Michael talks with Jackson Bliss about language as consolation, time in the Peace Corps, writing three books in different genres about mixed-race identity, the choose-your-own-adventure memoir DREAM POP ORIGAMI, crafting his blended style of writing, writing the choices after each piece in the book, the influence of video games and music, the self as text, numbering, and more.
Jackson Bliss is a mixed-race/hapa author of three books, all published in the past year: the story collection COUNTERFACTUAL LOVE STORIES & OTHERE EXPERIMENTS (Noemi Press), the novel AMNESIA OF JUNE BUGS (7.13 Books), and and the memoir DREAM POP ORIGAMI (Unsolicited Press). His stories & essays have appeared in publications like The New York Times, Tin House, Ploughshares, Columbia Journal, Guernica, Longreads, and more.
Podcast theme: DJ Garlik & Bertholet's "Special Sause" used with permission from Bertholet.