details the “reward” in writing jokes and talking humor with his boyfriend At about 1:24:40, Greg talks about the difference between memoir/memoirs and how his book applies to the former        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.        I am very excited to have one or two podcast episodes per month featured on the website of Chicago Review of Books. The audio will be posted, along with a written interview culled from the audio. A big thanks to Rachel León and Michael Welch at Chicago Review.     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! This month's Patreon bonus episode features segments from conversations with Jeff Pearlman, Matt Bell, F. Douglas Brown, Jorge Lacera, Jean Guererro, Rachel Yoder, and more, as they reflect on chill-inducing writers who have inspired their own work. I have added a $1 a month tier for “Well-Wishers” and Cheerleaders of the Show.    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 262 with Rus Bradburd, who teaches writing classes in New Mexico State University's MFA program and coached basketball at UTEP and New Mexico State for fourteen seasons. His work has appeared in The Southern Review, Colorado Review, Puerto del Sol, SLAM Magazine, Bounce, Los Angeles Times, and many others. Rus is a two-time guest spoke about 2018 nonfiction book, All the Dreams We've Dreamed: A Story of Hoops and Handguns on Chicago's West Side on Chills at Will Episode 15. November 19 is Pub Day for Big Time, his fourth book and second novel. The episode airs on Pub Day. Lastly, please go to ceasefiretoday.com, which features 10+ actions to help bring about Ceasefire in Gaza.

Rone Shavers joins Jared for our annual application episode to discuss the differences between MFA and PhD applications and programs. Rone and Jared talk about how to choose the right program, put together the best application, and get the most out of your time in a program. Before that, they discuss Rone's “funky” novel Silverfish and how getting over the pressure of making a commercially viable book allowed him to write the book he wanted to write. Rone Shavers is the director of the creative writing program at The University of Utah, which offers both an MFA and a PhD in creative writing. Rone is the author of the experimental Afrofuturist novel Silverfish from Clash Books, a finalist for the 2021 Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) Firecracker Award in Fiction and one of The Brooklyn Rail's “Best Books of 2020.” He is also fiction and hybrid genre editor at the award-winning journal, Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora. Find him at roneshavers.com. MFA Writers is hosted by Jared McCormack and produced by Jared McCormack and Hanamori Skoblow. New episodes are released every two weeks. You can find more MFA Writers at MFAwriters.com. BE PART OF THE SHOW — Donate to the show at Buy Me a Coffee. — Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. — Submit an episode request. If there's a program you'd like to learn more about, contact us and we'll do our very best to find a guest who can speak to their experience. — Apply to be a guest on the show by filling out our application. STAY CONNECTED Twitter: @MFAwriterspod Instagram: @MFAwriterspodcast Facebook: MFA Writers Email: mfawriterspodcast@gmail.com

Dave, Cameron, and Leonard continue discussion of Joe Koch's anthology, "Invaginies." Content Warnings abound, this episode is marked Explicit. We discuss: "Leviathan's Knot," "Convulsive, or Not At All," and "Chironoplasty." Invaginies is published by CLASH Books, 2024, and written by Joe Koch. Contact: www.monsterdear.monster @Drfaustisdead @nighttwitten @sentionautplus

Leonard, Cameron, and Dave begin discussion of Joe Koch's anthology, "Invaginies." Content Warnings abound, this episode is marked Explicit. We discuss: "Invaginies," "Bride of the White Rat," and "I Married a Dead Man." Invaginies is published by CLASH Books, 2024, and written by Joe Koch. Contact: www.monsterdear.monster @Drfaustisdead @nighttwitten @sentionautplus

Page One, produced and hosted by author Holly Lynn Payne, celebrates the craft that goes into writing the first sentence, first paragraph and first page of your favorite books. The first page is often the most rewritten page of any book because it has to work so hard to do so much—hook the reader. We interview master storytellers on the struggles and stories behind the first page of their books.About the guest author:Nina Schuyler is an award winning author and esteemed professor of writing. Her latest book, a short story collection, In this Ravishing World, won the W.S. Porter Prize for Short Story Collections and The Prism Prize for Climate Literature. Her last novel, Afterword, was published by Clash Books and illuminates the power and dangers of AI. She is also the author of The Translator, which won the Next Generation Indie Book Award for General Fiction and was a finalist for the William Saroyan International Writing Prize. Her novel, The Painting, was a finalist for the Northern California Book Award. Her book, How to Write Stunning Sentences, was a Small Press Distribution bestseller, and her new craft book, Stunning Sentences: The Creative Writing Journal with 80 New Prompts from Beloved Authors to Improve Your Style, was published by Fiction Advocate in November 2022. Nina teaches creative writing at the University of San Francisco, Stanford Continuing Studies, and offers classes at the independent  bookstore, Book Passage, and The Writing Room. She writes a column about prose style for Fiction Advocate and reviews books for The Millions. She lives with her husband and two sons in Northern California where she is an outdoor enthusiast. You can find her at ninaschuyler.com and follow her on IG @ninaschuler.About the host:Holly Lynn Payne is an award-winning novelist and writing coach, and the former CEO and founder of Booxby, a startup built to help authors succeed. She is an internationally published author of four historical fiction novels. Her debut, The Virgin's Knot, was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers book. She recently finished her first YA crossover novel inspired by her nephew with Down syndrome. She lives in Marin County with her daughter and enjoys mountain biking, surfing and hiking with her dog. To learn more about her books and private writing coaching services, please visit hollylynnpayne.com or find her at Instagram and Twitter @hollylynnpayne.As an author and writing coach, I know that the first page of any book has to work so hard to do so much—hook the reader. So I thought to ask your favorite master storytellers how they do their magic to hook YOU. Page One exists to inspire, celebrate and promote the work of both well-known and unknown creative talent.  You can listen to Page One on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher and all your favorite podcast players.  Hear past episodes. You can follow me @hollylynnpayne on Instagram, Twitter, Goodreads, and Facebook. Your email address is always private and you can always unsubscribe anytime. The Page One Podcast is created at the foot of a mountain in Marin County, California, and is a labor of love in service to writers and book lovers. My intention is to inspire, educate and celebrate. Thank you for being a part of my creative community.If you're interested in a book about female resilience, click here to get a FREE E-BOOK of my latest novel, Rose Girl! And if you have read the book, please leave a review! Thank you for your support! Be well and keep reading. ~Holly~ Thank you for listening to the Page One Podcast, where master storytellers discuss the stories and struggles behind the critical first page of their books. If you liked this episode, please share it on social, leave a review on your favorite podcast players and tell your friends! I hope you enjoy this labor of love as much as I love hosting, producing, and editing it. Please keep in touch by signing up to receive my newsletter at www.hollylynnpayne.com with the latest episodes each month. Delivered to your inbox with a smile. For the love of books and writers,Holly Lynn Payne@hollylynnpaynewww.hollylynnpayne.com

https://www.nicholasrombes.com Buy the Rachel Condition from Clash Books https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/nicholas-rombes-the-rachel-condition-preorder Gateway books Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 Paul Auster - City of Glass Rachel Cusk - Second Place Currently reading/ Looking forward to Kevin Barry Denis Johnson - Jesus' Son /Poetry Brian Evenson - New collection https://coffeehousepress.org/products/good-night-sleep-tight Salman Rushdie - Knife Desert Island Books Ottessa Moshfegh - Death in Her Hands Robert Aickman

On today's episode of The Lives of Writers, Mike Nagel interviews Brian Allen Carr.Brian Allen Carr is the author of eight books, most recently Bad Foundations, out now from CLASH Books. His other books include Opioid, Indiana, Short Bus, and Motherfucking Sharks.Mike Nagel is the author of Duplex and Culdesac (Autofocus Books, 2022 and 2024). He also wrote the music for this podcast and a column called The Unintentionalist for the literary magazine Little Engines.____________Full conversation topics include:-- sobriety-- Plano, TX-- retiring from middle school football-- a family of preachers-- Edgar Allan Poe-- the first publication-- the movie made from it-- sustaining a creative life-- a kind of arrogance-- learning the lane-- the new book BAD FOUNDATIONS-- the invention of the elevator brake-- grounded theory and work-- sales--putting things into the world-- information and property-- engaging or not in a political way____________Podcast theme music also provided by Mike Nagel. Here's more of his project: Yeah Yeah Cool Cool.The Lives of Writers is edited and produced by Michael Wheaton.Episode and show artwork by Amy Wheaton.

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Aspen Words finalist and Wonderland Book Award-winner Brian Allen Carr, who discusses his latest novel Bad Foundations, which is published by our friends at Clash Books.  Topics of conversation include Muncie, Indiana, Taylor Swift, crawl spaces, Mary Louise Kelly, missed opportunities, living to work vs. working to live, presidential text messages, and much more.  Copies of Bad Foundations can be purchased here.  

The latest episode of the BrooklynVegan Podcast is an interview with Aaron Carnes, author of the book In Defense of Ska and co-host of the In Defense of Ska podcast. Aaron joins us to celebrate the new updated, expanded 'Ska Now More Than Ever' edition of his book, which you can pre-order now from Clash Books, and the new season of the IDOS podcast, which just launched. Future episodes feature interviews with members of Jawbreaker, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Fishbone, Mr. Bungle, Save Ferris, illuminati hotties, and more. Aaron joins us on the show to talk about a ton of ska-related topics, and he also tells us a lot about what's new in the 'Ska Now More Than Ever' edition of In Defense of Ska. If you like ska--or even if you hate ska--listen now. -- The BrooklynVegan Show is brought to you in part by DistroKid, a service for musicians that allows you to easily upload your music to all major streaming platforms. You can get 30% off of your first year's membership by signing up at distrokid.com/vip/brooklynvegan.   Theme music by Michael Silverstein.

