The fascinating Kate Axelrod, author of How to Get Along Without Me, joins me to talk coming from a family of writers, liberty versus marketability, and confronting what you hate in order to grow. If you're a fan of the show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. 

The myth, the legend, author of Cult of Loretta, The Red-Headed Pilgrim, and forthcoming Horse Girl Fever, comes on to talk being plagued by the suburbs, having little (or no) agency over your own life, and pleasing our inner teenager. If you're a fan of this show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.

LJ Pemberton, author of Still Alive, comes on to talk about becoming famous in the evangelical Christian community, becoming an atheist, dating a cult member and moving to South America, graduating from Columbia then having to look for work through a temp agency, etc. You know, normal stuff. If you're a fan of this show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. 

Author. Illustrator. Designer. Translator. Kit Schluter. The author of Cartoons joins me to talk about a Mexico City literary scene of recent past, the road to translation, cartoons, and the many perils of novelty. If you're a fan of this podcast, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. 

The one and only Benjamin Drevlow, author of forthcoming collection, Honky, talks Midwestern racism, dealing with lifelong trauma, and a new masculinity. If you're a fan of this show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. 

A free audiobook of my poetry collection, Newspaper Drumsticks. If you're a fan of this show, please consider supporting me on Patreon.

CAConrad, author of The Book of Frank, comes on to talk ritual of creation, where The Muse resides, and boomerangs. If you're a fan of this show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. 

The mold farmer himself, Rick Claypool, author of Skull Slime Tentacle Witch War, talks about bringing eccentricities of childhood into what we create as adults, Bear Creek, and what finding belonging in literature can mean. If you're a fan of the show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. 

Erin Taylor, author of Bimboland, comes on to talk growing up in Oklahoma, sex work, and missing our older selves. If you're a fan of the show, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. 

Adrian Sobol, author of The Life of the Party Is Harder to Find Until You're the Last One Around, and editor of kicking your ass, joins to talk Catholic guilt, the continual search for community, and lays out why poems are all jokes. If you're a fan of the podcast, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.