Lo Fi Lit

Conor Hultman jumped in on the afterparty from last night's 9/11 reading. He hung out for awhile then left but apparently left his microphone on - on his phone and we heard his real feelings about us. Shout out to my good friend, Conor. The fun begins at 20:30

Steve Anwyll is the author of Welfare (Tyrant Books 2018)

Kum V the Clown, the editor of Cum Punk stops by and visits the show to talk about the readings. their books, and magazine and their new place in life.

emma burger is a chicago-based writer, originally from nyc. she is the author of two novels, little rich kids and spaghetti for starving girls , and the founder of gold coast editions . Her work has been published in x-ray lit, rejection letters, the metropolitan review, and elsewhere. she is an essays editor at zona motel , an interviews editor at hobart , and you can also find her on substack .

On this episode of lofi pod I invited Julia Laxer on to discuss her life, hobart, hospitals, health, and books and having the delusion to march onward and upward and shit

Avee Chaudhur i is from Wichita, Kansas. Some of his recent stories have appeared at Southwest Review , BRUISER and Peach Fuzz . He teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

On this episode I hosted these four fantastic readers - with Claire, Evan and Aaron returning to the program. It was Kelly Erin's first appearance on the show. I thank everyone for coming and showing up. This was an excellent lil reading, I think.

Bizarre is a weirdo poet / performer who runs Bizarre Publishing House and the infamous God Pussy open mic reading series over on twitter. We recorded this way back in the day in Dec

GG Roland returns in this two hour action packed episode where we partake in many beverages .

Katie Frank is an editor of Hobart Pulp and has been published in Hobart, Burial Mag, and muumuu house, There's extra content with Katie coming on the lofipod youtube channel.

From the hobart editorial team - Joe Nasta and I discussed the ins and outs of Hobart and writings and poetry from their own life. We discuss poetry, Walt Whitman's boys and Cletus Crow adn Ginger Jones and skinny - dipping and working on ships and fiction and many other things.

Zuleyha is the co-founder of Leavings literary magazine. Her poems have appeared in Adroit , North American Review , Salamander , Nimrod , Northwest Review , Palette , Four Way Review , CALYX , and elsewhere. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Tennessee.

Kyle Hays was a peer of mine back in 2011 - 13 . He's a fiction writer and has been published in Juked, The Seattle Review. He teaches at Tulsa Community College and we talk shop, Brandon Taylor's book 'Minor Black Figures' and philosophy on community and writing. Enjoy!

Rachel Hyman is a software engineer and also an engineer of communities and is a cool person . Met her through the Zona Motel publication. She once ran Banango Street and Banango Lit. Which was a huge operation. She's pretty dope and was cool enough to agree to join the show. She's been published by Big Lucks Review as well . She is an iconic Chicago person too.

Gion Davis is a poet and returns to talk about his new poetry book, "Designated Stranger" Also go see him read at the Publishing Genius reading happening this weekend in Baltimore.

Brian Allen Carr is reading this weekend at the AWP off - site events . He's a badass writer and works for the Zona Motel publication on substack, Brian is the author of Bad Foundations, Opiod, Indiana, Motherfucking Sharks, Sip, Vampire Conditions, and The Last Horror Novel in the History of the World.

Jillian Luft is an excellent writer and person - author of Scumbag Summer by House of Vlad. She now works for Zona Motel and writes about Trash TV. She's putting on a reading this week with Alexandra Naughton and Shy Watson down in Baltimore

On today's episode ZH Gill joined the show to discuss all things "Burial Magazine" and his movies and his writings along with comics and graphic novels. Enjoy the show! Z.H. has been on several readings I've held in the past so it felt cool to just sit down and shoot the shit with him

Jennifer Espinoza comes on the show and we talk about poetry, ghosts and writing and Beachsloth and Erin Taylor, She has five new poems up on lofimag.com Badass conversation. Follow her substack - @jenespinoza twitter @sadqueerlife instagram @sadqueerlife Buy her book - I Don't Want To Be Understood

I've copy/pasted this from the Sabr Tooth Tiger website : Madeline Blair is the mastermind behind Sabr Tooth Tiger Magazine . A poet, editor, and award-winning filmmaker from Chicago, IL, she received her BA in Creative Writing from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in Okay Donkey, Burial Magazine, Luna Luna Magazine, Libre Lit, Raging Opossum Press , Ekp...

Claire Hopple is a writer currently living in Asheville, who works and edits for Zona Motel. Claire Hopple is the author of five books. Her fiction has appeared in Wigleaf, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Peach Mag, Forever Mag , and others. She’s the fiction editor at XRAY . She grew up in the woods of Pennsylvania and currently lives in Asheville, NC.

Kirstie Mackenzie 's new novel ' Better to Beg ' is out now - published by Jillian Luft's Sweet Trash Press. She's a great writer and person. This was a great interview!!

Sebastian has returned to discuss Fresh, Green Life. We spoil the entire book . So read the book first.

Past guest and Alt Lit icon - Austin Islam Calls in again.

That Lit Podcast was a podcast from 2014 hosted by Alexandra Naughton . Otherwise this would've been considered lost media. Alexandra sent this over to me to put up on the stream. I met Jesse Prado back at ctchfest. On this episode Jesse has plans to see X-Men : Days of Future Past. Visit Jesse on twitter @mrkindakooky and Alexandra at @