The era of ska shame is officially over, and ska fans no longer need to hide in the basement, skanking alone. The creator of the popular podcast In Defense of Ska has doubled down on defending the checkered flag genre with his new edition of In Defense of Ska: Ska Now More Than Ever Edition (Clash Books, 2024). The original version was chosen by Pitchfork as one of the best music books of 2021, and was an official recommended read in Rolling Stone's June 2021 issue. In this expanded version, author Aaron Carnes weaves in tons of new interviews and stories, continuing his crusade to rebuff pop culture's dismissal of American ska as nothing more than porkpie hats and silly lyrics. Updated journalistic essays, personal stories, historical investigations, and a brand-new epilogue exploring ska's “lost years” serve as a much-needed crash course on the hundreds of bands, big or small, that formed the passionate community that continues to love and evolve America's much-maligned and infamously underrated ska scene. Join the movement today and discover why ska is a cultural force that can't be ignored! Aaron Carnes is a music journalist based out of Northern California. His work has appeared in Playboy, Salon, Noisey, Bandcamp Daily, Sun Magazine, Sierra Club Magazine, and Ozy. He's also the music editor at Good Times weekly newspaper in Santa Cruz, CA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The era of ska shame is officially over, and ska fans no longer need to hide in the basement, skanking alone. The creator of the popular podcast In Defense of Ska has doubled down on defending the checkered flag genre with his new edition of In Defense of Ska: Ska Now More Than Ever Edition (Clash Books, 2024). The original version was chosen by Pitchfork as one of the best music books of 2021, and was an official recommended read in Rolling Stone's June 2021 issue. In this expanded version, author Aaron Carnes weaves in tons of new interviews and stories, continuing his crusade to rebuff pop culture's dismissal of American ska as nothing more than porkpie hats and silly lyrics. Updated journalistic essays, personal stories, historical investigations, and a brand-new epilogue exploring ska's “lost years” serve as a much-needed crash course on the hundreds of bands, big or small, that formed the passionate community that continues to love and evolve America's much-maligned and infamously underrated ska scene. Join the movement today and discover why ska is a cultural force that can't be ignored! Aaron Carnes is a music journalist based out of Northern California. His work has appeared in Playboy, Salon, Noisey, Bandcamp Daily, Sun Magazine, Sierra Club Magazine, and Ozy. He's also the music editor at Good Times weekly newspaper in Santa Cruz, CA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

The era of ska shame is officially over, and ska fans no longer need to hide in the basement, skanking alone. The creator of the popular podcast In Defense of Ska has doubled down on defending the checkered flag genre with his new edition of In Defense of Ska: Ska Now More Than Ever Edition (Clash Books, 2024). The original version was chosen by Pitchfork as one of the best music books of 2021, and was an official recommended read in Rolling Stone's June 2021 issue. In this expanded version, author Aaron Carnes weaves in tons of new interviews and stories, continuing his crusade to rebuff pop culture's dismissal of American ska as nothing more than porkpie hats and silly lyrics. Updated journalistic essays, personal stories, historical investigations, and a brand-new epilogue exploring ska's “lost years” serve as a much-needed crash course on the hundreds of bands, big or small, that formed the passionate community that continues to love and evolve America's much-maligned and infamously underrated ska scene. Join the movement today and discover why ska is a cultural force that can't be ignored! Aaron Carnes is a music journalist based out of Northern California. His work has appeared in Playboy, Salon, Noisey, Bandcamp Daily, Sun Magazine, Sierra Club Magazine, and Ozy. He's also the music editor at Good Times weekly newspaper in Santa Cruz, CA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

The era of ska shame is officially over, and ska fans no longer need to hide in the basement, skanking alone. The creator of the popular podcast In Defense of Ska has doubled down on defending the checkered flag genre with his new edition of In Defense of Ska: Ska Now More Than Ever Edition (Clash Books, 2024). The original version was chosen by Pitchfork as one of the best music books of 2021, and was an official recommended read in Rolling Stone's June 2021 issue. In this expanded version, author Aaron Carnes weaves in tons of new interviews and stories, continuing his crusade to rebuff pop culture's dismissal of American ska as nothing more than porkpie hats and silly lyrics. Updated journalistic essays, personal stories, historical investigations, and a brand-new epilogue exploring ska's “lost years” serve as a much-needed crash course on the hundreds of bands, big or small, that formed the passionate community that continues to love and evolve America's much-maligned and infamously underrated ska scene. Join the movement today and discover why ska is a cultural force that can't be ignored! Aaron Carnes is a music journalist based out of Northern California. His work has appeared in Playboy, Salon, Noisey, Bandcamp Daily, Sun Magazine, Sierra Club Magazine, and Ozy. He's also the music editor at Good Times weekly newspaper in Santa Cruz, CA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music

The era of ska shame is officially over, and ska fans no longer need to hide in the basement, skanking alone. The creator of the popular podcast In Defense of Ska has doubled down on defending the checkered flag genre with his new edition of In Defense of Ska: Ska Now More Than Ever Edition (Clash Books, 2024). The original version was chosen by Pitchfork as one of the best music books of 2021, and was an official recommended read in Rolling Stone's June 2021 issue. In this expanded version, author Aaron Carnes weaves in tons of new interviews and stories, continuing his crusade to rebuff pop culture's dismissal of American ska as nothing more than porkpie hats and silly lyrics. Updated journalistic essays, personal stories, historical investigations, and a brand-new epilogue exploring ska's “lost years” serve as a much-needed crash course on the hundreds of bands, big or small, that formed the passionate community that continues to love and evolve America's much-maligned and infamously underrated ska scene. Join the movement today and discover why ska is a cultural force that can't be ignored! Aaron Carnes is a music journalist based out of Northern California. His work has appeared in Playboy, Salon, Noisey, Bandcamp Daily, Sun Magazine, Sierra Club Magazine, and Ozy. He's also the music editor at Good Times weekly newspaper in Santa Cruz, CA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture

In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 99, my conversation with author and publisher Elizabeth Ellen. This episode first aired on August 26, 2012. Elizabeth Ellen's stories have been published in American Short Fiction, HARPER'S Magazine, Muumuu House, Joyland, and numerous other magzines and journals. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize for her story "Teen Culture," and is the author of several books including Fast Machine and Person/a. In 2024, Clash Books will publish her novel, American Thighs. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram  TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paper Cuts LIVE! Episode 70 Conversation with Ross Jeffery and Tyler Jones! Ross Jeffery is the author of JUNIPER, TOME, SCORCHED, I DIED TOO BUT THEY HAVEN'T BURIED ME YET, and more! Tyler Jones is the author of CRITERIUM, ALMOST RUTH, BURN THE PLANS, MIDAS, and more! In this episode we discussed I DIED TOO, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BURIED ME YET by Ross Jeffery from Clash Books, MIDAS by Tyler Jones from Earthling Publications, forging friendships and mentorships with authors who have come before and paying that back to up-and-coming authors, the exploration of grief and loss, processing personal grief through fiction, the genre of grief horror, crafting unlikeable but sympathetic characters, writing from the heart, and much more! Want to be a guest on the show? Contact us via our website at https://www.papercutslive.com Thunderstorm Books limited edition of I DIED TOO, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BURIED ME YET: https://thunderstormbooks.com/thunder... CONNECT WITH ROSS HERE: Buy His Books: https://www.amazon.com/Ross-Jeffery/e... Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ross1982 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rossjeffery... CONNECT WITH TYLER HERE: Buy His Books: https://amzn.to/3dpJyVZ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tjoneswriter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tjoneswriter/ CONNECT WITH BRAD HERE: Twitter: https://twitter.com/brad_proctor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebradproc... Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/7... Discord: https://discord.gg/C3B3bdp CONNECT WITH J HERE: YouTube:    / @theworldaccordingtoj   Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSirJ10 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.world.a... #liveshow #podcast #PaperCuts #PaperCutsLive #PaperCutsPodcast

