Textual Healing with Mallory Smart

Dennis James Sweeney is the author of You're the Woods Too, In the Antarctic Circle, and chapbooks including Ghost/Home: A Beginner's Guide to Being Haunted. He lives with his family in Amherst, Massachusetts. https://www.dennisjamessweeney.com/ IG: @dennisjsweeney Twitter: @djsweeney Support Textual Healing with Mallory Smart by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/textual...

Dmitry Samarov was born in Moscow, USSR in 1970. He immigrated to the US with his family in 1978. He got in trouble in 1st grade for doodling on his Lenin Red Star pin and hasn't stopped doodling since. He graduated with a BFA in painting and printmaking from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1993. He drove a cab—first in Boston, then after a time, in Chicago— which led to the publicat...

Josh Dale is a cat-loving, native Pennsylvanian. He hopes you listen to this podcast outdoors and away from society. www.joshdale.co Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844 Follow us on Twitter: @ podhealing OR take a look at Mallory’s othe...

Jessamyn Violet is a writer and drummer living in Venice Beach, CA. Originally from Massachusetts, she graduated with a BFA in Writing, Literature and Publishing from Emerson College. She went on to earn an MFA in Creative Writing from California College of the Arts. Her poetry book “Organ Thieves” was published by Gauss PDF. She’s placed short fiction in 805 Art + Lit, Adelaide , Little Break and...

Austin Ross is the author of the forthcoming novel Gloria Patri , out August 22 from Malarkey Books. His work has appeared in Literary Hub and elsewhere. He lives just outside Washington, DC, with his family. Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id15...

Matthew Binder is the author of the novels Pure Cosmos Club , The Absolved , and High in the Streets . He's also a primary member of the recording project Bang Bang Jet Away . Spotify: Bang Bang Jet Away IG: matthew_p_binder Twitter: @mbinder711 Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/te...

Scott Mitchel May is a writer living in Madison, WI. His short fiction has been published in many literary journals including The Maryland Literary Review, HAD, W&S, Maudlin House, Bending Genres, and The Metaworker. He was the winner of the 2019 UW-Madison Writers' Institute Poem or Page Competition in the category of literary fiction, and his unpublished novel, Bridgeport Nowhere, was shortl...

Matthew Binder is the author of the novels Pure Cosmos Club , The Absolved , and High in the Streets . He's also a primary member of the recording project Bang Bang Jet Away . https://www.matthewbinder.net/ Spotify: Bang Bang Jet Away IG: matthew_p_binder Twitter: @mbinder711 Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/ Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://p...

Caleb Bethea is a writer from the Southeast. He earned his MFA at the University of South Carolina and works as a copywriter. But, the best of his time - by far - is spent with his wife and two goblins by the ocean. Catch his work in Maudlin House, HAD, Twin Pies, hex, Autofocus, Rejection Letters, and elsewhere. Follow him on Twitter at @caleb_bethea_ or find his other work on his Linktree: https...

Sean McCallum lives outside of Toronto, Canada, with his wife and two children. The Recalcitrant Stuff of Life is his debut novel. Be sure to check out his website: https://www.seanmccallum.com/ AND Stalk him on Twitter: @Sean42McCallum Support Textual Healing with Mallory Smart by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/textual-healing

John Cotter is the author of the memoir  Losing Music , published by  _Milkweeds Edition_s , portions of which have appeared in  Raritan ,  Catapult ,  Indiana Review , and  Guernica . His novel,  Under the Small Lights , was published by Miami University Press in 2010, and his fiction, essays, criticism, and theater pieces have appeared–or will soon– in  New England Review ,  Epoch ,  Electric Li...

Nick Gregorio is a husband, writer, teacher, dog-dad, punk, nerd, teeth-grinder, and mall-walker living and writing just outside of Philadelphia. He is the author of five books, and his work has appeared in many print and online journals. He earned his MFA from Arcadia University in 2015, and his second novel, Launch Me to the Stars, I'm Finished Here, is forthcoming from Trident Press in the summ...

Christina Quay is a florist, artist, and mother when she isn't writing books with her partner Chase. She graduated from the University of South Florida where she studied Journalism and Spanish Language. She resides in Florida with her family where she dreams of a climate that isn't quite so...red. Music by M. Kilcullen Support Textual Healing with Mallory Smart by contributing to their tip jar: ht...

Kirsti MacKenzie has published in HAD, trampset, Identity Theory, and Rejection Letters. She studied creative writing at Humber College and Memorial University but learned the most from bathroom graffiti in dive bars. She lives in Ottawa and can be found perpetually on her bullshit @KeersteeMack . You can check out her most recent short story, All Fucked Up On Shell Bras , on Maudlin House . Intro...

