The amazing, multitalented artist/writer and herculean imagination, Bob Schofield, author of The Inevitable June, is on to talk about what's been going on in the scene, stepping away from writing, and finally feeling ready to come back. If you're a fan of the podcast, please consider becoming a Patreon member. 

Got Emily Costa, author of Girl on Girl, on the show today. We talk stasis of desire, the different ways projects move through us, and being bad at self-promo. If you're a fan of the show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. 

Author of Disintegration Made Plain and Easy, Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, joins me to talk "The Nirvana of Poetry," feeling lost in the literature world, and finally finding your few people. If you're a fan of the podcast, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. 

Kevin m. Kearney, author of the novel Freelance, joins me to talk horrors of technology, the need for complexity in relationships, and starting a literature niche in your community. If you're a fan of the podcast, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. 

The hilariously great Marina Caamaño, author of Souvenirs from Mar del Plata, joins me to talk island life, ideas growing in out-of-control ways, and surprising audiences. Nate Perkins--editor of Trident Press and Marina's translator--joins in the discussion. If you're a fan of the show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. 

The legend, creator of Semi-Rad, author of Ultra-Something and Sixty Meters to Anywhere, Brendan Fucking Leonard is on the show. We chat pursuit of awesome things as an average person, life as material, and the blurry difference between whether we like something or just miss being young. If you like the podcast, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.

Past guest Aaron Burch interviews Josh Denslow, another past guest. They chat living as an ex-pat, books that make us better people, and Josh's new story collection, Magic Can't Save Us. If you're a fan of the show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. 

Jackie Ess, author of Darryl, joins me to talk the unlikely genesis of voice, inherent dangers of allowing others to be a savior, and Eugene, OR. If you're a fan of the show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. 

Here are links to the new project Jackie mentions in our talk:

Topos Press Pre-Order:

https://www.topospress.com/collections/pamphlets/products/eugene-by-jackie-ess

Patreon digital edition:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/eugene-new-story-127663225?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Cum punk queen, Kim Vodicka, author of The Elvis Machine, joins me to talk ejecting from your former self, sound over meaning, and cum cows. If you're a fan of this podcast, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. 

Recently, I reached out to Michael Wheaton of Autofocus Books. To show him an essay I'd written. I hadn't really written essays and wanted to see if it sucked. We got talking. Michael was up to some cool shit. So, basically, we just had a conversation. And decided to record it. Here's what came out. 

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