We are back from our hiatus! Well actually Kevin is still out there lost in NYC. If anyone sees him, please kindly direct him back to West Virginia. This week, we are joined by poet and scholar, Marty Cain. Marty is the author of Kids of the Black Hole, The Wound is (Not) Real, and The Prelude. We chat about reality television, his critical work regarding the beloved Frank Stanford, as well him stealing the title of his latest book from William Wordsworth.

Buy Marty's Books!

https://www.tremblingpillowpress.com/kids-of-the-black-hole/

https://www.tremblingpillowpress.com/the-wound-is-not-real-a-memoir/

https://actionbooks.org/marty-cain-prelude/

Read Marty's essay on Frank Stanford!

https://jacket2.org/article/it-wasnt-dream-it-was-flood

Checkout Garden-Door Press, which Marty runs with his spouse, Kina Viola-Cain!

http://www.garden-doorpress.com

The opening to this episode is a recording of Frank Stanford reading his poem "Linger" and is taken from his film, It Wasn't a Dream: It Was a Flood.

Music for this episode: "Kids of the Black Hole" by The Adolescents

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We are joined by two special guest: Ashleigh Bryant Phillips (@woodlandraised), the author of Sleepovers, and Scott McClanahan, the author The Sarah Book, Crapalachia, and more. We talk about rural writing, stereotypes, A&E's hit series I Survived, but mostly The Byrds. Be sure to support them by buying their books.

Link to Sleepovers: https://bookshop.org/p/books/sleepovers-stories-ashleigh-bryant-phillips/13002637?ean=9781938235665

Link to Ashleigh's website: https://ashleighbryantphillips.com/

Link to Scott's website: http://hollerpresents.com/scott.html

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