Shelby Hartness is a badass poet I met through Ben Fama's workshop, Cool Memories. She's been published by people like Spectra, Bending Genres, and Moody Magazine

D.T. Robbins is the author of Leasing (House of Vlad 2024) and a number of other short stories one can read at x-ray lit mag, Maudlin House and HAD and a slew of other places. He runs and operates Rejection Letters. That's the very short of it. Check out his website for the full gambit of his works.

On this episode of lo fi lit, I interviewed Naomi Falk - author of The Surrender of Man. Out now from Inside the Castle Press. We talk for around two hours on everything from video games, furries, punching holes in walls and of course, art. Also discuss Archway and other things. Erin Taylor, Elle Nash, Chris Molnar and recent published books from Archway,

Here's more about the book from the website :

In this genre-defying memoir-in-series, Falk weaves together a rich tapestry of art and introspection, examining twenty pieces of art that have profoundly shaped her perception of herself and humanity.

Each chapter fixates on a singular work—a painting, a stone, a film, a photograph—exploring both its art historical context and its personal significance. The author features a diverse range of artists, from cherished dear friends to the familiar brilliance of Louise Bourgeois, Remedios Varo, Gregory Crewdson, Wendy Red Star, or Shiva Ahmadi.

Autumn Christian is the author of Girl Like A Bomb with Clash Books and The Crooked God Machine. She lives out of Kingfisher, Oklahoma. She also operates a cheese farm close to where she lives now. She now also writes on substack on the Teach Robots Love newsletter.

Super cool she came on the show.

Aidan Ryan returns to the show to discuss his new book - I Am Here You Are Not I Love You. This new book covers the lives of the artists Cindy Suffoletto and Andrew Topolski. Aidan, of course, related to both. The book talks about art scenes in Buffalo and even covers some history of it as well. This book has garnered a lot of praise and great press from places like The Brooklyn Rail and even been covered by Matthew Bookin in the Zona Motel over on the substack site.

the navigator is an original piece of music by Andrew Topolski (1952-2008)

Cindy Suffoletto and Andrew Topolski are the subjects of Aidan Ryan's "I Am Here You Are Not I Love You' out now by Univ. of Iowa Press.

The image . thumbnail is one of Andrew's pieces of art "Untitled" nabbed from the Burchfield Penny Art Center website. Not related to the navigator. I didn't know what else to use.

I reached out to Kristen Coates - a really dope fan of everyone on twitter. I've seen them enjoying and endorsing and complimenting most indie writers over there. Reminded me of myself - just a fan enjoying people's work.

They're a dope person. They used to run their own magazine before being cancelled.

Aaron Burch is the founder and original creator of hobart, and the author of the essay collection, A Kind of In-Between; the novel, Year of the Buffalo; the memoir/literary analysis Stephen King’s The Body; and the short story collection, Backswing.

He edited the craft anthology How to Write a Novel: An Anthology of 20 Craft Essays About Writing, None of Which Ever Mention Writing, and is currently the editor of the journals Short Story, Long and HAD. He grew up in Tacoma and lives in Michigan, where he teaches at the University of Michigan.

Mike Young is a poet and a musician. He's on tour with Clementine was Right.

Cool guy. Likes Video Games.

Andrew Mack is the founder of Loblolly Press - based of Asheville, North Carolina. He came on the show to talk about Loblolly and his own life as well. Check out his new poetry book, Beasts of Chase over on their site - loblolly dot com