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Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Mallory Smart is a Chicago-based writer and Editor-in-Chief of Maudlin House. She is the host of the... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing John Patrick Higgins is a writer of long and short stories, screenplays and plays.... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Brianna is a writer based in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to being a... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing John Patrick Higgins is a writer of long and short stories, screenplays and plays.... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Mallory Smart is a Chicago-based writer and Editor-in-Chief of Maudlin House. She is the... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Ari Gold is a film director, poet, musician, & founder/president of Grack Films. His movies... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Emmy-award winner Ben Tanzer's acclaimed work includes the short story collection UPSTATE, the science... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Beatriz Seelaender is a Brazilian writer from São Paulo, Brazil. Traces of her writing... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Patrick Barb is an author of weird, dark, and horrifying tales, currently living (and... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Joshua Bohnsack‘s work has appeared in The Rumpus, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Salt Hill, AGNI,... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Brian Allen Carr is an American writer. He is the author of the short... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Brianna Malotke is a writer based in the PNW. In addition to being a... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Kyler Bingham Is a writer, educator, and proud dog dad. He lives in Salt... more
Scott Mitchel May is a writer living in Madison, WI. His short fiction has been published in many literary journals... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Patrick Barb is an author of weird, dark, and horrifying tales, currently living (and... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Wilson Koewing is a writer from South Carolina. His debut story collection "Jaded" is... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Sarah Edmonds is a queer author and filmmaker from southeastern Pennsylvania who currently serves... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Patrick Barb is an author of weird, dark, and spooky stories, hailing from the... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Austin Ross is the author of the forthcoming novel Gloria Patri, out August 22... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Sarah Edmonds is a queer author and filmmaker from southeastern Pennsylvania who currently serves... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Caleb Bethea is a writer from the Southeast. He's an MFA at the University... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Nick Gregorio is a husband, writer, teacher, dog-dad, punk, nerd, teeth-grinder, and mall-walker living and... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Dennis James Sweeney is the author of You’re the Woods Too (Essay Press, 2023) and In the... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Jessamyn Violet has worn countless different hats and hairstyles. She is or has been,... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Scout Tafoya is a prolific director, author, and critic from Doylestown, PA. He's directed... more
Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing Scout Tafoya is a prolific director, author, and critic from Doylestown, PA. He's directed... more
Drew Buxton is a writer and social worker from Texas. His short story collection So Much Heart is available for... more
Drew Buxton is a writer and social worker from Texas. His short story collection So Much Heart is available for preorder now... more
Dennis James Sweeney is the author of You're the Woods Too, In the Antarctic Circle, and chapbooks including Ghost/Home: A... more
Dmitry Samarov was born in Moscow, USSR in 1970. He immigrated to the US with his family in 1978. He... more
Josh Dale is a cat-loving, native Pennsylvanian. He hopes you listen to this podcast outdoors and away from society. www.joshdale.co Check... more
Jessamyn Violet is a writer and drummer living in Venice Beach, CA. Originally from Massachusetts, she graduated with a BFA... more
Austin Ross is the author of the forthcoming novel Gloria Patri, out August 22 from Malarkey Books. His work has... more
Matthew Binder is the author of the novels Pure Cosmos Club, The Absolved, and High in the Streets. He's also... more
Scott Mitchel May is a writer living in Madison, WI. His short fiction has been published in many literary journals... more
Matthew Binder is the author of the novels Pure Cosmos Club, The Absolved, and High in the Streets. He's also... more
Caleb Bethea is a writer from the Southeast. He earned his MFA at the University of South Carolina and works... more
Sean McCallum lives outside of Toronto, Canada, with his wife and two children. The Recalcitrant Stuff of Life is his... more
