Grinding Teeth

This week on Grinding Teeth matt is in conversation with writer Ryan Schulte. Join them as they discuss 2000s fantasy as a gateway to literature, the challenge of writing about nature, interpersonal relationships as a foreground of writing, missing music as a tactile experience, and compartmentalizing work vs art.

Ryan: Ryan’s Website

“I Dreamed I Saw Augustine”

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matt: @norocknrollfun

Music by Matthew O. Thomas

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Ryan Schulte works in New York City Parks. His fiction and poetry have appeared in The Pittsburgh Review of Books and The North. His first novel, "I Dreamed I Saw Augustine," was published by Rebel Satori Press in 2026.

This week on Grinding Teeth matt is in conversation with poet/writer Alexander Shalom Joseph. Join them as they discuss creating stories alone in the woods, the never-ending tension between art and capitalism, and the conversation with your past self during the editing and revision process.

Alexander: alexandershalomjoseph.com

Alexander's Substack: alexandershalomjoseph.substack.com

Show: @grindingteethpod

matt: @norocknrollfun

Music by Matthew O. Thomas

Alexander Shalom Joseph is a western existentialist and nature writer. He is an award winning playwright, poet, novelist and author of six published books with three more forthcoming in 2026. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the Jack Kerouac School and an MA in English Education. Alexander writes a weekly poem on substack and teaches writing in universities, libraries, museums, hiking trails, schools, prisons and elsewhere across the Colorado Front Range. A literary Lorax, he does his best to write for the trees. 

This week on Grinding Teeth matt is in conversation with drag artist/B-movie Bimbo/Video Vixen Coma White. Join them as they discuss a mutual obsession with horror video box art, separating the art from the artist, and having the ideas but lacking the energy and drive to see the art through to fruition.

Coma White: @comawhitenyc

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matt: @norocknrollfun

Music by Matthew O. Thomas

This week on Grinding Teeth matt is in conversation with poet Tom Cintula. Join them as they discuss superheroes as an entry into art, burning the creative candle at both ends, and poetry as a form of therapy.

Tom: @cintulatom

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matt: @norocknrollfun

Music by Matthew O. Thomas

This week on Grinding Teeth matt is in conversation with poet Alison Lubar. Join them as they discuss the intimate relationship between visual art and poetry, the importance of joy in the poem, finding connection to family roots, and the challenges (and bliss) of growing up biracial/mixed Asian in mostly-white spaces.

Alison’s website

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matt: @norocknrollfun

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This week on Grinding Teeth matt is in conversation with poet Ashley Howell Bunn. Join them as they discuss high school poetry clubs, students rebelling against AI in favor of analog information and authenticity, and finding inner peace through living a life you never imagined you could have.

Ashley’s book: burning, breaking, building

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matt: @norocknrollfun

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This week on Grinding Teeth matt is in conversation with artist/poet Oliver Archibald. Join them as they discuss graffiti as a gateway to artistic expression, the love of wasting a whole day making beats, and how comic books shape a neurodivergent reading experience.

Oliver: @headxtrip

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Music by Matthew O. Thomas

This week on Grinding Teeth matt is in conversation with writer Nicole Treska. Join them as they discuss mastering haiku at age seven, the struggle to fictionalize true stories, and why it’s important for MFA programs to offer their students good sandwiches.

In this special bonus episode, matt introduces a new segment: Bonus Bites. For the inaugural installment, he sits down with C. (Constantine Jones) to revisit a topic from their first conversation—the 1979 sci-fi/horror classic Alien. Together, they explore queer readings of this feminist classic, ask the question “Who is Allen Ripley?”, and hear C. read from a poetic piece inspired by the film.

C. (Constantine Jones): @storiesandnoise

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Music by Matthew O. Thomas

This week on Grinding Teeth matt is in conversation with poet/writer/musician Holden Davies. Join them as they discuss chasing the high of horror, taking that one poetry class in college that completely changes your writing, and the full circle journey of reforming your teenage band in your 30s.

Holden's Insta: @haushinka1226

matt: @norocknrollfun

Music by Matthew O. Thomas