Chelsea Martin's novel Tell Me I'm An Artist is out now from Soft Skull Press. She is the author of the essay collection Caca Dolce and the novella Mickey, among other books. She lives in Spokane, Washington, with her husband and child. Find out more at www.cacadolce.com Thank you to Theo Teravainen for the intro music.…

Grant Young (he/him) is a 25-year-old writer based in San Francisco. He is an MFA candidate at the University of San Francisco, where he also graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and played on the baseball team for five years. He is currently revising an essay collection on his time playing Division-1 baseball at USF, that captures the w…

Gabriel Blackwell is the author of seven books, the most recent of which are Doom Town (Zerogram Press, 2022) and CORRECTION (Rescue Press, 2021). He lives in Spokane, WA. gabrielblackwell.com therupturemag.com Thank you to Theo Teravainen for the intro music.

Jesi Bender is an artist from Upstate New York. She is the author of the forthcoming chapbook Dangerous Women (dancing girl press 2022), the play Kinderkrankenhaus (Sagging Meniscus 2021), and the novel The Book of the Last Word (Whiskey Tit 2019). Her shorter work has appeared in Fence, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and Split Lip, among others - www.jesibender…

Ryan Schulte and I sat down to discuss A History of Violence (2005) dir. by David Cronenberg. Ryan Schulte is a graduate of Macaulay Honors College @ CUNY Hunter College. His first nonfiction chapbook, 'Notes on Water and Blood,' was published by Greying Ghost Press in 2020. His fiction has appeared in Hello America Stereo Cassette's Summer and Aut…

Marcus Pactor’s latest book is Begat Who Begat Who Begat, published Astrophil Press. His first book, Vs. Death Noises, won the 2011 Subito Press Prize for Fiction. His story, “Megaberry Crunch” was selected for Best Small Fictions 2021. His work has most recently appeared in 3:AM Magazine, Juked, and Harsh. He lives and works in Jacksonville, Flori…

Claire Hopple is the author of four books. Her fiction has appeared in Hobart, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, New World Writing, and others. More at clairehopple.com. If you're writing cool, strange, different literature, if you're publishing online, if you'd like more readers or if you know someone doing any of those things, send me some writing at leftthehoseo…

For the first episode in my horror film series, M.C. Smith and I sat down to discuss a mutual favorite: Scream (1996) dir. by Wes Craven. M.C. Smith lives in Mississippi with her three-legged cat, Barry Hannah. Her work has appeared in Twin Pies Lit, HAD, and Autofocus Lit. You can find her on Twitter at @mistressofcrass, where she rants waxes poet…

Troy James Weaver is a Wholesale Florist and Writer. His work can be read in the Southwest Review, New York Tyrant, Juked, Hobart and others. He is the author of Temporal, Witchita Stories, Visions, Selected Stories and Marigold.Before you listen, read the three stories we discuss in this episode: Hooks, Instructions for Mourning, and What Should I…

Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Heavy Feather Review (heavyfeatherreview.org), Jason Teal is the author of We Were Called Specimens (KERNPUNKT Press, 2020), which was a finalist for Big Other’s Reader’s Choice and Best Fiction Book Awards. Amy Hempel selected his story “Inedible Human Food” as second-place winner of the Mikrokosmos 2020 Fiction Co…

Jessie Lynn McMains is a cross-genre writer, small press publisher, and spoken word performer. They have been publishing their own and others’ work in zines and books since 1994, and currently run Bone & Ink Press, a small press that focuses on boosting the voices of marginalized writers. They are the author of several books, most recently Wisconsi…

Oliver Zarandi writes about bodies, horror and male eating disorders. His first book, Soft Fruit In The Sun, was released in 2019 with Hexus Press. He’s working on his next book, Body Horror. Pick up a copy of Soft Fruit in the Sun Here. If there's a writer publishing exciting work online who you think deserves more readers, send me their work at l…

Dan Hoy and Mike Kleine are the authors of WE R THE WORLD and WHERE THE SKY MEETS THE OCEAN AND THE AIR TASTES LIKE METAL AND THE BIRDS DON'T MAKE A SOUND.You can pre-order their novel here. If there's a writer publishing exciting work online who you think deserves more readers, send me their work at leftthehoseonpod@gmail.comThank you to Matt Rouc…

Today I am joined by Nicole Morning. Nicole is a librarian and the author of Soft Animal, Tinderness, Maximum Fancy, n, and A Thing That Happened in 2020. She edits the ongoing compzine series Basia Mille. Her writing has appeared in Nudie magazine, Horror Sleaze Trash, and Hello America audio compilations. Nicole's zine Tinderness was awarded Best…

Today I am joined by Graham Irvin. Graham is from North Carolina. His first book LIVER MUSH is forthcoming from Back Patio Press. Follow him on Twitter @grahamjirvin. In this episode, Graham and I discuss three of his short stories: Not Going Home published in Back Patio Press, The Gap published at Philosophical Idiot, and Time Passes Faster at Sea…

Today I am joined by Seb Doubinsky, author of Fragments of a Revolution, a novel out May 5th from Stalking Horse Press. Seb is a bilingual French writer and poet and the author of many books such as Missing Signal and The Babylonian Trilogy. In this episode Seb and I discuss his new novel, the process of stepping away from this project for a while …

I'm joined by MFA candidate Brandon Brown, who is currently studying at VCFA. In this episode we discuss: Brandon's experience in an MFA program, the path which led him to pursue a master's degree in Creative Writing, voicing one's objections/opinions in workshop, having difficult conversations, developing a writing schedule, finding work that is m…

For my first interview I am joined by the poet Melinda Freudenberger to discuss her poems "Tenderness" and "On Birdman," both of which appeared in Always Crashing. Also in this episode we discuss: Emotional imagery in poetry, contemplation in the wake of 2020, the afterlife, the presence of biblical figures in the lives of once-religious people and…

De tempos em tempos, algumas vidas mexem com a vida da gente. Marielle foi uma das vidas que nos chacoalhou. Este podcast é um tributo à sua memória e à memória de tantas Marielles que brotarão da semente que foi brutalmente enterrada. Recebemos Renata Cruz, estudante de Direito e militante do Movimento Negro; Mario Leony, delegado de polícia, memb…

Recebemos a Professora Doutora Denise Leal Fontes Albano, professora vinculada ao Departamento de Direito da Universidade Federal de Sergipe; o Professor Msc. Alexis Pedrão, professor do Departamento de Direito da Universidade Federal de Sergipe e Victor Ribeiro da Costa, graduando em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Sergipe. Discutimos a atual…

Este programa não é recomendado para menores de 18 anos. Contém palavrões, vocábulos chulos e informalidade... A linguagem jurídica é tecnicista e promove segregação ou demonstra uma especificidade justificável visto que o Direito é um "universo particular?" Nietzsche diria que no afã de resolver problemas com a comunicação, nós criamos a linguagem…

Recebemos Lidiane de Melo Drapala, psicóloga, membro do Conselho Regional de Psicologia, do Grupo de Estudos Gênero e Sexualidade e do Ambulatório de Saúde Integral da Pessoa Trans (UFS/Lagarto); Mario Leony, delegado de polícia, integrante da Rede Nacional dos Operadores de Segurança Pública LGBT (RENOSP/LGBT); Victor Fernando Alves Carvalho, grad…