Authors (and podcaster) Jack Allison & Kate Shapiro join us to discuss their new novel, Kill The Rich, a satirical sci-fi tale set in the not too distant future that takes place in a world where an all too familiar cringey tech billionaire has established a secessionist state outside of Nevada and a communist has won the American presidency by promising to execute Kim Kardashian within his first year in office. Kill The Rich is out on Clash Books 9.12.23 KILL THE RICH https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/kill-the-rich-jack-allison-kate-shapiro-preorder PAID PROTEST https://secure.actblue.com/donate/paidprotestiwco THE WOKE MOB https://wl.seetickets.us/event/THE-WOKE-MOB/564089?afflky=TVEye MINION DEATH CULT x ANTIFADA x PDA https://www.eventbrite.com/e/minion-death-cult-live-tickets-691958234707 MERCH poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com PATREON patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Page One, produced and hosted by author Holly Lynn Payne, celebrates the craft that goes into writing the first sentence, first paragraph and first page of your favorite books. The first page is often the most rewritten page of any book because it has to work so hard to do so much—hook the reader. We interview master storytellers on the struggles and stories behind the first page of their books.About the guest author:Nina Schuyler is an award winning author and esteemed professor of writing. Her new novel, Afterword, was published by Clash Books. She is also the author of The Translator, which won the Next Generation Indie Book Award for General Fiction and was a finalist for the William Saroyan International Writing Prize. Her novel, The Painting, was a finalist for the Northern California Book Award. Her book, How to Write Stunning Sentences, was a Small Press Distribution bestseller, and her new craft book, Stunning Sentences: The Creative Writing Journal with 80 New Prompts from Beloved Authors to Improve Your Style, was published by Fiction Advocate in November 2022. Nina Schuyler's short story collection, In this Ravishing World, won the W.S. Porter Prize for Short Story Collections and The Prism Prize for Climate Literature, and will be published by Regal House Publishing in 2024.Nina teaches creative writing at the University of San Francisco, Stanford Continuing Studies, and offers classes at the independent  bookstore, Book Passage, and The Writing Room. She writes a column about prose style for Fiction Advocate and reviews books for The Millions. She lives with her husband and two sons in Northern California where she is an outdoor enthusiast. You can find her at ninaschuyler.com and follow her on IG @ninaschuler.About the host:Holly Lynn Payne is an award-winning novelist and writing coach, and the former CEO and founder of Booxby, a startup built to help authors succeed. She is an internationally published author of four historical fiction novels. Her debut, The Virgin's Knot, was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers book. She recently finished her first YA crossover novel inspired by her nephew with Down syndrome. She lives in Marin County with her daughter and enjoys mountain biking, surfing and hiking with her dog. To learn more about her books and private writing coaching services, please visit hollylynnpayne.com or find her at Instagram and Twitter @hollylynnpayne.As an author and writing coach, I know that the first page of any book has to work so hard to do so much—hook the reader. So I thought to ask your favorite master storytellers how they do their magic to hook YOU. Page One exists to inspire, celebrate and promote the work of both well-known and unknown creative talent.  You can listen to Page One on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher and all your favorite podcast players.  Hear past episodes.If you're interested in getting writing tips and the latest podcast episode updates with the world's beloved master storytellers, please sign up for my very short monthly newsletter at hollylynnpayne.com and get a copy of my new book Rose Girl for FREE! You can follow me @hollylynnpayne on Instagram, Twitter, Goodreads, and Facebook. Your email address is always private and you can always unsubscribe anytime. The Page One Podcast is created at the foot of a mountain in Marin County, California, and is a labor of love in service to writers and book lovers. My intention is to inspire, educate and celebrate. Thank you for being a part of my creative community! And remember to get your FREE COPY of my new book, Rose Girl! Be well and keep reading. ~Holly~

Hey there listeners. In this episode, we start a mini-series of panels talking about WW II mission movies that inspired my upcoming novel The Last Night to Kill Nazis from Clash Books. My novel comes out this summer, during the pre-order period (You can get it from the Clash site, Amazon, Barnes, and Noble, or basically any indie bookstore) we will celebrate by talking about the movies that inspired it. In this episode, I am joined by two friends. Writers Ivan Zoric and Dino Parenti join me to do a double Eastwood the 1968 classic WW2 mission movie Where Eagles Dare and the 1970 film Kelly's Heroes. The second film was new to all of us.

Dr. Jerry Drake is an American investigator and author. His upcoming book is Hazel Was a Good Girl: Solving the Murder that Inspired Twin Peaks. Leza Cantoral is an American writer and co-runs Clash Books.

Dr. Jerry Drake is an American investigator and author. His upcoming book is Hazel Was a Good Girl: Solving the Murder that Inspired Twin Peaks. Leza Cantoral is an American writer and co-runs Clash Books. Episode airs 12.12.22

In this podcast Michael J. Seidlinger talks about My Pet Serial Killer, The Cecil Hotel, literary agents, and much more.  About Michael J. Seidlinger Michael J. Seidlinger is a Filipino American author of Anybody Home? (CLASH Books, 2022), Scream (Bloomsbury's Object Lessons), and other books. He has written for, among others, Wired, Buzzfeed, Thrillist, Goodreads, … Continue reading

In this podcast Michael J. Seidlinger talks about Anybody Home?, why people want likeable characters, performing vs. being our true selves, and much more. About Michael J. Seidlinger Michael J. Seidlinger is a Filipino American author of Anybody Home? (CLASH Books, 2022), Scream (Bloomsbury's Object Lessons), and other books. He has written for, among others, … Continue reading

In this podcast Michael J. Seidlinger talks about transgressive fiction, horror video games, replay value with books, and much more.  About Michael J. Seidlinger Michael J. Seidlinger is a Filipino American author of Anybody Home? (CLASH Books, 2022), Scream (Bloomsbury's Object Lessons), and other books. He has written for, among others, Wired, Buzzfeed, Thrillist, Goodreads, … Continue reading

Kevin Sampsell is an American writer living in Portland, Oregon. He has worked at Powell's Book Store since 1998 as an events coordinator and the head of the small press section. His memoir, A Common Pornography, was published by Harper Perennial in January 2010. His latest book, I Made an Accident: Collages and Poems, just came out from Clash Books. If you want to know about Textual Healing or grab a "Textual Healer" t-shirt go to our site: https://textualpodcast.com/ OR If you want to leave us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, you can do it here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Be sure to check out past episodes and future ones every other Saturday. Textual Healing also has new micro-episodes called "Off The Record" that will appear every Saturday where there aren't full-length author interviews. The next "Off The Record" episode will feature C E Hoffman reading an excerpt from their new chapbook, Ghost, Trolls, And Other Things On The Internet.

Kevin Sampsell is the author of I Made an Accident, a book of his collages, out now on Clash Books. He's also a memoirist and novelist and runs Future Tense […]

Michael talks with Erin Slaughter about her journey to finding community as a writer, figuring out a balance between disclosure and dignity in poetry, THE SORROW FESTIVAL (Clash Books, 2022), writing about emotion from the body, vulnerability, the impulse to write about the self, finding form, and her forthcoming story collection.Erin Slaughter is the author of two books of poetry: The Sorrow Festival, which is out today from Clash Books, and I Will Tell This Story to the Sun until You Remember That You Are the Sun (New Rivers Press, 2019). Her debut story collection A Manual for How to Love Us is forthcoming from Harper Perennial in 2023. She's the co-founder of The Hunger.Podcast theme: DJ Garlik & Bertholet's "Special Sause" used with permission from Bertholet.

In this episode, writer and comedian Greg Mania talks with Resort founder Catherine LaSota about how the growth of those closest to us can inspire our own growth, and also about how soothing Coca-Cola can be. We also trip on several words in the English language, including accountability, palatability, and more! And: how does a person pronounce LaCroix? Listen and find out! Greg Mania is a writer, comedian, and award-winning screenwriter based in New York City. His words have been published in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, HuffPost, Oprah Daily, and PAPER, among other international online and print platforms. His debut memoir, Born to Be Public, is out now from CLASH Books, and he publishes a newsletter called Save Our Serotonin (S.O.S.), which you can subscribe to here: https://saveourserotonin.bulletin.com Find out more about Greg Mania here: http://www.greg-mania.com Purchase Born to Be Public here: https://bookshop.org/a/83344/9781944866877 Invest in one month of one-on-one writing support with Resort founder Catherine LaSota: https://www.theresortlic.com/letsdivein Join our free Resort community, full of resources and support for writers, here: https://community.theresortlic.com/ More information about The Resort can be found here: https://www.theresortlic.com/ You can find books for purchase by all of our Cabana Chats guests here: https://bookshop.org/lists/cabana-chats-podcast Cabana Chats is hosted by Resort founder Catherine LaSota. Our podcast editor is Jade Iseri-Ramos, and our music is by Pat Irwin. Special thanks to Resort assistant Nadine Santoro. FULL TRANSCRIPTS for Cabana Chats podcast episodes are available in the free Resort network: https://community.theresortlic.com/ Follow us on social media! @TheResortLIC

Drinking on the podcast this week. Is author, musician and publisher Christoph Paul. Christoph and Matt Slayer in this episode talk about everything from the origins of Clash Books, to The Dionysus Effect's hit Darryl, Christoph's time working in an adult video store and much more,     The Patreon is full of exclusive content and directly supports the show. patreon.com/mattslayer   Subscribe to the youtube youtube.com/andnowwedrink     Check out the discord  https://discord.gg/uBd9G8e   Cover your shame in our wares. New Merch! anwd.net/merch   Check the home of And Now We Drink andnowwedrink.com   Matt is now a Twitch Affiliate. Check out his Channel at www.twitch.tv/mattfnslayer If you're an amazon prime user sign up for your free twitch prime account and throw Matt a sub. it costs you nothing and would really help Matt out.   

