Lo Fi Lit

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, a poet and musician on tour with Clementine was Right, shares insights from his rural Northern California upbringing. He reflects on the importance of personal relationships over career wins, emphasizing shared artistic moments. The discussion weaves through his fascination with the intricacies of language and creativity, comparing poetry to music and cooking. Nostalgia plays a significant role as he recounts the impact of video games and online communities on his creative growth, alongside the joys of artistic friendships.

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

Kyle Seibel is a writer out of California. Formerly worked in the Navy. He came on to promote his new book out with Clash Books called "Hey, You Assholes"

Jamie Hood is a writer and critic and bartender living in New York. Trauma Plot is her 2nd book. Her first, "How to be a Good Girl" has also been republished by Pantheon Books.The same press publishing 'Trauma Plot.' It was dope having her on. You can visit her 'x" account @veryhotmommShe also runs a very successful substack "regards. marcel" at https://proustproject.substack.com/

Pushcart Nominated Tim (they/them) Livingston is a poet and proud Pennsylvanian, living in Philadelphia with their cat, Mamma Mia!, and seven tattoos. I met them through Rachelle's class. They're very smart and really good. We talked about poetry, baseball, Marvel and Clamour the much anticipated magazine.

GG Roland came on the show and we chatted about his time living South Korea. He's a poet. He has a book called "hehehe" published by Clash Books. Met him through Misery Loves Company. He knows Will and Rudy Johnson, who previously came onto the show.Out now. Go buy it.

Reuben Gelley Newman is a poet and musician from New York. I'm stealing this from his website :"Reuben is a writer, musician, editor, and librarian-in-training based in New York City. Their poems have appeared in Denver Quarterly, Salamander, Fairy Tale Review, Northwest Review, Ninth Letter, and elsewhere. You can find them online @joustingsnail (Instagram, Twitter); on Bluesky they post at @joustingsnail.bsky.social"

This is the first 45 minutes of the previous episode. It was over three hours so I thought I'd cut it down to a more reasonable length for the audience.