Textual Healing with Mallory Smart

Scott Laudati runs Bone Machine from a traphouse in Hereford TX with his dog, Josie. He is the author of Rainbow Road, Play The Devil, and others. His fiction/essays/poetry have been published by The Columbia Journal, XRAY, Maudlin House, Hobart, and others.  🎧 Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seriously helps us reach more listeners. 🌐 Visit...

Julián Martinez is the son of Mexican and Cuban immigrants and is from Waukegan, IL. His work has appeared in HAD, Rejection Letters, X-R-A-Y and elsewhere. His debut fiction collection will be published in Spring 2027 by Future Tense Books. 🎧 Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seriously helps us reach more listeners. 🌐 Visit us: https://textua...

Julián Martinez is the son of Mexican and Cuban immigrants and is from Waukegan, IL. His work has appeared in HAD, Rejection Letters, X-R-A-Y and elsewhere. His debut fiction collection will be published in Spring 2027 by Future Tense Books. 🎧 Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seriously helps us reach more listeners. 🌐 Visit us: https://textua...

Wilson Koewing is a writer from South Carolina. His books JADED, QUASI and ROLLING ON THE BOTTOM are available from Main Street Rag/Mint Hill Books, Anxiety Press and Cowboy Jamboree Press, respectively. His fiction and essays have appeared in Wigleaf, Pembroke Magazine, The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, Gargoyle and New World Writing. He is currently at work on a short story collection tit...

Kirsti MacKenzie ( @KeersteeMack ) is a writer and editor in chief of  Major 7th Magazine .  She currently lives in Northern Ontario. Her debut novel,  Better to Beg , is out now with House of Vlad/Sweet Trash Press.  🎧 Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seriously helps us reach more listeners. 🌐 Visit us: https://textualpodcast.com 📲 Follow:...

Kirsti MacKenzie ( @KeersteeMack ) is a writer and editor in chief of  Major 7th Magazine.  She currently lives in Northern Ontario. Her debut novel,  Better to Beg , is out now with House of Vlad/Sweet Trash Press.  🎧 Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seriously helps us reach more listeners. 🌐 Visit us: https://textualpodcast.com 📲 Follow: T...

Alexandra Naughton is the editor in chief of Be About It Press. She is the founder of Bring a Blanket Reading Series and the alternative to AWP mini-festival, A Writers Party. Her latest collection, Sick of Being Inside Myself, was published by House of Vlad in 2025. She writes Talk About It on Substack. 🎧 Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seri...

Lake Markham is a writer and photographer based in Chicago, Illinois. His work is rooted in the intersection of art and philosophy, and has appeared in ExPat Press, Zero Readers, and The Philosopher's Meme. Lo Siento , Lake's first full-length novel, was published with Apocalypse Confidential in October 2025. 🎧 Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It...

Mike Corrao is the author of numerous works including the novels, Gut Text (11:11 Press) and Rituals Performed in the Absence of Ganymede (11:11 Press); the poetry collections, The Persimmon is an Event (Broken Sleep Books) and Under Reef (Onomatopee Projects); the plays Smut-Maker (Inside the Castle) and Cephalonegativity (Apocalypse Party); and the essay collection, Surface Studies (Action Books...

Mike Corrao is the author of numerous works including the novels, Gut Text (11:11 Press) and Rituals Performed in the Absence of Ganymede (11:11 Press); the poetry collections, The Persimmon is an Event (Broken Sleep Books) and Under Reef (Onomatopee Projects); the plays Smut-Maker (Inside the Castle) and Cephalonegativity (Apocalypse Party); and the essay collection, Surface Studies (Action Books...

Sam Berman is a writer living in Boise, Idaho. His work has been featured in X R-A-Y, Forever Magazine and Maudlin House. 🎧 Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seriously helps us reach more listeners. 🌐 Visit us: https://textualpodcast.com 📲 Follow: Twitter | Instagram | Bluesky: @mallorysmart.bsky.social 🔗 More from Mallory: https://mallorysm...

Krystle Ratticus was born in Denver, Colorado, and raised on the rural border of Iowa and Missouri before running away to Chicago as a teenager. There, she found her voice in the raw pulse of local zine culture and DIY publishing. Her writing channels the dramatic undercurrents of the working class, shaped by years spent in kitchens, funeral parlors, and outsider circles. With a dark sense of humo...

Krystle Ratticus was born in Denver, Colorado, and raised on the rural border of Iowa and Missouri before running away to Chicago as a teenager. There, she found her voice in the raw pulse of local zine culture and DIY publishing. Her writing channels the dramatic undercurrents of the working class, shaped by years spent in kitchens, funeral parlors, and outsider circles. With a dark sense of humo...