Our Alegría Publishing LatinX poetas and writers share their Poesía. For this episode, we have invited Adrian Ernesto The author of Flashes & Verses… Becoming Attractions from Unsolicited Press, Between the Spine from Picture Show Press, La Belle Ajar & We Are the Ones Possessed from CLASH Books and Speaking con su Sombra with Alegría Publishing. He is currently finishing his sixth poetry book, the follow up to Sombra, the bilingual poetry collection La Lengua Inside Me. Adrian lives with his esposa in Los Angeles with their adorably spoiled cat Woody Gold. Since mi Mami passed away in 2017, Mother's Day has been difficult for me. This year, I want to honor Mami and Mothers everywhere with a reading of some of my most personal poems and readers favorites from Speaking con su Sombra. Writing, reading, and sharing these poems has helped me with the process of grieving. These poems from Sombra is a living ode as I honor Mi Mami's life, her passing, her inspiration, her guidance, and the gift of her legacy within the poems in this collection. On this Mother's Day as I remember the memoria of mi Mami, I am hoping these poemas can also honor those who have lost loved ones in their familias.

Capítulo 030: On this episode of Ocu-Pasión we are joined by Poet Adrian Ernesto Cepeda. Listen in as we discuss the collective experience of grief, discovering the importance of one's voice, and healing through the writing process. Adrian Ernesto is the author of Flashes & Verses… Becoming Attractions from Unsolicited Press, Between the Spine from Picture Show Press, Speaking con su Sombra with Alegría Publishing and La Belle Ajar & We Are the Ones Possessed from CLASH Books . Adrian lives with his wife in Los Angeles with their adorably spoiled cat Woody GoldIn 2021, Alebrijes Review published and nominated his poem “I Always Remember Dialing” from Speaking con su Sombra, for The Pushcart Prize.In 2019, Adrian Ernesto was awarded Pasadena City College's Inscape Magazine Poet Alumnus of the Year.His Poem "Endless Embrace" published by Capsule Stories Summer Edition was nominated for The Pushcart Prize in 2019.His Poems, "Invisible Tan" published by Rogue Agent Journal and "They Asked Me About Drugs," published by Neon Mariposa Magazine were both nominated for Best of the Net 2019.Follow Adrian:https://www.instagram.com/thepoetnotarockstar/https://www.adrianernestocepeda.comhttps://twitter.com/PoetNotRockStar/https://www.facebook.com/adrianernesto.cepedaOcu-Pasión Podcast is a heartfelt interview series showcasing the experiences of artists and visionaries within the Latin American/ Latinx community hosted by Delsy Sandoval. Join us as we celebrate culture & creativity through thoughtful dialogue where guests from all walks of life are able to authentically express who they are and connect in ways listeners have not heard before.Delsy Sandoval is the Host and Executive Producer of Ocu-Pasión. If you want to support the podcast, please rate and review the show here. You can also get in touch with Delsy at www.ocupasionpodcast.comFollow Ocu-Pasión on Instagram: @ocupasionpodcast www.instagram.com/ocupasionpodcastJoin the Ocu-Pasión Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/5160180850660613/Visit www.ocupasionpodcast.com for more episodes.https://linktr.ee/Ocupasionpodcast

On this episode of Salt Lake Dirt I welcome author Elle Nash. I recently found her novel Animals Eat Each Other (Dzanc Books) and she has quickly become one of my favorite new writers. We had a great a chat about growing up in Colorado, her recent move to Scotland, and her upcoming book Gag Reflex (out June 21 on Clash Books). Make sure to check out her other books and her Patreon! Thanks for listening! Kyler

This week on the podcast I read DuVay Knox's "The Pussy Detective" (link to buy at Clash Books website below). It put me in the mind of Slick Rick's "Indian Girl (An Adult Story)", Ishamel Reed, and "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Keep Reading. Order the book here: https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/duvay-knox-the-pussy-detective-preorder Slick Rick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1845asfVXk Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-america/id1551126578 https://open.spotify.com/show/5xky9xGXgdh0bTcUx1yNEf?si=c1b3769405b64615 https://soundcloud.com/bobby-wilson-588095918 Music from TheKeepRunning: https://soundcloud.com/user-861419594 To read my writings: https://bobbywwilsonjr.com/publications Also, follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chewingbones

Christoph Paul is an overdue interview for me. He is the managing editor of CLASH Books, of course, they are one of my publishers and Christoph is an editor I have worked with. He is an award-winning author who cut his teeth writing erotica satires under the name Mandy DeSandra which he self-published and learned the publishing biz long before he and his wife author Leza Cantoral started Clash Books. They publish risky and powerful indie books that have led to them recently expanding to include national distribution and a roster of diverse writers. He also plays bass and sings lead vocals in alt-rock band The Dionysus Effect who recently released their first single. In this interview we talk about writing, publishing, editing novels, and writing music. It is a wide-ranging conversation I think you will enjoy. •You can find my books here: Amazon-https://www.amazon.com/David-Agranoff/e/B004FGT4ZW •And me here: Goodreads-http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2988332.David_Agranoff Twitter-https://twitter.com/DAgranoffAuthor Blog-http://davidagranoff.blogspot.com/

"You can deal with any issue if you first face it on the page." In this episode, we learn of the muse behind 'Starry Starry Light,' and the book of poetry he had to write first before he could write his latest work. Also, if you don't know the real story behind the song 'Killing Me Softly,' Adrian will drop some knowledge on ya. A full transcript of this episode will be available on http://latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday February 8th. You can follow Adrian at https://www.adrianernestocepeda.com and across all social media at @poetnotarockstar Adrian Ernesto is the author of Flashes & Verses… Becoming Attractions from Unsolicited Press, Between the Spine from Picture Show Press and La Belle Ajar & We Are the Ones Possessed from CLASH Books and Speaking con su Sombra with Alegría Publishing. Adrian is a Colombian-American Poet who lives with his wife in Los Angeles with their adorably spoiled cat Woody Gold.

In this poem, Don McLean and the love of a mother swirl like the luminous paint in Van Gogh's Starry Starry Night. A full transcript of this poem will be available on http://latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday February 8th. Adrian Ernesto is the author of Flashes & Verses… Becoming Attractions from Unsolicited Press, Between the Spine from Picture Show Press and La Belle Ajar & We Are the Ones Possessed from CLASH Books and Speaking con su Sombra with Alegría Publishing. Adrian is a Colombian-American Poet who lives with his wife in Los Angeles with their adorably spoiled cat Woody Gold.

Season 2's finale is here! Patrick R. McDonough and Brennan LaFaro are joined with returning guest host Ken McKinley to talk with John Skipp. John Skipp is an American New York Times bestselling author, anthology editor, musician, screenwriter, and one of the founders of Splatterpunk. His latest book is Don't Push the Button (published by Clash Books), and the latest film he's worked on is Dopplebanger.

This week I returned to my favorite local Houston market, Thorn and Moon Magickal Market. Plus, I catch up with Cristoph and Leza of CLASH Books.

It's Pride Month on Mental Health & Motivation! Join Chase Gray with fellow out and proud guests in the LGBT community as we explore new thought processes, creativity, and the desire to manifest your motivation. Happy Pride! Greg Mania is a prolific author, blogger, Twitter personality, and one of the most powerful Panera and TGI Friday's loyalists in the US. Okay, that last part was a bit of an exaggeration (but Greg would say otherwise!). During this conversation, Chase and Greg talk about life as an extrovert-turned-introvert, how mental health matters, and facets of Greg's memoir, "Born To Be Public," out now in hardback and coming June, 2021 to paperback via Clash Books. This episode kicks off a packed Pride month extravaganza, so stick around! Follow Greg on Twitter & Instagram: @gregmania --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chasegray/support

Local writer and musician Brett Petersen describes his involvement with rock bands over the years, including bands such as Dynamite Pleasure Chair, Raziel's Tree, and most recently the Dionysus Effect. He also briefly touches on his book of short stories, entitled "The Parasite from Proto Space," published locally by Clash Books in Troy, NY.

We're excited to bring you our second interview! This time we're chatting with Katy Michelle Quinn. She is the author of Girl in the Walls, which is out June 1, 2021 from Clash Books. You can preorder the book here! Say ‘hi' to Katy Michelle Quinn on twitter or instagram. Katy has attended Bizarro Con and misses those moments of connection at in-person conventions. She is reading N.K. Jemison's novel The Fifth Season, listening to hyper pop like Charlie XCX as well as metal, hardcore and country music. Katy is also watching Star Trek for the first time (!) and recently re-watched Will & Grace. Katy's horror recs include the director Dario Argento and other Italian horror films from the 1970s and 80s. As always, we'd love to be in discussion with you, magical people. Post or tweet about the show using #CriticallyReading or #TheLibraryCoven. Let us know what you think of the episode, anything we missed, or anything else you want us to know by dropping a line in the comments or reaching out to us on twitter or Instagram (@thelibrarycoven), or via email (thelibraycoven@gmail.com). You can also check out the show notes on our website, thelibrarycoven.com. We really appreciate ratings and reviews on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or any other platforms. Help us share the magic by spreading the word about the podcast! Please support our labor by leaving us a one-time tip on Ko-fi or purchasing books from our Bookshop! Even better yet, become a monthly patron via Patreon and you can unlock a bunch of exclusive perks like access to our community of reader-listeners on Discord. Our cover art is by the talented artist nimsby. The podcast theme song is “Unermerry Academy of Magics” by Augustin C from the album “Fantasy Music”, which you can download on FreeMusicArchive.com. The Library Coven is recorded and produced on stolen indigenous land: Arapahoe, Cheyenne, and Ute (Kelly) and Chickasha, Kaskaskia, Kickapoo, Mascoutin, Miami, Mesquaki, Odawa, Ojibwe, Peankashaw, Peoria, Potawatomi, Sauk, and Wea (Jessie) #LandBack. You can support Indigenous communities by donating to Mitakuye Foundation, Native Women's Wilderness, or the Navajo Water Project. These suggested places came from @lilnativeboy. 

