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Interview: John King of The Drunken Odyssey
The Drunken Odyssey came to me at the perfect time. I had just had a baby and had started to write again after realizing that my chances for Wordsworthian recollection in tranquility were slim to none....
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Interview (Podcast): Joshua McClain
To kick off Eunoia Solstice’s audio interviews I talked to my long-time friend, Josh McClain. He’s a musician, writer, and martial artist living in Oakland, CA. I wanted to do my first interview with...
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Interview: TJ Beitelman
Near the end of TJ Beitelman’s “Elegy in Seven Parts That Is Start-to-finish Love Story,” he gives the reader an image of ghostly sermons, one of which is “About how we hoist things up above our heads/...
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The Outrider Podcast: Episode 2: Gavin Pate
I know it hasn’t been a month yet. I’m early. I’ve got a few episodes in the can, and realized it wasn’t fair to make my guests wait months to have their episode released. So, with more conversations...
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The Outrider Podcast: Episode 3: Geoffrey Goodwin
In this episode I talk with Geoffrey Goodwin, freelance writer, bookseller, and sometimes educator about not being good at sports, fear of Raymond Carver, and how being a mercenary writer means you’re...
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Interview: Reed Randolph
The first place I saw Reed Randolph’s work was on Instagram. Actually, I don’t know if I saw his own work or pictures of his weird, old toys first, but I do remember this eventually leading to a...
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The Outrider Podcast: Episode 4: Delia Tramontina
Episode 4: Delia Tramontina: I talk to my old friend Delia about our different views on social work, her radio show/podcast, the ubiquitous Naropa University, the difficulty in becoming part of a...
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The Outrider Podcast Episode 5: Brian Farrey
In this episode I talk to editor and author Brian Farrey about, well, everything from horrible workshop experiences, genre busting, and how he became an editor at Flux Books, to the existence of...
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The Outrider Podcast: Episode 6: Emily St. John Mandel
This week I talk with writer Emily St. John Mandel about how she went from dancing to writing, the thankless and gallant work done by small presses and how much we both appreciate the small publisher...
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The Outrider Podcast: Episode 7: David Wayne Reed
In this episode I talk with playwright, essayist, columnist, actor, director, and former college roommate, David Wayne Reed. David was a columnist for the Liberty Press in Kansas City as well as KC...
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The Outrider Podcast: Episode 8: Colin Dickey
In this episode, I talk with Colin Dickey about writing quaintly transgressive fiction, the dilemma of the literary critic in the modern, make-nice world, his trip to the arctic, and giving up on...
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The Outrider Podcast: Episode 9: Peter Geye
This week I talk with Peter Geye about picking up head colds from kids, literary lineages, the lively literary scene in Minneapolis, and how much we liked each other’s first book. Peter is the author...
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The Outrider Podcast Episode 10: Darren DeFrain
In this episode I talk with author Darren DeFrain about being an army brat, the creative writing Phd, and Mormon hit squads. Darren is the author of the cult novel The Salt Palace, published by New...
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The Outrider Podcast Episode 11: Eric Barnes
In this episode, I talk with author and newspaper publisher Eric Barnes about the Pacific Northwest, serial killers, graduate school at the birthplace of the Beats (Columbia), and that strange...
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Interview: Adam Vines
When I think about “nature poets,” I often unfairly stereotype the idea into two camps: the contemporary Cassandras and their warmings and warnings or the Hallmark Thoreaus, full of simple awe and...
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FROM THE VAULT! (The tiny, tiny vault) Episode 8 Redux: Colin Dickey
While I’m still on hiatus, I thought I’d at least reissue a couple of the episodes I really liked, but for one reason or another didn’t get launched as well as I would have liked. This week is my...
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Episode 12: Shadowboxes: A Short Story by Laura Hawley
Today, we’re trying sometime a bit different. It’s story time! Host Jason Quinn Malott reads a short story called Shadowboxes, which was written by Laura Hawley. Laura earned her MFA in creative...
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The Outrider Podcast Episode 13: Timothy Schaffert
Today’s guest is the charming and talented Timothy Schaffert. I talk, in person this time, with Timothy about the path to becoming a writer when it begins in the barren flatness of midwestern plains...
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The Outrider Podcast: Episode 14: Theresa Romain
This week I talk to romance author Theresa Romain about how she handles the demanding business of series writing, what literary writers can learn from genre writers, and the coming demand for vampire...
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The Outrider Podcast: Episode 15 Ed Skoog
In this episode, I talk to poet Ed Skoog about the reason and necessity of poetry, the many mutations of Shakespeare, the desire to be a zookeeper, the usual grad school stuff, and how we experienced...
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