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.... more
Nick Gregorio is a husband, writer, teacher, dog-dad, punk, nerd, teeth-grinder, and mall-walker living and writing just outside of Philadelphia.... more
Christina Quay is a florist, artist, and mother when she isn't writing books with her partner Chase. She graduated from... more
Kirsti MacKenzie has published in HAD, trampset, Identity Theory, and Rejection Letters. She studied creative writing at Humber College and... more
Join Mallory Smart as she discusses all things music & writing with some of the coolest people in the lit world. Listen... more
Claire Hopple is the author of five books. Her fiction has appeared in Wigleaf, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Peach Mag, Forever... more
Kyle Seibel is a writer in Santa Barbara CA. His work has been featured in Joyland Magazine, New World Writing,... more
Kirsti MacKenzie has published in HAD, trampset, Identity Theory, and Rejection Letters. She studied creative writing at Humber College and... more
AUG STONE is a writer, musician, & comedian. Author of the comedy novels The Ballad Of Buttery Cake Ass and Off-License To Kill, as... more
AUG STONE is a writer, musician, & comedian. Author of the comedy novels The Ballad Of Buttery Cake Ass and Off-License To Kill, as... more
Scott Laudati lives in Brooklyn with his bo-chi, Josie. He is the author of Play The Devil (novel) and Camp... more
Mallory Smart is a Chicago-based writer and Editor-in-Chief of the indie press, Maudlin House. She talks about music and literature... more
Caleb Bethea is an MFA at UofSC, studying fiction by night. By day, he works as a copywriter. But, the best... more
A former high school English teacher, Michael Paul Kozlowsky is the author of the upcoming literary novel SCARECROW HAS A... more
Michael Paul Kozlowsky is the author of the literary thriller SCARECROW HAS A GUN. Writing as M.P. Kozlowsky, his children's... more
Caleb Bethea is a writer from the Southeast. He's an MFA at the University of South Carolina and works as... more
Dmitry Samarov was born in Moscow, USSR in 1970. He immigrated to the US with his family in 1978. He... more
Bobby Miller is a writer and filmmaker from New Jersey who lives in Los Angeles. His fiction has appeared in... more
Amy Long is the author of Codependence (2019), selected by Brian Blanchfield as the winner of CSU Poetry Center’s Essay... more
J.D. O’Brien is the author of Zig Zag from_ _Schaffner Press. It comes out in January. Description: Capri Dall has a foolproof plan... more
J.D. O’Brien was educated by nuns and holds a degree from the Jack Dempsey Bartending School in New York City.... more
Joseph Fasano is an American poet, novelist, and songwriter. His novels include The Swallows of Lunetto (Maudlin House, 2022) and The Dark Heart... more
Lee Matthew Goldberg is the author of the novels THE ANCESTOR, SLOW DOWN, THE MENTORfrom St. Martin’s Press, THE DESIRE CARD, ORANGE CITY, and the Young... more
This is a special edition episode where I am joined by C.E. Hoffman to talk about Taylor Swift's new album,... more
Mason Parker is an Okie-born, Montana-based writer. He holds an MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana. His... more
Hillary Leftwich is the founder and owner of ☿ Alchemy Author Services & Writing Workshop and Community Coven, a community-based... more
Ravi Mangla is the author of The Observant (Spuyten Duyvil) and Understudies (Outpost19). His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Nation, Jacobin, The Kenyon Review, Cincinnati Review, Mid-American Review, Salon, The... more
Ravi Mangla is the author of The Observant (Spuyten Duyvil) and Understudies (Outpost19). His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Nation, Jacobin, The Kenyon Review, Cincinnati Review, Mid-American Review, Salon, The... more
Jack Moody is a novelist and short story writer from wherever he happens to be at the time. He is... more
Jack Moody is a novelist and short story writer from wherever he happens to be at the time. He is... more
Hillary Leftwich is the author of Ghosts Are Just Strangers Who Know How to Knock (CCM Press/The Accomplices 2019). Her hybrid poetry... more
C E Hoffman (they/them) was born, gave birth, and tried to die in Edmonton, AB (not necessarily in that order.)... more
Kevin Sampsell is an American writer living in Portland, Oregon. He has worked at Powell's Book Store since 1998 as... more
Scott Mitchel May is a writer living with his wife and son in Madison, Wisconsin. His work has appeared in... more
In this episode, we do our best to just talk about Austin’s new book and how music plays into it!... more
"Off The Record" is a new micro-segment of Textual Healing. Authors on the show get to pair some of their... more
Francis Daulerio is a poet and teacher from Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from Arcadia... more
Nada Alic is a writer in Los Angeles. Her debut story collection BAD THOUGHTS is out July 12, 2022 (Vintage).... more
Bud Smith works heavy construction and lives in Jersey City, NJ. He is the author of Teenager (Vintage, 2022), Double Bird (Maudlin House, 2018), Dust... more
Graham Irvin is a writer who lives in Philadelphia. He was born in North Carolina. He is the author of Liver Mush,... more
