Claire Hopple is a writer currently living in Asheville, who works and edits for Zona Motel.

Claire Hopple is the author of five books. Her fiction has appeared in Wigleaf, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Peach Mag, Forever Mag, and others. She’s the fiction editor at XRAY. She grew up in the woods of Pennsylvania and currently lives in Asheville, NC.

Kirstie Mackenzie 's new novel ' Better to Beg ' is out now - published by Jillian Luft's Sweet Trash Press. She's a great writer and person. This was a great interview!!

Sebastian has returned to discuss Fresh, Green Life.

We spoil the entire book . So read the book first.

Past guest and Alt Lit icon - Austin Islam Calls in again.

That Lit Podcast was a podcast from 2014 hosted by Alexandra Naughton .

Otherwise this would've been considered lost media. Alexandra sent this over to me to put up on the stream. I met Jesse Prado back at ctchfest. On this episode Jesse has plans to see X-Men : Days of Future Past. Visit Jesse on twitter @mrkindakooky and Alexandra at @

What would've been a lost episode is now not . Back in the day poet Alexandra Naughton hosted a series of podcasts with her friends called 'That Lit Podcast' in 2014.

On this episode she chats with a previous guest of the show - Ctch

They speak on magazines, disorganization and ghosts! Enjoy

Rachelle Toarmino, Aidan Ryan, Gion Davis, Julianne Neely, Joshua Thermidor, Tim Livingston, and Spencer Williams all read today on a reading to celebrate Hell Yeah. Several of us including Rachelle Toarmino were pregnant and we held a brunch to celebrate her new poetry book, Hell Yeah by Third Man Books.

Hell Yeah, Rachelle Toarmino’s fourth poetry collection might also be Rachelle's sixth book of poetry. It's almost confusing. Rachelle Toarmino is a pregnant poet from Niagara Falls, New York. She is the author of the poetry collections Hell Yeah and That Ex, as well as several chapbooks, most recently My Science, winner of the 2024 Sixth Finch Chapbook Contest.

Her work has appeared in Poets.org, Literary Hub, Electric Literature, American Poetry Review, Bennington Review, Southeast Review, The Slowdown, and Omnidawn, which awarded her its 2024 Single Poem Broadside Prize. She earned her MFA in poetry at UMass Amherst, where she received an Academy of American Poets Prize.

Tania Jaramillo is a young writer living in Berlin, right now.

They've joined the show to discuss Dimes Square and the people of Dimes Square.

They recall a recent story about how they were sexually assaulted by Joe Buck (who goes by @GGBussyAllin on twitter.) Shout out to Theo Thimo for hooking this episode out.

Rudy Johnson returns to show for a third time, to promote and discuss his new book, Kill Rudy Johnson. Pig Roast Publishing is putting it out. Or has. You can pick it up on their website.

Check it out!

Zac Smith and Cav return to the show; however, Cav never showed up.

Zac Smith and I recorded a show by ourselves. It was a fine lackadaisical back and forth. We ended up with a two hour heavy and intense back and forth thing. Everything Is Totally Fine was published by Muumuu house.

We speak about Fresh, Green Life by Sebastian Castillo. We spoke about Cav's girlfriend. No edits. Raw analog audio. I intend for you to listen to the show on the toilet while you're on the toilet