Writing The Rapids

Joe is joined by Mae Murray to talk about, place and identity, revenge stories, writing while in the midst of turmoil, and more.

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Joe is rejoined by Michael Tichy to talk about writing horror inspired by Steinbeck, putting together an anthology for the first time, and more.

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Behind Every Tree, Beneath Every Rock
The Winnowing Draw
In the Eyes of the Hungry

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Joe is joined by James Pate to talk about writing in different modes, the freedom of genre, the many faces of the gothic, and more.

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Speed of Life
Mineral Planet
Flowers Among the Carrion
The Fassbinder Diaries

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Joe is rejoined by Logan Berry to talk about Logan's new book, how fatherhood has changed our art consumption and creation, and more!

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Doom is the House Without a Door
Casket Flare
Crystal Lake
Wreckdom
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Joe is joined by Kalie Pead to talk about her book Today, Aries, nostalgia, Persephone, writing with chance, and more!

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Joe is rejoined by Thomas Moore to talk about We'll Never Be Fragile Again, nostalgia, infatuation, and more.

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Ben Niespodziany joins joe to talk about organizing your work, surprising yourself with your work, his new press, and so much more.

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Paul Cunningham rejoins joe to talk about gas stations, influencer culture, flarf (no, really), and so much more.

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Sociocide at the 24/7
Fall Garment
The House of the Tree of Sores 

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Joe is joined by Joe Koch to talk surrealism, writing the senses, deities of place in deep space, and more.

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Joe is rejoined by Shane Jesse Christmass to talk about the reissue of Latex, Texas, its redesign, editing like a movie, paying attention to what you're feeling when you write, and more!

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Joe is joined by Michael Tichy to talk weird westerns, american expansion, masculinity, and more.

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Joe is rejoined by Charlene Elsby and they talk about people who aren't bothered by criticism, how language in the workplace changes your brain, names starting with the letter D, and more.

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Meghan Lamb rejoins Joe to talk about her new book Mirror Translation, traveling, culture shock, the enslaving potential of politeness, and more!

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Joe is joined by Sara Century to talk relationship problems, Scream, horror, and so much more.

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Joe is joined by Thomas Moore to talk about fantasy vs reality, editing as part of the creative process, dark humor, and more.

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Joe is rejoined by Sam Richard to talk about his new short story collection The Still Beating Heart of a Dead God, ordering short story collections, iterating on ideas, Dark Internet, and more.

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Joe is rejoined by Charlene Elsby and they talk about she feels about her writing over time, absurdity and dark comedy, challenging writing, and more.

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Joe is rejoined by Olivia Cronk to talk about her new book Gwenda, Rodney, hybrid works, ekphrasis, erratic spacing, and so so much more.

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Joe is joined by Anna Poletti to talk about her new book hello, world?, kink, Hungary, power structures, and so much more.

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Robert Kloss rejoins Joe to talk his new book The Genocide House, America, smooshing ideas together, and more.

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Joe is joined by Laura Paul to talk about her new book Film Elegy, mentoring under Amy Halpern, playing with text and images, and more!

“Amy was a unique individual. Immensely talented, funny, and hard-working, she was probably the most outgoing and helpful student of our generation.
Gone, but not forgotten. Amy was and is utterly unforgettable.”

-Alex Cox, director of Repo Man

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Joe is rejoined by Sam Richard to talk about Weirdpunk Books' anthology of sword and sorcery Profane Altars, as well as the companion zine Profane Sorcery. They also talk about the link between fantasy and horror, the practice of editing anthologies, and more!

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Joe is rejoined by Rick Claypool to talk about his new book Skull Slime Tentacle Witch War, the difference between fungi and slime molds, absurd books, and so much more.

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Joe is joined by Derek Fisher to talk about his book Night Life, his forthcoming collection Container, exerting one's will onto art, cityscapes, and so much more.

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Joe is rejoined by Persephone Erin Hudson to talk about the first two acts of Aprostate Crater, tender transgression, serialized fiction, comic books, and so much more.

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Joe is joined by Christopher Zeischegg to talk about Creation, friendship, when transgression becomes stale, and so much more.

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David rejoins Joe to talk about David's new book The Berlin Wall, listless Nationalism, Lars Von Trier, writing about Europe, and more.

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Joe is joined by Thomas to talk about technology, editing long novels, noir, and so much more.

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The Autodidacts
How I Killed the Universal Man

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Joe is rejoined by Kat to talk about confessional poetry, editing poetry, if reading poetry is perverse or not, and more!

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Joe is joined by O F Cieri to talk about their collective dislike for Joseph Campbell, their collective love of western esotericism, some gripes with indie publishing, and so much more!

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Joe is rejoined by Graham Irvin and they talk about guns, guns, guns, and more!

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In this bonus episode, Laura Paul takes the host chair to interview Alissa Hattman about her book Sift. Available here.

Laura Paul is a writer and artist who has been published in The Brooklyn Rail, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Comics Journal, minor literature[s], Tarpaulin Sky Magazine, and other outlets. She holds an M.A. in Media Studies from UCLA and a B.A. in Comparative History of Ideas from the University of Washington. She works for the publisher Sublunary Editions and independent book distributor Asterism Books. To find out more, visit her w...

Joe is joined by Mila Jaroniec to talk about her book Plastic Vodka Bottle Sleepover, teaching and editing, autofiction, alt-lit, tarot and so much more.

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Black Lipstick
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Joe is rejoined by Charlene Elsby and they talk about ethics, the ineffable draw of philosophy, solid logic based on weird axioms, and so much more! 

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Joe is joined by Sam Richard to talk about grief as fear, JG Ballard, genre conventions and restrictions, and much, much more!

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Joe is rejoined by Garett Strickland to talk asemic writing, letting go of control, Kay Sage landscapes, and more.

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Joe is joined by Stacy Hardy to talk about holes, play, collaboration, and more!

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Joe is rejoined by Danika Stegeman LeMay to talk about her new book Ablation, grief, talking about grief, and more.

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Tex Gresham joins Joe to talk about moments that change our lives forever, the allure of conspiracy theories, making it as a screenwriter, and more.

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Joe is rejoined by Charlene Elsby and they talk about agency, Marilyn Monroe, Pythagoreanism, and more!

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