This week Megan Hattie and Rob Patrick get punk af with the multitalented Tea Hacic on two of her favorites, James Merendino's SLC Punk! (1998) and the Punk doc series (2019) from filmmaker Jesse Miller Smith and executive producers Iggy Pop and John Varvatos. Megan also professes her love for Tea's now-defunct-but-still-iconic anonymous Tumblr sex blog Sugartits.Has social media ever been punk? Why did Tea dump her teenage punk boyfriend Jeremy? Did Rob ever go through a punk phase? And most importantly, will Rob make it to the end of the episode before his post-vax side effects kick in??Tea Hacic is a Croatian-American writer and performer. Formerly a columnist for Vice and Wired Italy, contributing editor of Wonderland Magazine, contributor to Dazed, i-D, Autre, and others. Her debut novel LIFE OF THE PARTY came out in 2020 with Clash Books. The Italian edition was released with FANDANGO Libri in April 2021. The novel will be adapted into a TV show, with Tea as executive producer. She's finished her second novel, A CIGARETTE LIT BACKWARDS, which will be out next year. You can always find her on Instagram: @teahacic.Order Tea's book in English and in Italiano! Listen to her Italian podcast Troie Radicali!

Aaron Carnes is the author of In Defense of Ska, out now on Clash Books. We talk all things ska, religion, Fishbone, Skankin’ Pickle, god, faith, and empathy. Drinks with […]

Clash Books publishes literary fiction, non-fiction, poetry, horror, sci-fi, and genre-free fiction. Leza Cantoral is the Editor in Chief and Christoph Paul is the Managing Editor of Clash Books.

This week we speak with writer, Aaron Carens. Aaron tells us about his new book, In Defense of Ska. We learn what lead to the books creation, why ska needed defending and why ska fans love ska memes. We also talk about the fourth wave and we get some stories not featured in the book. It’s a good discussion about the history and current state of the ska scene. We also give you ska news and our ska picks of the week. On The Upbeat Social Media: www.Instagram.com/ontheupbeatska www.facebook.com/ontheupbeatska www.twitter.com/ontheupbeatska Support On The Upbeat: https://ko-fi.com/ontheupbeat Aaron Carens: https://aaron-carnes.com/ In Defense of Ska on Clash Books: https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/aaron-carnes-in-defense-of-ska-preorder?fbclid=IwAR32L7KKtozTBL_N2xoAeNtrjBySDPHUgpAYyibW0bSVj9tC_v8vhGR2dFQ In Defense of Ska On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Defense-Ska-Aaron-Carnes/dp/1944866787 Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2DikTsRPk4dspXejk9bFko?si=kFox2LsAT4yea7N-9_3mQA Ska News Theme by Dang!t: https://dangitband.bandcamp.com/music Main Theme by Millington: https://millingtonband.bandcamp.com/music You can buy the main theme song: https://ontheupbeat.bandcamp.com/releases

In a very strange and wild episode of Textual Healing, I got a chance to interview Leza Cantoral who is one of my favorite people in the lit world today! It gets weird, it gets dark, and it actually gets pretty damn hysterical. It's lit. Leza is a Xicana writer & Editor-in-Chief at CLASH Books. She is also the host of Get Lit With Leza. As a result of her being a megafan of Lana Del Rey & Sylvia Plath, she curated and edited an anthology of stories called Tragedy Queens: Stories Inspired by Lana Del Rey & Sylvia Plath which is available on CLASH Books. She’s the author of the surreal horror story collection Cartoons in the Suicide Forest & alt lit poetry & social media commentary about modern alienation, Trash Panda. If the sound is a bit off at times in this episode it's because we were both a bit "lit" during the recording of it, which of course set the perfect mood for us to go off on wild tangents about cults, The Bling Ring, drugs, and how we both originally wanted to be filmmakers. The main focus though is Leza's truly excellent and diverse taste in music. We go on about Courtney Love, Lana Del Rey, The Weeknd, Marilyn Manson, and Madonna. When we aren't talking about that, we're railing against the patriarchy, what got us both into literature, and annoying guys on the internet. The best parts are when Leza actually reads a bit of her writing and describes some of the films she made. They aren't at the end of the episode like typical Textual Healing episodes but scattered throughout, so listen to the whole show to catch them! Support Textual Healing with Mallory Smart by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/textual-healing

Born and raised in Pennsylvania's coal country Damian Dressick is the author of the novel 40 Patchtown (Bottom Dog Press). His creative work has appeared in more than fifty literary journals and anthologies, including W.W. Norton's New Micro, Post Road, New Orleans Review, Cutbank, failbetter.com, Hippocampus, Smokelong Quarterly, HeartWood, and New World Writing. A Blue Mountain Residency Fellow, Dressick is the winner of the Harriette Arnow Award and the Jesse Stuart Prize. His story collection Fables of Deconstruction is forthcoming from CLASH Books in early 2021. He co-hosts WCONA: LIVE!, a virtual reading series that brings some of the best Appalachian writers to the world. Dressick teaches writing at Clarion University of Pennsylvania.To learn more about Damian and to order his work, visit his website: DamianDressick.com

Badass Lady-Folk host Christine Sloan Stoddard interviews poet, essayist, and collage artist Kim Vodicka. They talk about Kim's book The Elvis Machine, Memphis, CLASH Books, and more.• Kim Vodicka portfolio site: https://kimvodicka.com• The Elvis Machine: https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/kim-vodicka-the-elvis-machine• The Elvis Machine, Live From Sun Studio! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaOHyycWI0g&t=175s• The Elvis Machine book cover artist Joel Amat Güell: http://joelamatguell.com• The Elvis Machine in Quail Bell Magazine: http://www.quailbellmagazine.com/the-unreal-20/poem-requiem-for-an-exclusive-by-kim-vodicka• Kim's books: https://kimvodicka.com/Books• Kim's selected poems & collages: https://kimvodicka.com/Selected-Poems-Art• CLASH Books: https://www.clashbooks.com• Really Serious Literature: https://rlysrslit.bigcartel.com• Heaven Is A Photograph: https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/christine-sloan-stoddard-heaven-is-a-photograph• Heaven Is A Photograph photography panel: https://rss.com/podcasts/badassladyfolk/143537/***The Badass Lady-Folk intro/outro music is from "Talking Hands" by Toxic Moxie.© Quail Bell Press & Productions, www.quailbell.com, 2021

Writer and translator Lindsay Lerman expounds on why she chose to make a topic as taboo as death the subject of her last novel and offers a sneak peak at her next one. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jennifer-jazz2/support

Kevin Bigley joins us to talk about his intense love of music, his new book Comaville, and his character Luke in Amazon's **_Upload_**. Kevin is an actor and writer living in Los Angeles. He plays Luke in his latest TV role on Amazon's Upload and Reed Hollingsworth on another Amazon show called Undone. Most central to this show, though, Kevin just debuted a novel called Comaville from Clash Books. He tells us about the process of writing it and how music isn't just something he listens to for inspiration while writing, he plays it on the side too. We talk about garage rock, dream pop, indie record labels, and so much more... Support Textual Healing by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/textual-healing

In this lit episode, I am joined by Zac Smith and Giacomo Pope where we talk about nothing and everything. Music genres, literary genres, and even how a genre's name comes into being is discussed in this 2hr long round table. Zac Smith flexes his knowledge of linguistics and genre. Giacomo Pope goes off on small presses along with an insane grasp on what shoegaze-y indie rock actually is and was. Together we discuss how writers act due to social media and how the artform has given way to clout-chasing. Fun things to look forward to in this episode are pet names, Spotify royalties, and how I rejected one of Giac's submissions to Maudlin house 20 minutes before interviewing him on his last appearance of Textual Healing. To get a better vibe of their music tastes check out their Giac's Spotify playlist: We Can All be Sad Bois *and his artist page that includes some of Zac's music: Be Softly.* Zac Smith's most recent book is available at Clash Books and Giacomo Pope's latest book is available at Ghost City Press. Support Textual Healing by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/textual-healing

I met comedian Keith Lowell Jensen shortly after I moved to Sacramento in 2013. We first got to know each other when I interviewed him for the local newspaper, Sacramento News and Review, but soon became friends. Before the pandemic, we were getting wieners on a regular basis. (It technically started as hot dogs for lunch, but soon wieners became synonymous with hanging out) Of the many things we bonded over, a mutual love for ska was high on the list, especially when Keith learned I was writing a book about ska. He insisted that I include him in the book with a chapter called “My Friend Keith Likes Ska.” That didn’t happen, but here we are a few months before In Defense of Ska releases and “My Friend Keith Likes Ska” is now a reality—as a podcast episode. Keith always hires a clown for his birthday partiesIn this episode, Keith talks about local Sacramento band Filibuster (Who Keith attempted to manage for a minute), his love for Fishbone (He was at that crazy Warfield show at the beginning of Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone), and a slew of other topics. One highlight this week comes by way of co-host Adam Davis, who revealed that his childhood church had a “No Skaw dancing” policy at their dances. Scandalous! Check out Keith’s latest special Not For Rehire on Amazon Prime and leave a review. Also be sure to pick up his book Punching Nazis and Other Good Ideas. Keith also has a podcast. Make sure you listen to the episode when he brings on In Defense of Ska author Aaron Carnes. Follow Keith on Twitter. His next book, What I Was Arrested For will be available for pre-order soon. It’s getting released by Clash Books—my book publisher! Do you like this newsletter? You can sign up here Get on the email list at aaroncarnes.substack.com

