• Off The Record With Rick Claypool: They Will Stare Unbelieving
    Sep 28 2024

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    Rick Claypool (he/him) is the author of SKULL SLIME TENTACLE WITCH WAR (Anxiety Press, 2024), TENTACLE HEAD (Bear Creek Press, 2022), THE MOLD FARMER (Six Gallery Press, 2020), LEECH GIRL LIVES (Spaceboy Books, 2017), and short stories that appear here and there online, including Maudlin House, HAD, and Back Patio Press. He grew up in the industrial outskirts of Pittsburgh, Pa., and lives in Rhode Island.


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    7 mins
  • C.J. Spataro: Writing The Same Story Over And Over Again But With Different Clothes On
    Sep 22 2024

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    C.J. Spataro is an award-winning short fiction writer whose work has appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies including Taboos & Transgressions, Iron Horse Literary Review, december, Sequestrum, and Exacting Clam. She directs the MFA in Creative Writing and the MA in Publishing programs at Rosemont College and was a founding partner of Philadelphia Stories. Her debut novel, MORE STRANGE THAN TRUE (Sagging Meniscus Press) was recently named to Reactor’s Can’t Miss Indie Speculative Books for Spring.

    Twitter: @cjspataro


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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • S3E29 - Off The Record With C.J. Spataro: Heavy Weather
    Sep 7 2024

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    C.J. Spataro is an award-winning short fiction writer whose work has appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies including Taboos & Transgressions, Iron Horse Literary Review, december, Sequestrum, and Exacting Clam. She directs the MFA in Creative Writing and the MA in Publishing programs at Rosemont College and was a founding partner of Philadelphia Stories. Her debut novel, MORE STRANGE THAN TRUE (Sagging Meniscus Press) was recently named to Reactor’s Can’t Miss Indie Speculative Books for Spring.

    Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/

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    11 mins
  • S3E28 - Cash Compson: The Goal Is To Not Kinda Suck
    Aug 31 2024

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    Cash Compson’s first book, PEOPLE SCARE ME, was published in February 2024 by House of Vlad Press. He lives in New England with his wife and their dog, and he’s currently at work on new writing.

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • S3E27 - Off The Record With Cash Compson: Keep On Flowing
    Aug 24 2024

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    Cash Compson’s first book, PEOPLE SCARE ME, was published in February 2024 by House of Vlad Press. He lives in New England with his wife and their dog, and he’s currently at work on new writing.

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  • S3E26 - Anoushka Warden: You’ll Just Have To Imagine What It Was
    Aug 17 2024

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    Anoushka Warden is a writer for stage and screen and has recently had her first novel published. Her first play, My Mum’s A Twt, was staged at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre. Her second play My Dad’s a Cnt won the Platform Presents Playwright’s Prize . Her debut novel, I'm F*cking Amazing was released in the US with Doubleday Books and is available now online and in book stores. She is currently developing a film and TV scripts with BFI/Erebus Pictures/Fifth Season/The Bond Group. Anoushka is currently an Associate Artist at Pentabus Theatre.

    Anoushka is on instagram @made_by_noush and on Twitter @AnoushkaWarden

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  • S3E25 - Off The Record with Anoushka Warden: Everyone's Vibe
    Aug 10 2024

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    Anoushka Warden is a writer of theatre, TV, Film and now novels. Her debut novel, I'm F*cking Amazing was released in the US with Doubleday Books and is available now online and in book stores.

    Anoushka is on instagram @made_by_noush

    Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/

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  • S3E24 - Mariah Stovall: Most People Have Something A Little “Off” About Them
    Aug 3 2024

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    Mariah Stovall has written fiction for the anthology Black Punk Now, and for Ninth Letter, Vol 1. Brooklyn, Hobart, the Minola Review, and Joyland; and nonfiction for The Los Angeles Review of Books, Full Stop, Hanif Abdurraqib’s 68to05, The Paris Review, Poets & Writers, and LitHub. I Love You So Much It’s Killing Us Both is her first novel and 24 Hour Revenge Therapy is her favorite Jawbreaker album. She lives in Newark, New Jersey.

    Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website:https://textualpodcast.com/

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    1 hr and 22 mins