Lo Fi Lit

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.

I recall Mark Blickley from the Misery Loves Company reading series from over a year ago. Anyways, he's from New York and writes a lot of stuff. Like a lot of shit. Like he's a playwright. and a dramatist and poetryist? This story is one of the last stories Eris Aldrich read at the Misery Loves Company series. before she passed away.

On this special exclusive episode of Low Fi Lit, I invited some readers to hang out and chat and read their recent work. August Smith read some new poems about UFO's, James Brubaker selected a piece from his new book We Are Ghost-Lit and Spencer Williams read from her new book TRANZ (coming out next year)

I chatted with Jahz back in February. He's a doctor and writer from Venezuela. This is a sort of lost episode ! So, another guest I scheduled dropped through so I invited anyone to chat and Jahz came onto the feed. I crammed this down several times and I hope this comes out clear! There's no audio issues ! Lol

Tim Carter is a writer from Syracuse, New York. His new poetry book, The Pigs, (a short long poem) is out now from Dead Mall Press. We had a cool little conversation. Check it out. Here's his website for more. https://www.thcarter.info/ and here's the website to order the book - https://www.deadmallpress.com/bookstore ! Thanks

Caro founded Food Court Books and has been published in many places like AUP New Poets 5, and OUT HERE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TAKATĀPUI AND LGBTQIA+ WRITERS FROM AOTEAROA. They've written dozens, hundreds, thousands, millions, and trillions of poetry chapbooks. They've worked on 'We Are Babies' press with Stacey Teague and Ash Davida. Caro now lives in America, after living in New Zealand for about a decade.

Sebastian Castillo, a published author, discusses his latest book and the challenges of book sales. He shares insights on rewriting, the protagonist's journey of self-discovery, writing structures, and constraints. They also explore writing with an elevated literary voice and reflect on the impact of cultural decline on the arts.

Kristen Felicetti is a writer and the founding editor-in-chief of The Bushwick Review. Her work has appeared in The Creative Independent, Hobart, The Rumpus, and Shabby Doll House. Kristen conducts, organizes and plans literary events and readings.She's an ambitious and creative talent with a lively personality. What a trip! I feel quite lucky to have snagged her for the show. Please enjoy!

Lucy K Shaw, the author of Woman with Hat, discusses topics such as researching ethical pet practices, teaching English online, anticipation of war in Ukraine, ethical storytelling, starting a magazine, and future writing projects.