One of the funnest interviews I've done. I'm not saying Greg Mania and I became best friends but we are getting matching Ramona Quimby tattoos.Greg Mania is a writer, comedian, and award-winning screenwriter based in New York City. His words have been published in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, O, The Oprah Magazine, PAPER, among other international online and print platforms. His debut memoir, Born to Be Public, is out now from CLASH Books.“Comedic gold.”- O, The Oprah MagazineFB: @gregmaniaIG: @gregmaniaTwitter: @gregmania Website: www.greg-mania.com

Aaron Carnes loves ska. He loves it so much, that he has dedicated the last 7 years of his life putting together his soon to be released book, In Defense of Ska. The book is a love letter to the genre, diving very deep into the music's history and cultural impact. In the book, Aaron takes us from the dancehalls of Jamaica to the working class neighborhoods of London and over to the orange groves of Anaheim as he delivers tales of the various groups of bands that helped to showcase the music since the 1950's. There is an entire chapter dedicated to defending Reel Big Fish, a great story about how a little known band in the East Bay area that was a HUGE inspiration for the lads in Operation Ivy & Rancid, along with the story of how Let's Go Bowling avoided being gunned down in their van after a gig. It's really a great book that anyone that appreciates ska would enjoy. Aaron has written for the likes of Playboy, Salon, Bandcamp Daily, Sierra Club, Sun Magazine and is the music editor at Good Times Santa Cruz weekly newspaper. He spent several years as a the drummer for the hyper ska punk band Flat Planet, and has toured with the likes of Skankin' Pickle and MU330 doing merch and roadie duties. The book comes out in May of 2021 via Clash Books (clashbooks.com) and is available to pre-order now. You can follow Aaron and his activities via his website - https://aaroncarnes.substack.com/p/coming-soon. To hear some of the music mentioned on this and our previous episodes, check out and follow this playlist on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3oI01ZU Question The Answers is co-sponsored by The Bad Copy and Sell The Heart Records, be sure to follow them as well to stay up to date on music news, reviews, and to check out the releases on our label. Sell The Heart Records - https://www.selltheheartrecords.com | @selltheheartrecords (IG) The Bad Copy - https://www.thebadcopy.com | @thebadcopy (IG) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

My guest on this episode of the Ska Boom podcast  is Aaron Carnes, the author of the forthcoming ska book "In Defense of Ska" that will be published in May of 2021 by Clash Books. Aaron's book asks the important question: "Why doesn't ska get its due as a rich, diverse genre the way punk, metal, hip-hop and electronic music does?" Or more to the point, why are ska fans so embarrassed of this music they love? In a mix of interviews, essays, personal stories, historical snapshots, obscure anecdotes, and think pieces, "In Defense of Ska" dissects, analyzes and celebrates ska, and challenges ska-haters' prejudices to the core.As first time book authors of ska books, Aaron and I compare notes on the book writing process and I ask him about some of the specific essays and anecdotes he writes about including 1). how the mainstream media loves to out celebrities who have a ska past, 2). Aaron's love of Skankin' Pickle, 3). the story of 80s Portland ska band The Crazy 8's experience performing on the Ed McMahon hosted show Star Search and finally, why he thinks Annette Funicello ("Jamaica Ska") and Millie Small ("My Bpy Lollipop") ruined ska.Aaron has created a Spotify playlist from band's featured in his book.  You can stream it here.

today on the program we're talking to Aaron Carnes; author of the book IN DEFENSE OF SKA, releasing in May 2021 - courtesy of Clash Books! Keep up with Aaron on IG (@aaron_carnes) and Twitter (@aaroncarnes). Artwork by Juan Garzon (IG: @_hu_mo_)!- Pre-order: (https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/aaron-carnes-in-defense-of-ska-preorder?fbclid=IwAR32L7KKtozTBL_N2xoAeNtrjBySDPHUgpAYyibW0bSVj9tC_v8vhGR2dFQ)- Sign up for Aaron's newsletter: (http://www.aaron-carnes.com)- In Defense of Ska playlist: (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7yBi7Ck8QLisz4qenp62l8?si=06diCLYrSJakVGdNgeW_YA)

Zac Smith is the author of 50 BARN POEMS, published recently by CLASH Books. We chatted about barns, the art of getting blurbs, ghosts, the lit scene & a bunch of other fun stuff. Zac is a funny guy & this is a funny ep. You can follow Zac on Twitter @ZacTheLinguist

I chatted with actor & author Kevin Bigley about indie lit, comedy, making art & working in Hollywood. He gave me the behind the scenes scoop of working in TV & working with Greg Daniels on his new show UPLOAD, out now on Amazon. His debut novel COMAVILLE, was published this March by CLASH Books. Follow Kevin on Instagram @kevinwbigley

This episode is a conversation with Big Bruiser Dope Boy. He has two books available now from Clash Books and a new collection of poetry and prose called After Denver coming out this October. Music in this episode is by Michael Kilcullen. 

This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes first time guest, Jay Slayton Joslin to discuss his new book with CLASH Books, Sequelland. But Jay Slayton Joslin is not new to the writing scene. We discuss his previous work and what the future of his bibliography looks like as well. Put that reboot down because it's time for the Bizzong! interview of Jay Slayton Joslin! #GiveUsTheGong

Kevin Bigley is the guest. His new novel, Comaville, is available from Clash Books. Bigley is an actor/author. He can be seen on such television as Amazon’s Undone, USA’s Sirens, as well as heard on Netflix’s Bojack Horseman. Currently, he’s starring in the new Greg Daniels show Upload, coming to Amazon on May 1st. He lives in Los Angeles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NYC-WISCONSIN — Big Bruiser Dope Boy is the author of Your First Real Boyfriend & Other Poems and Foghorn Leghorn (2018) from Clash Books and After Denver (2020) forthcoming from 11:11 Press later this year. Bruiser and I started corresponding in advance of the trip he was planning to make out to New York City with Sam Pink for the release of Pink's new book, Ice Cream Man and Other Stories (Soft Skull), before that shit got postponed due to the rona. Cop Bruiser's book: https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/big-bruiser-dope-boy-foghorn-leghorn Big Bruiser's writing: https://neutralspaces.co/bigbruiserdopeboy/ 'The Goonifesto' by BBDB: http://gaydeathtrance.net/BBDB/7.html 'Pick-Up Artist in the Animal Kingdom' (Muumuu House) by BBDB: http://muumuuhouse.com/bbdb.07feb2020.html Recent Gay Death Trance piece: http://gaydeathtrance.net/conroe/1.html 3 min Easter rant start 6 min *23K US rona deaths (not cases) (as of 04.14.20) 10 min pod start 15 min on Friends 16 min on The Loser by Thomas Bernhard 18 min on Tiger King 20 min on compounds 21 min on Ryan Trecartin 23 min on the seasonal mish 25 min on pair migration 28 min aeration / harvest time 29 min Fuck it mask on/off 30 min bandanas / Hanky code 32 min Only on the left side yeah that’s the crip side 34 min mask riff 37 min floor-painting gig story 43 min connecting with the homies # Sean Thor Conroe lives in New York City. http://twitter.com/stconroe http://instagram.com/seanthorconroe http://1storyhaus.com

In this episode Lindsay Lerman narrates part of her book I'm From Nowhere, which is available now from Clash Books. Music by Michael Kilcullen. 

This week on Bizzong! host Mr. Frank welcomes the one and only Joshua Chaplinsky, author of the new release from Clash Books, Whispers in the Ear of a Dreaming Ape. Joshua takes on on his journey in writing. We talk about his hit book, Kayne West Reanimator. We discuss his extensive short story catalog. Then we talk about the work Joshua does with famed literary community resource, LitReactor. Every journey begins with a single step. So take step one and hit play and enjoy the soulful sounds of Joshua Chaplinsky! #GiveUsTheGong

This episode is a conversation with Kevin Bigley. We talk about what it's like working alongside Denis Leary and Vince Vaughn, taking writing advice from Greg Daniels (the creator of The Office and Parks and Recreation), we talk about having a love/hate relationship with your home town, and he breaks down the inspiration behind the story and structure of his new book Comaville, which comes out in March from Clash Books. Music by Michael Kilcullen. 

In this episode I talk to author Lindsay Lerman about her first book I'm From Nowhere. We talk about her nomadic past and how living in Turkey inspired her to write a book about grief and isolation. You can find her on Instagram @lindsay.lerman and you can pre-order her book now on Amazon or directly from Clash Books. Music in this episode is by Michael Kilcullen. 

