Selected Prose

Hello, everyone.

It’s February 16, 2021, we’re still inside, still listening to podcasts to help pass the time.

We're thrilled about this episode. Jon and Liz interview author Avner Landes. His upcoming book, Meiselman: The Lean Years, is really something special. Hilarious, heartwarming, beautifully written. It’s something any of us writers dream of creating.

Meiselman is due in March, and it’s from Tortoise Books. 

As for Avner, he earned his M.F.A. from Columbia University and works as a ghostwriter. He lives near Tel Aviv with his wife and kids. Meiselman is his debut novel.

Enjoy the episode. And if you enjoy our podcast, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts and tell us all your thoughts (+ dirty secrets).

(***Music by Doctor Dreamchip***)

David Leo Rice reads his short story Sanity House, originally published in Ligeia Magazine. David's upcoming story collection, Drifter Stories, will be published by 11:11 Press in June 2021. David's latest novel, A Room In Dodge City: Vol 2, was recently published by Alternating Current Press. Brian Evenson calls it: "The Künstlerroman on acid, a heady investigation of creation, originality, and collapse.” 

Listen to our interview with David here.

This week, Selected Prose welcomes a new co-host, Liz Ayre. Liz is a talented fiction writer from LA and an MFA student in the Creative Writing Program at NYU. Thrilled to have her on board!

Jon and Liz talk at length with author Elle Nash. Elle is the author of the novel Animals Eat Each Other (Dzanc Books), which was featured in the The Oprah Magazine and received wide acclaim. In 2021,  Elle will release a short story collection titled Nudes. Her stories and essays have appeared in Guernica, The Nervous Breakdown, Literary Hub, The Fanzine, Volume 1 Brooklyn, New York Tyrant and elsewhere. She is a founding editor of Witch Craft Magazine and a fiction editor at Hobart Pulp.

Elle zoomed in from Colorado Springs to discuss her novel, her experiences teaching writing workshops, transgressive fiction, Dennis Cooper, including the internet in your fiction, Satanism, the internet before social media, Salad Fingers, excising laziness from your work, writing what you feel, and a hell of a lot more.

***Elle will be teaching a writing/editing workshop from December 1 - December 12. It's called Knife Party. Go to www.ellenash.net or click the hyperlink and ENROLL NOW!***

Elle Nash reads her short story, Summer Thighs, originally published in Tarpaulin Sky. 

Elle Nash is the author of the novel Animals Eat Each Other (Dzanc Books). Her collection of stories, Nudes, is forthcoming from SF/LD Books in 2021. Her stories and essays have appeared in publications like Guernica, New York Tyrant, Literary Hub, The Fanzine, The Nervous Breakdown, Vol. 1 Brooklyn,  and more. She's the founding editor of Witch Craft Magazine and a fiction editor at Hobart Pulp.

Stay tuned for our interview with Elle, coming this week. 

Derick Dupre reads his short story, The Death of James Polk. This story was originally published in Spork Press. 

Derick is a writer based in Arizona. His work has appeared in Hobart, New York Tyrant, The Collagist, Eyeshot, and elsewhere. He's been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and was a finalist for the Lamar York Prize for Fiction. Check out his work on Neutral Spaces and his website. 

Enjoy!

I sit down with Alisson Wood at the Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House in Greenwich Village to discuss her new memoir, Being Lolita. We talk about her story, the craft of memoir writing, Nabokov, fairy tales, growing up, memory, vulnerability in art and life, and a whole lot more. Check out her essays in the New York Times, Catapult, and Epiphany. She's also the founder and editor-in-chief of Pigeon Pages, a literary magazine. 

Alisson Wood reads the opening of her new memoir, Being Lolita. 

Alisson is a highly acclaimed writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Catapult, and Epiphany. She's also the the founder and editor in chief of Pigeon Pages, and a graduate of the NYU Creative Writing program.

Stay tuned for my upcoming interview with Alisson, where we discuss her memoir, the art of memoir, and much more. In the meantime, get yourself a copy of Being Lolita here.