Tobias Carroll is the author of three books: one novel, one story collection, and one work of nonfiction. His most recent... more
Scott Mitchel May is a guy doing things like writing and skating and going to therapy and working and submitting... more
In this episode, I got a chance to get to know first-time author, Amy Klinger. Amy just came out with... more
In this episode, I got a chance to chat with one of my favorite writers: Wilson Koewing Wilson is a... more
In this episode we talk about Lee Matthew Goldberg’s new book, Vanish Me, 90’s grunge music, Heathers, Pete Davidson, SNL,... more
In this episode, I got a chance to catch up with Sean McCallum. Sean lives outside of Toronto, Canada,... more
Mike Keren is a clinical psychologist with advanced training in psychoanalysis and family therapy. He currently maintains a private practice... more
Bobby Miller is a writer + filmmaker known for making genre-bending comedies. His short film TUB and feature debut THE... more
Christina Rosso-Schneider lives and writes outside of Philadelphia with her rescue pup, Atticus Finch, and bearded husband, Alex, where they... more
In this episode, I got a chance to speak with KKUURTT. KKUURRTT is a fiction/comedy writer who has once been described... more
In this episode, I got a chance to speak with Duncan Birmingham. Duncan Birmingham is a writer living in Los Angeles.... more
In this episode, I got a chance to speak with Jessie Lynn McMains. Jessie is a cross-genre writer, punk poet, small... more
Emilly Giselle Prado is a writer, DJ, and educator living in Portland, Oregon with roots in the San Francisco Bay... more
Originally I wanted to name this episode Strongbox but realized that few people would get the reference. Luckily, Spencer did... more
In this wildly fun episode, I interview Jeff Schnieder. Jeff is a writer, founder of Pig Roast Publishing, and the... more
This is a pretty chill episode. Blake Wallin comes on and about his latest book, Papal Glow, amongst other things. We... more
In this episode, I interview Nicole Morning. We talk about Tinder, punk music, what's behind her writing, and how weird... more
On today’s podcast, I’ll be interviewing Steve Gergely. Steve Gergley is a writer and runner from Warwick, New York. His fiction... more
In this episode, I'll be interviewing Joseph Fasano. Fasano is the author of the novel The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing (Platypus... more
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... more
BRIAN ALAN ELLIS runs House of Vlad Press and is the author of several books, including Sad Laughter (Civil Coping Mechanisms,... more
In this episode, I'll be interviewing C E Hoffman. C E Hoffman was born, gave birth, and tried to die... more
On today’s podcast, I’ll be interviewing Adam Gnade about basically everything but focusing mostly on his record label, Hello America... more
In this episode, I get a chance to chat with Lee Matthew Goldberg about a wide array of things, but... more
In this episode, I interview Gauraa Shekhar. Gauraa Shekhar is a Founding Editor of No Contact, the Interviews Editor at... more
In this episode, I interview Andrew Wilt from 11:11 Press. He is not just a publisher. Andrew has also been... more
In a very strange and wild episode of Textual Healing, I got a chance to interview Leza Cantoral who is... more
This week on Textual Healing, we go off the record with Dmitry Samorov where he tells it as it is... more
In this episode of Textual Healing, Dmitry Samarov talks about what it's like to be Gen X in a Gen... more
In this episode, Mallory Smart and Andy Tran get into all of the weird small talk with Taylor Johnson. We... more
Kevin Bigley joins us to talk about his intense love of music, his new book Comaville, and his character Luke... more
In this lit episode, I am joined by Zac Smith and Giacomo Pope where we talk about nothing and everything.... more
In this episode, we talk to Noah Cicero about his latest book: Las Vegas Bootlegger: Empire of Self-Importance from Trident... more
In today's episode, we have an hour-long conversation full of zany non-sequiturs with Chase Griffin. My co-host, Andy Tran, joins... more
In today's episode, Mallory and Andy hit up D.T. Robbins. They talk about folk music, punk rock, Phoebe Bridgers, Bright... more
In this episode, Mallory and Andy get a chance to interview Claire Hopple about her love of dreamy indie music... more
Giacomo Pope is the author of Chainsaw Poems & Other Poems and the founder of Neutral Spaces. Much like his writing,... more
Joshua Bohnsack is the author of Shift Drink (Spork Press, forthcoming 2020) and Burnt Sienna: Cocktails & Stories (Throwback Books,... more
We get a chance to chat with Kat Giordano. Kat wrote The Poet Confronts Bukowski's Ghost, which is a book... more
Today I get to interview Nathaniel Kennon Perkinsfrom Trident Press. We talk about garages, punk rock, DIY ethic, and the... more
Hosts Mallory Smart and Andy Tran finally take the time to introduce themselves to the Textual Healing listeners by discussing... more
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In this lit episode, I am joined by Zac Smith and Giacomo Pope where we talk about nothing and everything. Music genres,... more