The Getting Lit Podcast

Brad Kelly joins us once again to talk about and around his new novel, The Earthen Dark. We discuss why men loves holes in the ground, writing about jobs, why humans are so obsessed with underground, MFA writing, "literary men" and much more.

Buy The Earthen Dark here: https://www.amazon.com/Earthen-Dark-Brad-Kelly/dp/B0GF67226L

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And Substack: https://bradkellyesque.substack.com/

"Disgraced anthropology professor Jim Murray has been drawn into the dark. Ousted from his career by the algorithm and mob rule, desperate for money, he joins a shabby crew of repairmen working in the tunnels beneath the City of Detroit. They say their job is to keep the earth from falling in.

One day, waist-deep in the filth, they stumble upon an ancient secret and soon discover that the city above them is no longer home. In time, the sewer will show Jim worlds far stranger: a landscape scourged by fire and insanity, a dystopia ruled by a mad god...To find his way through the labyrinth will prove to be a brutal test of his soul—and a penetration into the nature of reality."

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This episode, Ivan Niccolai joins us to talk about his short story collection, Like You Have a Choice. We chat about growing up in a cult, Melbourne, wogs, luxury beliefs, the unfiltered earnestness of open mic nights, loving where you lay your hat, writing craft and much more.

Buy Ivan's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Like-have-choice-Ivan-Niccolai/dp/B0FLTHP5MV

Follow Ivan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artificial_authenticities/

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This week, we're covering what T.S. Eliot called "the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels." And who better to join us than self-confessed detective fiction fanboy, Alec Mouhibian, of Filthy Armenian Adventures podcast.

We discuss detective fiction's enduring appeal, the sensation novel, Wilkie Collins' bromance with Charles Dickens, the joys of the long sentence, and much more.

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Follow him on X: https://x.com/FilthyArmenian

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This episode, we are joined by former guests and friend of the pod, Erik and Mac, to talk about Don Delillo's 1985 novel, White Noise.

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This week, Sini is joined by Amir Naaman and Pierre d'Alancaisez, editors of the new anthology Inversion, a book of essays about the current state of the homosexual.

We talk about the sexual revolution's aftermath, gay vs queer culture, the lack of "telos" in homosexual, as well as why gays, once bearers of art and culture, seem to be flopping hard in that regard.

Buy Inversion here: https://verdur.in/inversion/

Follow Amir: https://x.com/amir_naaman

Follow Pierre: https://x.com/verdur_in

Verdurin: https://verdur.in/

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We talk about the essay in the Independent about the mythical David Foster Wallace "lit bro", a famous Western Australian young adult writer getting charged with young non-adult material, Meanjin journal getting a new lease on life after being shut down, Australian literary culture's frequent "Main Charactering" of a pretty mediocre Palestinian-Australian author, and much more!

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We chat about Sidney Lumet's last film, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), which stars Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Marisa Tomei.

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This week, we're joined by J David Osborne to talk about his new book, Berserker Club. Set in an Oklahoma backwoods militia compound, the novel is one crazy mutant set piece after another. A lot of fun 

On this episode, we chat about having a fellow writer as spouse, story as a literal living thing, inspirations for the book, thinking about length and duration when writing books, what writers should be doing to take on the future, and much more.

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or on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Berserker-Club-J-David-Osborne/dp/1940885744

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Music: Murder Suicide by Stu Spasm

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This week, we're joined by Andrew Edwards, the author of the new psychedelic noir thriller, Crowbar. We had a great conversation ranging over the book's many interesting contours, from conspiracy culture, the influence of James Ellroy and Cormac McCarthy, and much much more.

Buy Andrew's book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FZ93M9GB

Music: Part Cherokee by Nudge Squidfish

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Sini and Fresta go through their best reads, watches, and listens of 2025 (mostly things they didn't cover for the show).

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