Join  Mallory Smart  as she discusses all things music & writing with some of the coolest people in the lit world. Listen to her and her guests go wild about their musical influences, fav genres, and how it all goes back into how they write. Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts (or anywhere you listen to podcasts) Support Textual Healing with Mallory Smart by contributing to their tip jar:...

Claire Hopple is the author of five books. Her fiction has appeared in Wigleaf, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Peach Mag, Forever Mag, and others. She grew up in the woods of Western PA and currently lives in Asheville, NC. More at clairehopple.com . Be sure to grab a copy of Echo Chamber: A Novella and Stories by Claire Hopple from Trident Press , and use the code: TRIDENTPRESS when checking out for a 10% disc...

Kyle Seibel is a writer in Santa Barbara CA. His work has been featured in Joyland Magazine, New World Writing, and Wigleaf. He is represented by Christopher Schelling of Selectric Artists and his debut collection of short fiction is currently looking for a publisher. Follow him on Twitter @kylerseibel . He's been getting a lot better lately. Intro beats by God’Aryan Support Textual Healing with M...

Kirsti MacKenzie has published in HAD, trampset, Identity Theory, and Rejection Letters. She studied creative writing at Humber College and Memorial University but learned the most from bathroom graffiti in dive bars. She lives in Ottawa and can be found perpetually on her bullshit @KeersteeMack . You can check out her most recent short story, All Fucked Up On Shell Bras , on Maudlin House . Intro...

AUG STONE is a writer, musician, & comedian. Author of the comedy novels  The Ballad Of Buttery Cake Ass  and  Off-License To Kill , as well as the memoir _ Nick Cave’s Bar , _his journalism has appeared in  The Quietus ,  The Comics Journal , Under The Radar, and many more sites and magazines. Aug was a founding member of  H Bird  and  The Soft Close-Ups , and has played in countless other ba...

AUG STONE is a writer, musician, & comedian. Author of the comedy novels  The Ballad Of Buttery Cake Ass  and  Off-License To Kill , as well as the memoir _ Nick Cave’s Bar , _his journalism has appeared in  The Quietus ,  The Comics Journal , Under The Radar, and many more sites and magazines. Aug was a founding member of  H Bird  and  The Soft Close-Ups , and has played in countless other ba...

Scott Laudati lives in Brooklyn with his bo-chi, Josie. He is the author of Play The Devil (novel) and Camp Winapooka (poems). His poetry and short stories have been published by Columbia University, X-R-A-Y, University of Chicago, Hobart, and many others. Visit him anywhere @ScottLaudati On a side note : his favorite Jack Kerouac book is On The Road … Intro beats by God'Aryan Support Textual Heal...

Mallory Smart is a Chicago-based writer and Editor-in-Chief of the indie press, Maudlin House . She talks about music and literature on the podcast, Textual Healing , and about horror movies on her podcast, That Horrorcast . Her novel, The Only Living Girl In Chicago , just came out from Trident Press in August 2021. Her hybrid short story collection, THE WRITER , came out on December 31st 2022, S...

Caleb Bethea  is an MFA at UofSC, studying fiction by night. By day, he works as a copywriter. But, the best of his time is spent with his wife and two goblins by the ocean. You can read his work in  HAD, Maudlin House, Autofocus, Twin Pies, Bending Genres, hex , and elsewhere. He tweets at  @caleb_bethea_ Check out his writing here: https://linktr.ee/caleb_bethea_ Opening beats by God'Aryan Suppo...

A former high school English teacher, Michael Paul Kozlowsky is the author of the upcoming literary novel SCARECROW HAS A GUN from Imbrifex Books . Writing as M.P. Kozlowsky, he is the author of the YA novel FROST, and three middle-grade books - JUNIPER BERRY , ROSE COFFIN , and THE DYERVILLE TALES . He lives in New York with his wife and two daughters. Represented by Stacey Kondla at The Rights F...

Michael Paul Kozlowsky is the author of the literary thriller SCARECROW HAS A GUN. Writing as M.P. Kozlowsky, his children's novels include JUNIPER BERRY, FROST, ROSE COFFIN, and THE DYERVILLE TALES. He lives in New York with his wife, two daughters, and beagle Huxley. He can be reached on Instagram and Twitter  @mpkozlowsky , or at his website   mpkozlowsky.com . intro beats by God’Aryan Support...