Alex Moreno's work explores emotional processes through surrealism, visceral interiority, and synesthetic play.  Sticky Time  (Sunflower Station Press) is her debut poetry book. You can also find her writing in Spectra Poets, Lit Angels, and Dream Boy Book Club. She earned a BA from Bowdoin College, eats 1-2 apples a day, and really likes it.  Website:  alexalexherehere.com 🎧 Like what you hear?...

Alex Moreno's work explores emotional processes through surrealism, visceral interiority, and synesthetic play.  Sticky Time  (Sunflower Station Press) is her debut poetry book. You can also find her writing in Spectra Poets, Lit Angels, and Dream Boy Book Club. She earned a BA from Bowdoin College, eats 1-2 apples a day, and really likes it.  Website:  alexalexherehere.com 🎧 Like what you hear?...

Daniel W. Wright is a poet, editor, and fiction writer. Wright is the author of poetry chapbook Gods of a Former World (Crying Heart Press, 2025), the full-length poetry collection The Unheard Music (Kung Fu Treachery, 2025), and the novel Call Center (Back of the Class, 2024). He is also the author of four other full-length collections of poetry, five poetry chapbooks, a novella, a short story co...

Daniel W. Wright is a poet, editor, and fiction writer. Wright is the author of poetry chapbook Gods of a Former World (Crying Heart Press, 2025), the full-length poetry collection The Unheard Music (Kung Fu Treachery, 2025), and the novel Call Center (Back of the Class, 2024). He is also the author of four other full-length collections of poetry, five poetry chapbooks, a novella, a short story co...

Josh Dale is from Pennsylvania and recommends playing metal music to your cat. He’s the founder of Thirty West Publishing House, cohost of the Bring a Blanket reading series, and the author of  The Light to Never Be Snuffed _and _Duality Lies Beneath . Drop a line at  www.joshdale.co  or on most social media @jdalewrites 🎧 Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple P...

Josh Dale is from Pennsylvania and recommends playing metal music to your cat. He’s the founder of Thirty West Publishing House, cohost of the Bring a Blanket reading series, and the author of  The Light to Never Be Snuffed _and _Duality Lies Beneath . Drop a line at  www.joshdale.co  or on most social media @jdalewrites 🎧 Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple P...

Juliet Escoria is the author of You Are the Snake (Soft Skull, 2024), Witch Hunt & Black Cloud: New and Collected Works (CLASH Books, 2023), and Juliet the Maniac (Melville House, 2019). She is an Editor-in-Chief at Zona Motel, and lives in West Virginia. (author photo taken by Saja Montague) Mesha Maren is the author of the novels  Sugar Run, Perpetual West,  and  Shae  (May 2024, Algonquin B...

Recorded live at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago during the 40th anniversary of Printer’s Row, this Maudlin House musical reading was chaos, community, and noise. Writers read their pieces with live backing from Movie Club , turning the night into something between a show and a gathering. Playlist: Snake Charmer / Ben Niespodziany Reef / Westley Heine Dusk / Michael J. Seidlinger Kitefin / Caro Macon F...

Benjamin Niespodziany is a Chicago-based writer, editor, curator, and folklorist. The author of two books, his writing has appeared in HAD, Fence, Bennington Review, Wigleaf Top 50, X-R-A-Y, and elsewhere. Along with hosting the Neon Night Mic reading series, he recently launched Piżama Press. You can find more at  neonpajamas.com . https://asterismbooks.com/publisher/pizama-press https://www.neon...

Benjamin Niespodziany is a Chicago-based writer, editor, curator, and folklorist. The author of two books, his writing has appeared in HAD, Fence, Bennington Review, Wigleaf Top 50, X-R-A-Y, and elsewhere. Along with hosting the Neon Night Mic reading series, he recently launched Piżama Press. You can find more at  neonpajamas.com . https://asterismbooks.com/publisher/pizama-press https://www.neon...

Josh Denslow is the author of the collectionNot Everyone Is Special (7.13 Books), the novel Super Normal (Stillhouse Press), and the collection Magic Can't Save Us (UNO Press). His most recent short stories have appeared in Electric Literature's The Commuter, The Rumpus, and Short Story, Long, among others. He is the Email Marketing Manager for Bookshop.org , and he has read and edited for SmokeLo...

Josh Denslow is the author of the collectionNot Everyone Is Special (7.13 Books), the novel Super Normal (Stillhouse Press), and the collection Magic Can't Save Us (UNO Press). His most recent short stories have appeared in Electric Literature's The Commuter, The Rumpus, and Short Story, Long, among others. He is the Email Marketing Manager for  Bookshop.org , and he has read and edited for SmokeL...