Textual Healing with Mallory Smart

Tobias Carroll is the author of three books: one novel, one story collection, and one work of nonfiction. His most recent book,  Political Sign , was published by  Bloomsbury  as part of the  Object Lessons series in 2020. Prior to that came a collection of short stories,  Transitory , and a novel,  Reel , on  Rare Bird Books . His second novel, Ex-Members, will be released by  Astrophil Press  on...

Scott Mitchel May is a guy doing things like writing and skating and going to therapy and working and submitting and also too he enjoys reading and cooking and classic cars (but in a vague way where he's never owned a classic car) and punk rock and hardcore hip-hop. He loves his wife. In this episode, we talk about musical genres and all the different elements that make them what they are, weird t...

In this episode, I got a chance to get to know first-time author, Amy Klinger. Amy just came out with the book, In Light Of Recent Events . It's a book about life, love, music, and work in the 1990s. In the 1990s American workplace, survival of the fittest is sometimes less about clawing your way to the top than developing good camouflage. And Audrey Rohmer is doing her very best to blend in as an...

In this episode, I got a chance to chat with one of my favorite writers: Wilson Koewing Wilson is a writer from South Carolina. His work is featured in publications like  X-R-A-Y ,  New World Writing,   Maudlin House ,  No Contact ,  Wigleaf , and Hobart .   His memoir "Bridges" is forthcoming from Bull City Press .   Listen to hear us talk about his crazy writing process, Foo Fighters, what music...

In this episode we talk about Lee Matthew Goldberg’s new book, Vanish Me ,  90’s grunge music, Heathers , Pete Davidson, SNL, public transit, his next projects, and what it's like to have your book optioned.  Fun fact : this was recorded before the Russian/Ukraine War. Ignore our prediction that the extreme negative world events in our lifetime are slowly coming to an end and won't pop back up unt...

In this episode, I got a chance to catch up with Sean McCallum. Sean lives outside of Toronto, Canada, with his wife and two children. He just came out with his debut novel, The Recalcitrant Stuff of Life. It's published by Outcast Press and is available to buy on Amazon . To find out more about Sean, check out his website: https://www.seanmccallum.com/ . He is also on Twitter @Sean42McCallum. We...

Mike Keren is a clinical psychologist with advanced training in psychoanalysis and family therapy. He currently maintains a private practice with adults and couples in central New Jersey, although in the past he has worked in a variety of community and correctional facilities. Although he has a general practice he has a particular interest in working with caregivers as well as helping families tal...

Bobby Miller is a writer + filmmaker known for making genre-bending comedies. His short film TUB and feature debut THE CLEANSE add horror and fantasy to the mix. The films’ world premiered at Sundance and SXSW and have screened at film festivals worldwide. THE CLEANSE was released in theaters by Sony Pictures in 2018 and made RottenTomatoes Top 10 Best-reviewed horror films of 2018 list. It also e...

Christina Rosso-Schneider lives and writes outside of Philadelphia with her rescue pup, Atticus Finch, and bearded husband, Alex, where they run an independent bookstore and event space called  A Novel Idea on Passyunk . In 2016, she received an MFA in Creative Writing and MA in English from Arcadia University in 2016. She is the author of CREOLE CONJURE (Maudlin House) and SHE IS A BEAST (APEP Pu...

In this episode, I got a chance to speak with KKUURTT. KKUURRTT is a fiction/comedy writer who has once been described (by someone he dislikes) as having panache. His debut novel Good at Drugs is out now on Back Patio Press. It, like most(?) of his writing, delves into music subculture, which is what made him a perfect (in his opinion) podcast guest for Textual Healing. We kind of get into everyth...

In this episode, I got a chance to speak with Duncan Birmingham.  Duncan Birmingham is a writer living in Los Angeles. He has worked on Maron on IFC. He also wrote and was co-executive producer for Blunt Talk. In 2021, he released a short story collection, The Cult in My Garage from Maudlin House.  We talk about his latest projects, LA, jam bands, the music he’d put on a playlist for The Cult In M...

In this episode, I got a chance to speak with Jessie Lynn McMains.  Jessie is a cross-genre writer, punk poet, small press publisher, and spoken word performer. Their latest work includes Self-Portrait With Ghost And Trains from Hello America Stereo Cassette and Wisconsin Death Trip from Bone and Ink Press.  We talk about books, riot grrl music, the new Matrix movie, what the difference is between...

