Lo Fi Lit

Rudy from Misery Tourism returned this week to discuss some of his new poems. I recorded an intro and an outro. So check those out as well. If you don't know Rudy I really encourage everyone to listen to the first episode I recorded with them. It's a bombshell of an episode! This one was more chill. I think! Alright peace.

Graham Irvin, a poet from North Carolina, discusses his writing journey, online connections, designing book covers, a non-power-hungry character named Cab, the changing meaning of gun imagery, psychological aspects of killing in war, writing parodies, and publishing confusion.

Theo Thimo jumped on last week or maybe two weeks ago. Perhaps three,Theo was kicked off twitter and banned from twitter for life for his controversies. Mostly we just hang out for a few hours. He's talks about finding religion and his poetry and other things.

I chatted with Zac Smith in this episode . Zac Smith works behind the scenes of Back Patio Press publishing books like Death Egg by Nate Duggan. We begin chatting about readings and other topics as well . Also, I used a clip from Bookworm with Silverblatt . So, like copyright peoples beware. KCRW owns all the things with that. Umm. this was a really cool oppurtunity. Thanks for listening everyone. Buy Death Egg by Nathaniel

Nathaniel Duggan joined the show to talk about his book, Death Egg! He's a poet from Maine. Published by Back Patio Press Books ran by Zac Smith. Check out his reading this friday Sept 29th online at misery loves company. Check out their twitter for that info. The site to buy Death Egg is flatdogdistro dot bigcartel dot com

August Smith, a poet from Michigan, shares his journey from Michigan to Boston and eventually Austin, Texas. He discusses how the facebook group Alt Lit Gossip inspired him and helped him make new friends. August has been published in various literary publications and has a new chapbook translating Icelandic poetry. Topics discussed include his experiences in the poetry community, the motivation for creating more books, defunct literary presses, the evolution of craft in an MFA program, UFO poetry, fascination with unanswerable questions, writing experiences, crystal skulls and UFOs, and the subjectivity of reality and the power of poetry.

Jayson Keery is a poet from Western Mass and their first poetry collection is, "The Choice is Real" published by Metatron Press !

Spencer Williams reads poetry from a book she wrote. Duh. What else would she be reading from?

James Brubaker reads from his new novel - We Are Ghost Lit -

The speaker explores their fascination with UFO encounters and reads poems inspired by Nostradamus and erotic encounters with aliens. They discuss translating Icelandic poems, share two translated poems, and mention Ezra Pound's approach. The concept of poets translating languages, poems about aliens, and the influence of shows like 'Ancient Aliens' are also discussed.