Writing The Rapids

Joe is joined by Michael Tichy to talk weird westerns, american expansion, masculinity, and more. Contact for Michael Tichy Bluesky Instagram Behind Every Tree, Beneath Every Rock The Winnowing Draw Contact for Joe bielecki Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Joe is rejoined by Charlene Elsby and they talk about people who aren't bothered by criticism, how language in the workplace changes your brain, names starting with the letter D, and more. Contact for Charlene Elsby Linktree Twitter Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Meghan Lamb rejoins Joe to talk about her new book Mirror Translation, traveling, culture shock, the enslaving potential of politeness, and more! Contact for Meghan Lamb Website Instagram Mirror Translation Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Joe is joined by Sara Century to talk relationship problems, Scream, horror, and so much more. Contact for Sara Century Scream Zine A Small Light & Other Stories Website Bsky Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Joe is joined by Thomas Moore to talk about fantasy vs reality, editing as part of the creative process, dark humor, and more. Contact for Thomas Moore Instagram Linktree Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Joe is rejoined by Sam Richard to talk about his new short story collection The Still Beating Heart of a Dead God, ordering short story collections, iterating on ideas, Dark Internet, and more. Contact for Sam Richard Twitter Bluesky Weirdpunk Books   Contact for Joe bielecki Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Joe is rejoined by Charlene Elsby and they talk about she feels about her writing over time, absurdity and dark comedy, challenging writing, and more. Contact for Charlene Elsby Linktree Twitter Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Joe is rejoined by Olivia Cronk to talk about her new book Gwenda, Rodney, hybrid works, ekphrasis, erratic spacing, and so so much more. Contact for Oliva Cronk Gwenda, Rodney Website Twitter   Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Joe is joined by Anna Poletti to talk about her new book hello, world?, kink, Hungary, power structures, and so much more. Contact for Anna Poletti hello, world? Instagram Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Robert Kloss rejoins Joe to talk his new book The Genocide House, America, smooshing ideas together, and more. Contact for Robert Kloss Books Website Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Joe is joined by Laura Paul to talk about her new book Film Elegy, mentoring under Amy Halpern, playing with text and images, and more! “Amy was a unique individual. Immensely talented, funny, and hard-working, she was probably the most outgoing and helpful student of our generation. Gone, but not forgotten. Amy was and is utterly unforgettable.” -Alex Cox, director of Repo Man Contact for Laura P...

Joe is rejoined by Sam Richard to talk about Weirdpunk Books' anthology of sword and sorcery Profane Altars, as well as the companion zine Profane Sorcery. They also talk about the link between fantasy and horror, the practice of editing anthologies, and more! Contact for Sam Richard Twitter Bluesky Weirdpunk Books   Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Web...

Joe is rejoined by Rick Claypool to talk about his new book Skull Slime Tentacle Witch War, the difference between fungi and slime molds, absurd books, and so much more. Contact for Rick Claypool Website Twitter Skull Slime Tentacle Witch War Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Joe is joined by Derek Fisher to talk about his book Night Life, his forthcoming collection Container, exerting one's will onto art, cityscapes, and so much more. Contact for Derek Fisher Website Twitter Instagram Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Joe is rejoined by Persephone Erin Hudson to talk about the first two acts of Aprostate Crater, tender transgression, serialized fiction, comic books, and so much more. Contact for Persephone Erin Hudson Twitter Itchio Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Joe is joined by Christopher Zeischegg to talk about Creation, friendship, when transgression becomes stale, and so much more. Contact for Christopher Zeischegg Website Instagram Twitter Creation Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

David rejoins Joe to talk about David's new book The Berlin Wall, listless Nationalism, Lars Von Trier, writing about Europe, and more. Contact for David Leo Rice Website Twitter The Berlin Wall Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Joe is joined by Thomas to talk about technology, editing long novels, noir, and so much more. Contact for Thomas Kendall Instagram Twitter The Autodidacts How I Killed the Universal Man Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Joe is rejoined by Kat to talk about confessional poetry, editing poetry, if reading poetry is perverse or not, and more! Contact for Kat Twitter Website Instagram Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter and Instagram: @noisemakerjoe Website Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Joe is joined by O F Cieri to talk about their collective dislike for Joseph Campbell, their collective love of western esotericism, some gripes with indie publishing, and so much more! Contact for O F Cieri Instagram Twitter Website Backmask Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Joe is rejoined by Graham Irvin and they talk about guns, guns, guns, and more! Contact for Graham Irvin Neutral Spaces Twitter Instagram I Have A Gun Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by Arielle Tipa

In this bonus episode, Laura Paul takes the host chair to interview Alissa Hattman about her book Sift. Available here. Laura Paul is a writer and artist who has been published in The Brooklyn Rail, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Comics Journal, minor literature[s], Tarpaulin Sky Magazine, and other outlets. She holds an M.A. in Media Studies from UCLA and a B.A. in Comparative History of Ideas...

Joe is joined by Mila Jaroniec to talk about her book Plastic Vodka Bottle Sleepover, teaching and editing, autofiction, alt-lit, tarot and so much more. Contact for Mila Jaroniec Instagram Website Black Lipstick Class   Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Joe is rejoined by Charlene Elsby and they talk about ethics, the ineffable draw of philosophy, solid logic based on weird axioms, and so much more!  Contact for Charlene Elsby Linktree Twitter Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa

Joe is joined by Sam Richard to talk about grief as fear, JG Ballard, genre conventions and restrictions, and much, much more! Contact for Sam Richard Twitter Bluesky Weirdpunk Books   Contact for Joe bielecki Twitter, Instagram, and Bluesky: @noisemakerjoe Website One time donation Patreon Tired Art photo by  Arielle Tipa