Emilly Giselle Prado is a writer, DJ, and educator living in Portland, Oregon with roots in the San Francisco Bay Area and Michoacán, Mexico. As an award-winning multimedia journalist, Emilly spent half a decade independently reporting on a wide range of topics, most often centered on amplifying the voices and experiences of people from historically marginalized communities. Her writing and photog...

Originally I wanted to name this episode Strongbox but realized that few people would get the reference. Luckily, Spencer did as I explained getting almost shut out of my building by a neighbor as I was rushing inside to make it in time to do the interview because I gambled that I grab coffee and be back within 10 minutes (I made it). After we laughed about that for a while we got into some pretty...

In this wildly fun episode, I interview Jeff Schnieder. Jeff is a writer, founder of Pig Roast Publishing, and the former guitarist and songwriter of the noise-rock bands Arab On Radar and Made in Mexico. We get pretty into 90’s music and talking about the major genres of the time, different generations, weird stories about his old band Arab On Radar,  and how he went from a badass musician to a b...

This is a pretty chill episode. Blake Wallin comes on and about his latest book, Papal Glow, amongst other things. We get into religion, politics, music, and how anxiety-inducing it is to be a millennial. But of course, we do our best to stick to music and what the book is about. Papal Glow is the time between centuries, that little dust mote trailing in the sun's glare between folds of the partit...

In this episode, I interview Nicole Morning. We talk about Tinder, punk music, what's behind her writing, and how weird it is to be an adult. She is the author of Selftitled * from Trident Press and _ * Soft Animal _ from Hello America Stereo Cassette. The stories and poems in Selftitled —as honest and charmingly chaotic as a deathbed confession—explore an America of tinder dates, mysterious scars...

On today’s podcast, I’ll be interviewing Steve Gergely.  Steve Gergley is a writer and runner from Warwick, New York. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Atticus Review, Cleaver Magazine, Hobart, Pithead Chapel, Maudlin House, and others. In addition to writing fiction, he has composed and recorded five albums of original music. In this episode, we talk about 90s music, writing, Tommy Bo...

In this episode, I'll be interviewing Joseph Fasano. Fasano is the author of the novel  The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing  (Platypus Press, 2020), which was named one of the "20 Best Small Press Books of 2020." His books of poetry are  The Crossing (Cider Press Review, 2018), praised by Ilya Kaminsky for its "lush drive to live, even in the darkest moments";  Vincent  (2015), which Rain Taxi Revi...

Check out Bart's books from Trident Press Take a look at his website for more information: https://bartschaneman.com/

In this week's episode, I interviewed literary icon, Aaron Burch.  Aaron Burch is the author of the memoir/literary analysis Stephen King’s The Body ; the short story collection, Backswing ; and the novella, How to Predict the Weather. He is the Founding Editor of HOBART . He is working on a novel, a maybe-chapbook of short-short prose, and collection of essays, THIS WAS ALL BEFORE THE INTERNET, a...

BRIAN ALAN ELLIS runs  House of Vlad Press and is the author of several books, including Sad Laughter (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2018). His writing has appeared at Juked, Hobart, Monkeybicycle, Heavy Feather Review, Electric Literature, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Fanzine, and HTMLGIANT. He lives in Florida. In this episode we explore all the different music mediums that you used to listen to and how we used...

In this episode, I'll be interviewing C E Hoffman. C E Hoffman was born, gave birth, and tried to die in Edmonton, AB (not necessarily in that order.) They wrote their first novel at 11 yrs old, and have continued ever since. From 2010 onward, they have been published widely in print and online. They love life and hate bios. On the show, I take us into wild tangents like horror movies, life in the...

On today’s podcast, I’ll be interviewing Adam Gnade about basically everything but focusing mostly on his record label,  Hello America Stereo Cassette, where he releases audio recordings of writers' work. Adam is both a writer and musician whose work is released as a series of books and records that share characters and themes; the fiction writing continuing plot-lines left open by the self-descri...

In this episode, I get a chance to chat with Lee Matthew Goldberg about a wide array of things, but mostly 90's music and culture since that's at the heart of his newest book, Runaway Train . Lee Matthew Goldberg is also the author of the novels  THE ANCESTOR ,   SLOW DOWN,   THE MENTOR  from St. Martin’s Press, and  THE DESIRE CARD .   He has been published in multiple languages and nominated for...