Lo Fi Lit

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.

Today, I spoke with Will Mountain Cox - author of Roundabout. This is his debut novel. We recorded the conversation at three am. Love a good three am recording. He's friends with Lucy, Oscar, Gian and used to frequent Mellow Pages. This was a terrific conversation. I asked many questions Paris and let's go. Also, he published an anthology about young artists in Paris called 'With Paris in Mind" in 2019. This was a lot of fun.

Cav from backpatio press came on. We talked. He has a dog,

Past guest Mary Boo Anderson published Demolition Derby in the latest issue of Sixth Finch dot com. So I tried to analyze it!Check them out.

Catch, from ctchfest and sad spell press, discusses the evolution of the indie lit festival, financial challenges in pursuing a career, dynamics within the creative community, working on a short film, online festival plans, experiences traveling and meeting famous people.

At the last minute I invited on MD Wheatley - editor at swampspit dot com and the author of "What A Heaven Could Feel Like" which you can check out at his site mdwheatley dot us. He's been published in Rejection Letters, Hobart and HAD as well as many other fine publications. Dude just started writing. He's kind of a new writer making waves everywhere. We discussed skating, magazines and editing. This was a really cool interview. He was extremely nice and a really cool dude. This was a lot of fun.

Carmen and Mary Boo join the host to discuss Erin Taylor's poetry collection Bimboland. They talk about Mary Boo's residency and a short film called 'The Burden'. The conversation delves into topics like capitalism, work-life balance, resentment, and analyzing poems from Bimboland.