Jacob A. Miller returns for the third outing in the official //MOVIES Cinestate retrospective and this time CLASH Books managing editor Christoph Paul joins the conversation. This week the three discuss Cinestate's first film Bone Tomahawk (2015), the company's distribution model, as well as their acquisition of Fangoria and their newfound publishing division.  SPONSOR: https://audibletrial.com/lowres - Get a free audiobook when you sign up using this referral link. It helps give back to the podcast.  Sub to LowRes on Patreon: https://patreon.com/lowres Subscribe to TheCinematologist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheCinemaTologist  For more film related content visit https://lowres.live

In this episode, author Sam Pink reads poems from his new collection of poetry 99 Poems to Cure Whatever's Wrong with You Or Create the Problems You Need, which is out now from Clash Books. Music in this episode is by Michael Kilcullen.  

Host Ben Rice travels to The Bash Festival's Sacramento stop to talk ska, punk, and beer with Arlo Grammatica of Durango, Colorado's Ska Brewing and Sacramento-based musician and rock journalist Aaron Carnes. We break down what is and is not ska (with samples provided by the sound techs of the festival!), Ska Brewing's 24 years in existence and how craft has changed, plus we chat about Aaron's upcoming debut book, In Defense of Ska, and Ska Brewing's collaboration with Rancid, Brewstomper Golden Ale. We also share road dog stories, the canning revolution, and Ska's international appeal (and ska's international appeal). Plus! Ska Brewing's fight against the Big Three on their home ground, artificial intelligence, and how the beer boom has affected sales and distribution. All this and more, on Episode 103 of Barley & Me. Enjoy! Follow Ska Brewing @skabrewing and find Arlo Grammatica @skabrewarlo Be on the lookout for Aaron Carnes's book, In Defense of Ska, on Clash Books later this year and see what he's up to by following him on Instagram @_aaron_cee. In the meantime, be sure to check out his band Gnarboots at any of their live shows, which are truly a one-of-a-kind experience. Find their calendar at www.weareallgnarboots.com And as always, you can follow Barley & Me and host Ben Rice across social media @barleyandmepod You can email questions, comments, concerns, guest/brewery ideas to barleyandmepod@gmail.com or barleyandmepodcast@gmail.com We are still accepting anonymous stories of racism, homophobia, and sexism via https://goo.gl/forms/i5aR6ipMUgVzO6LI1 Intro Music: "JamRoc" by Breez (@breeztheartist) Logo by Jessica DiMesio (@alivingclicheart)

Anna Suarez is a queer Cuban American poet and storyteller. She started her writing career by doing open mics at local Portland bars. Her publications include stories in Exotic Magazine, poetry in Unchaste Volume 2, and scholarly research in Comparative Woman. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and French from Portland State University. This is her first poetry collection out now from CLASH Books. We talked about everything from Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Anais Nin, to Catfish, dick pics & The Kardashians as I worked my way through an entire bottle of white wine & then onto red. Anna drank White Claw Hard Seltzer. They are the unofficial sponsors of this ep. Follow Anna on Instagram @rosemarygoddess

James Charlesworth 3:56James Charlesworth is the recipient of a Martin Dibner Fellowship from the Maine Community Foundation. He attended Penn State University and Emerson College in Boston and his debut novel, The Patricide of George Benjamin Hill (published by Arcade) was released January 15th, 2019. He joins us at AWP to talk about his publishing journey from 2007 to 2019, wherein he learned the art of failure...er, patience. Hannah Meredith 8:59Hannah Meredith teaches Composition and Sophomore Literature at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. From oral performance project, Beer and Bards, Hannah gives an amazing short fiction reading called "Ms. Shuffles" and shares a few of her most embarrassing moments. Shena McAuliffe 22:23Shena McAuliffe is an Assistant Professor of Fiction at Union College in Schenectady, New York. Her essay, Endnotes to a Seizure was chosen by Maggie Nelson as the winner of the 2012 Black Warrior Review Nonfiction Prize and her stories have been twice named as notable in the Best American Short Stories anthologies (2008, 2010), and once in the Best American Nonrequired Reading series (2007). She holds a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Utah.Shena discusses her first novel, The Good Echo from Black Orange Press, which is a historical piece about a dentist and his wife whose son dies after they perform a root canal on him. Daniel Peña 27:13Daniel Peña is a Mexican-American novelist, essayist, and critic frequently published in The Guardian and Ploughshares blogs. He received the Pushcart Prize in 2016 for his short story Safe Home which appeared in the 2017 Pushcart anthology. His debut novel, Bang, was originally published on January 30, 2018 through Arte Público Press, a publisher of contemporary literature by Hispanic authors. Listen to us talk AWP fashion, bodegas, “club” poets, and Fuck la Migra — a printing press in Mexico City that created the F***ing Shakespeare t-shirts for Bloomsday. Daniela Petrova — 42:17Daniela Petrova’s stories, poems and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Salon, and Marie Claire, among others. She holds a BA in Philosophy from Columbia University, an MA in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness from New York University, and is a recipient of an Artist Fellowship in Writing from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.Her first novel titled, Her Daughter’s Mother, is a domestic suspense thriller about a woman who encounters and befriends her egg donor on a subway. The woman disappears a week later. Her Daughter’s Mother is forthcoming from Putnam in June 2019. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @danielagpetrova.Tori Cardenas — 49:07Tori Cardenas is an MFA Candidate in Fiction at the University of New Mexico. She received her dual Bachelor's of Arts in History and English-Creative Writing from the University of New Mexico in 2014. Her poetry has appeared in Conceptions Southwest, Cloudthroat Journal, Lavender Review, and the Taos Journal of Poetry and Art. Listen as we discuss classroom politics versus the real world. You can find her on Twitter @monsoonpoet and online at www.cardenaspoetry.com. Ben Ristow — 57:14Ben Ristow is a fiction writer and academic scholar who teaches at Hobart and William Smith College. He joins us to talk about Craft Consciousness and Artistic Practice in Creative Writing, which will be published as part of the series, Participating in the Research in Creative Writing by Bloomsbury (forthcoming in 2020). In this book, Ben will examine how to conceptualize craft which includes international perspectives. We have the pleasure of discussing how he connected with Bloomsbury, what he does on the side, and what is exciting at AWP. M.S. Coe — 1:08:12M.S. Coe is an animal lover and travel agent. She joins us with guest host, Daniel Peña, aka Rodney Danielfield, to discuss her book New Vernonia, which comes out in November 2019 from Clash Books. Set in Delaware and Florida, Coe follows a group of teenage boys who are “losers,” and whose anger and frustration bleeds into their friendships.

Joe is joined by Leza Cantoral. They talk about sex in lit, fairy tales, bizarro fiction, and more!Leza Cantoral is the Editor in Chief of CLASH Books. She hosts Get Lit With Leza, a podcast where she talks to cool ass writers. She is the author of Cartoons in the Suicide Forest & Trash Panda & the editor of Tragedy Queens: Stories Inspired by Lana Del Rey & Sylvia Plath. You can find her spending way too much time on FB, Twitter & IG @lezacantoralYou can contact the show at noisemakerjoe@gmail.com - Just put WTR in the subject line.Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter and Instagram: @noisemakerjoe Website Patreon Art photo by Arielle TipaMARILYN IN WONDERLANDDon’t look in the mirror,Don’t look because you will see,Marilyn,Through the Looking Glass.Her twin brainsGlitter and digest the celluloid dream.The forest is thickFor those who wander—Lost and found,Crumbling Underground.Where does the rabbit hole end?I wander through the streetsOf New York City.I see my reflectionIn the shop windows,Half expecting to seeMarilyn looking back at me.Her body might be in the Westwood Cemetery,But her heart is in NYC.In NYCShe could finally disappear.In NYCShe sought refuge from the swarm—The camera eyes thatStripped her bare.You cannot X-rayA soul.Skeleton face,Calavera of love—I look for MarilynIn the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.She’s not thereBut I find the Urn of Peter Lorre,And I wonder whyHe couldn’t afford a nicer gravestone.Marilyn, tangled in Egyptian cotton sheets,Wound up in her telephone cord—A Hollywood mummy,Preserved for all eternity.Still she haunts me,Phantomwise,Marilyn moving under the skies,Never seen by waking eyes.She’s not in the dirty NY snowCaked to the curb.She’s not in the radiator that groans like a mechanical beast,From the bowels of Mordor.She found her voiceIn the Actor’s Studio,A bookwork—Devouring Ulysses.In madness, she walks,Through mirrors far and wide.She died in beauty,Like the night.A psychic in Greenwich VillageTells me that my aura is white,But I don’t believe her,Because my shadows eat up all the light.Dark twinDevouring me—Dark pairingsOf souls lost at sea.I hear her laughterBubbling off the shore.I find Marilyn in Key West,In front of the Tropicana—Her smile frozen in plaster,Blowing her skirts to Cuba.

