Lo Fi Lit

Thank you ! DA !!! God, this was an event. It's been a rough day. This conversation was a delightful distraction from everything else going on. I can't wait for everyone to hear it! Let's move on and out and upwards and outwards. I'm trying. Trying to make it to tomorrow.For like an official description I stripped this from https://poets.org/poet/d-powell"Powell is the author of the trilogy of books Cocktails (Graywolf Press, 2004), which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Lunch (Wesleyan University Press, 2000); and Tea (Wesleyan University Press, 1998). His poetry collection Chronic (Graywolf Press, 2009) received the Kingsley Tufts Award and was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. His most recent books are Repast: Tea, Lunch, Cocktails (Graywolf Press, 2014) and Useless Landscape, or a Guide for Boys: Poems (Graywolf Press, 2012)"

I chatted with a very game Paul Hanson Clark about a lot of things. We spoke about stuff. He was great. I hope to have him return. I only went 90 mins because I feel like two hours woulda wasted a potential return. Like because one hour is never enough time but two hours can feel like too much. 90 is perfect. I think. Paul is a returning guest from an earlier episode. He's from Nebraska! He knows Austin Islam and Ctch. That's why he recorded an episode with Austin, earlier in the year.

Sean came on the show . He wrote Fuccboi

Last night I chatted with Jake Blackwood. Dude has stories on Misery Tourism as well as a slew of other sites like Trash World, and SCAB Magazine. Has a youtube channel as well "jakeblackwood" and you can follow him on twitter at @JBlackwoodsays.

Rachelle Toarmino, author of That Ex, discusses challenges in creating a venture and finding motivation. They talk about their love for poetry, discover Metatron, and discuss balancing fun and seriousness in their writing. They share admiration for Lucy K Shaw, discuss friendship with Sarah Jean, and collaboration with creative individuals. They explore expertise in history and small press publishing, the challenges of book promotion, and creating a genre. They mention upcoming events and workshops related to poetry.

Shy Watson and Ctch join the program on a late night to discuss stuff. We hang out. We party. They share stories. Watson is a writer. She writes prose and has a novel coming out. We talk about a story Shy wrote and published on "fence" Ctch returns from an earlier episode.

Ben Fama, a highly respected poet and novelist, discusses navigating literary institutions versus the grassroots scene, Lana Del Rey's poetry book and the power of collaboration, the timeline and influence of Occupy Wall Street, designing a subversive magazine, exploring the queer literature scene in New York, and exploring dark thoughts through writing.

Paul Hanson Clark and Austin Islam came onto to chat with me about their lives and experiences writing poetry and living out their lives together. It was a holiday episode. There was nothing to promote much. We chat about PeterBD and New York and some Alt Lit people and many other people. Have fun. Enjoy.

Erin Taylor (they/ them) was chill enough to come on and open up about their life, about their poetry and friends and experiences in life. We talk about anarchy, poetry and "Bimboland" and about their time in New York and L.A. and other places. "Bimboland" is their first book of poetry. It's published by Archway Editions. I asked Erin to read "Love Language" from Stacey Teague. That was in the spinoff - a magazine in New Zealand. Because Stacey is a cool poet, too. Happy holidays people.

Tyler Byrne interviews Ashley Obscura, founder of Metatron. They discuss the challenges of sustaining a literary project, expanding the press, creating space for poets, collaborations, the intersection of VR and writing in video games, community support, and the importance of failure and learning from it.