Mark Pryor 01:50 Mark Pryor, novelist Amber Elby, YA novelist Dylan Powell, mystery writer George Vance McGee, author Daniel Peña, novelist Leza Cantoral, author and panda Cat with book Phuc with dog Mark Pryor is the author of ten novels, including The Hollow Man, which introduced everyone’s favorite misanthrope*, Dominic. His latest, The Book Artist, a Hugo Marston novel, launches February 2019. He has also published the true-crime book As She Lay Sleeping. A native of Hertfordshire, England, he is an assistant district attorney in Austin, Texas, where he lives with his wife and three children.Laura Elvebak 12:03Born in North Dakota, but raised in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Laura draws from her nomad kind of existence in various cities to craft her mysteries with a touch of noir. Laura’s writing career follows a winding career path through oil and gas companies, law firms, a stint as a go-go dancer in the sixties. Amber Elby 18:45Amber Elby was born in Grand Ledge, Michigan but spent much of her childhood in the United Kingdom. She began writing when she was three years old and created miniature books by asking her family how to spell every, single, word. She studied creative writing at Michigan State University’s Honors College before earning her Master of Fine Arts degree in Screenwriting at the University of Texas at Austin. She currently resides in Texas with her husband and two daughters and spends her time teaching, traveling, and getting lost in imaginary worlds. Dylan Powell 25:22Dylan Powell is an award-winning author who writes crime stories, mystery fiction and books about Texas. Powell's work has been featured in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, the Best American Mysteries 2018 and a host of fine truck stop bathroom walls across the Texas badlands. Kathryn Lane 33:07Kathryn Lane is the award-winning author of Coyote Zone, the second book in the Nikki Garcia thriller series. A transplant to Houston, Lane draws inspiration for her work from her love of world travel. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, the Writers League of Texas, and she lives in the Woodlands, Texas with her husband, Bob.George Vance McGee 40:56Born in Austin, George Vance McGee is a liberal arts graduate from the University of Texas. He is the author of Attractive Tales from Grand Cities: A Social Memoir. He spent five years living and working in NYC before returning to his hometown of Austin, where he writes and works as a realtor. Daniel Garcí­a Ordaz 49:53Daniel Garcí­a Ordaz is the founder of the Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival and the author of You Know What Iâ’m Sayin’? (El Zarape Press, 2006) and Cenzontle/Mockingbird: Songs of Empowerment (FlowerSong Books, 2018). His writing centers on the creative power of language. Garcí­a has been a featured reader and guest at numerous literary events, including the Dallas International Book Fair, McAllen Book Festival, Texas Library Association, and Border Book Bash.Daniel Peña 57:45 Daniel Peña is a Pushcart Prize-winning writer and Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Houston-Downtown. He was formerly based out of the UNAM in Mexico City where he worked as a Fulbright-Garcia Robles Scholar. A graduate of Cornell University and a former Picador Guest Professor in Leipzig, Germany, his writing has appeared in Ploughshares, The Rumpus, the Kenyon Review, NBC News, and Arcturus among other venues. He’s currently a regular contributor to the Guardian and the Ploughshares blog. His novel, Bang, is out now from Arte Público Press. He lives in beautiful Houston, Texas. David Bowles 01:07:49A Mexican-American author from deep South Texas, David Bowles is an assistant professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Recipient of awards from the American Library Association, Texas Institute of Letters and Texas Associated Press, he has written a dozen or so books, including Flower, Song, Dance: Aztec and Mayan Poetry, the critically acclaimed Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Mexican Myths, and They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems, which is a recent recipient of the Claudia Lewis Award. In 2019, Penguin will publish The Chupacabras of the Rio Grande, co-written with Adam Gidwitz, and Tu Books will release his steampunk graphic novel Clockwork Curandera. In April 2017, David was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters for his literary work.Leza Cantoral 01:18:39Leza Cantoral is a Xicana writer & editor who lives on the internet. She is the Editor in Chief of CLASH Books & host of the Get Lit With Leza podcast where she talks to cool-ass writers. Tragedy Queens: Stories Inspired by Lana Del Rey & Sylvia Plath is a CLASH Books anthology of stories that she edited as a result of being a Lana Del Rey & Sylvia Plath megafan. You can find her on YouTube at Get Lit With Leza. She blogs at lezacantoral.com.A Texas-sized thank you to all of the authors who were generous enough to share their time at the festival with us. Please do click through to each of the authors’ sites and support these women and men of the word by buying more books & by reading more widely today.**misanthropy is a really fun word. I mean, so fun.

This episode stars Leza Cantoral (Trash Panda, CLASH Books). It was recorded over the Facetime, yes, that Facetime, a first, yo, between the This Blog Will Change Your Life corporate offices in Chicago, IL and Live Free or Die New Hampshire where the Cantoral makes magic in January 2019.

  This week on Bizzong! the author of CLASH Books latest release, This Is A Horror Book, Charles Austin Muir joins Mr. Frank. Listen in as Mr. Frank marvels over Charles Austin Muir's long, storied writing career, his connection to famous Hollywood film moguls and living life in a real world version of The Breakfast Club. It's not like that but it's totally like that! Dust off them free weights because it's time to get them ear holes buff this week with Charles Austin Muir on Bizzong!

Autumn Christian is a fiction writer from Texas who currently lives in California. She is the author of The Crooked God Machine, We Are Wormwood, Ecstatic Inferno, and GIRL LIKE A BOMB, forthcoming from CLASH Books. We talked about her novel, Nymphomaniac by Lars Von Trier, Kids by Harmony Korine, Edgar Alan Poe, & TRAGEDY QUEENS: STORIES INSPIRED BY LANA DEL REY & SYLVIA PLATH. She blogs at autumnchristian.net and you can find her on Twitter & IG @teachrobotslove

  Mr. Frank gets broken apart and put back together with this week's guest, body horror author, Brendan Vidito. Brendan joins Mr. Frank to talk about his new body horror story collection, Nightmares In Ecstasy from CLASH Books. Of course there is chatter about classic body horror films, crossing genres and Brendan's favorite recipe for long pig. It's all right here, right now on Bizzong! #GiveUsTheGong

Had a rad time chillin with Wrath James White talking poetry, strange sex, and art theory at Killercon. Wrath James White is the author of the dark erotic poetry collection If You Died Tomorrow I Would Eat Your Corpse out now through CLASH Books.

  This week on Bizzong! Mr. Frank welcomes author Autumn Christian author of Girl Like a Bomb, Ecstatic Inferno and Crooked God Machine. Autumn talk about her connections to Bizarro, her unique involvement with video games and her forthcoming book from Clash Books. Autumn Christian is poised to become a titan of a writer and Bizzong! is fortunate to get a hold of her on the way up. Press play and listen to a wonderful creative mind. #GiveUsTheGong

Tiffany Morris is a writer from Nova Scotia. Her horror fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have been published in Eye To The Telescope, Room Magazine, and Devolution Z, as well as in anthologies from Clash Books and Carrion Blue 555. We talked about mental health, dating, iconic female literary voices such as Mary Shelley, Sylvia Plath & Lana Del Rey & her story 'The Lazarus Wife' in Tragedy Queens: Stories Inspired by Lana Del Rey & Sylvia Plath. Check her out at tiffmorris.com or on twitter @tiffmorris.

Mazel Tov Zongers! I hope you've all brought your Kosher salt because we are going to get cooking this week with Maxwell Bauman and his ANARCHIST KOSHER COOKBOOK from Clash Books. Listen as we learn all about the history of Jewish horror and how Maxwell has taken it and shaped it into something bizarre and unique to craft as his own brand. We also discuss Maxwell's history of publishing both as the writer and publisher of his zine, Door is a Jar. There is a great deal to learn about the new kid on the block. So settle in and relax and enjoy the latest interview on Bizzong!    #ZongerDay

  Bizzong is doing something not done before in its history. We are launching a two part interview Zongers! And who else would be the cause of a two part interview, none other than Jeff Burk, author of Shatnerquake, head editor at Deadite Press and The Great Orator of the West. In part one Jeff tackles his new book, The Very Ineffective Haunted House, coming soon from Clash Books. We touch a bit on his light output in 2017 and how he is doubling down in all areas of publishing in 2018. And thats only the beginning. stay tuned for part 2 of the interview next week. But for now, hit play because we can't get to part 2 until we blast part 1 into our earholes Zongers!

Maxwell Bauman is the author of The Anarchist Kosher Cookbook, out now from CLASH Books, which will give you the recipe for a Nazi skinhead killing Golem, along with hilarious, irreverent tales of horny ghost virgins, burning bushes (literally ;), Baphomitzvah's & more! You can find him @MaxwellBauman

Writer, editor, and witch Lisa Marie Basile comes to talk about the magazine she founded, witchcraft, writing, her new novel, death, ritual, and feminism. The time William S. Burroughs tried to curse a coffee shop also comes up. You can learn more about Lisa Marie Basile and her magazine Luna Luna: http://www.lunalunamagazine.com/ https://twitter.com/lisamariebasile http://www.lisambasile.com/ Lisa Marie Basile is an editor, writer and poet living in NYC. She is the founding editor-in-chief of Luna Luna Magazine and the author of APOCRYPHAL (Noctuary Press, 2014), as well as a few chapbooks. Her book, NYMPHOLEPSY (co-authored with poet Alyssa Morhardt-Goldstein), was a finalist in the 2017 Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards and will be published in 2018. She is working on her first novel, due out with CLASH Books in 2019. Her poetry and other work can be or will be seen in PANK, Spork, The Atlas Review, Queen Mobs Teahouse, Grimoire, the Tin House blog, PEN American Center, and more.

Writer, comedian, screenwriter and author Greg Mania tells us stories about his upcoming memoir, Born to Be Public (out on August 25), learning from his first heartbreak, and the lessons he learned in the NYC queer dating scene. Follow him on Instagram and Twitter at @gregmania and pre-order his book from Clash Books or buy it at bookshop.org. To hear the bonus episode, support us at patreon.com/vsingle! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/v-single/donationsWant to advertise on this podcast? Go to https://redcircle.com/brands and sign up.