Textual Healing with Mallory Smart
128 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDive into this lit podcast hosted by Mallory Smart, where authors explore the synergy between music and their writing. Brace yourself for offbeat interviews where writers discuss their individual styles, get lost in unpredictable anecdotes, and how music transforms their creative process. New episodes airing every Saturday.
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S1E27 - Tinder is the Touch: an interview with Nicole Morning
August 07, 2021 15:20 - 37.2 MBIn this episode, I interview Nicole Morning. We talk about Tinder, punk music, what's behind her writing, and how weird it is to be an adult. She is the author of Selftitled* from Trident Press and _*Soft Animal_ from Hello America Stereo Cassette. The stories and poems in Selftitled—as honest and charmingly chaotic as a deathbed confession—explore an America of tinder dates, mysterious scars, unflattering selfies, motherhood, and drugs. Things can be hard here, but self-pity will only di...
S1E26 - Infinite Playlists: an interview with Steve Gergley
July 24, 2021 03:06 - 47 minutes - 65.8 MBOn today’s podcast, I’ll be interviewing Steve Gergely. Steve Gergley is a writer and runner from Warwick, New York. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Atticus Review, Cleaver Magazine, Hobart, Pithead Chapel, Maudlin House, and others. In addition to writing fiction, he has composed and recorded five albums of original music. In this episode, we talk about 90s music, writing, Tommy Boy, Gilmore Girls, and sorts of weird things.
S1E25 - The Beauty of Language and Sound: an Interview with Joseph Fasano
July 10, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 100 MBIn this episode, I'll be interviewing Joseph Fasano. Fasano is the author of the novel The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing (Platypus Press, 2020), which was named one of the "20 Best Small Press Books of 2020." His books of poetry are The Crossing(Cider Press Review, 2018), praised by Ilya Kaminsky for its "lush drive to live, even in the darkest moments"; Vincent (2015), which Rain Taxi Review hailed as a "major literary achievement"; Inheritance (2014), a James Laughlin Award nominee; and ...
S1E24 - The Noise Behind The Book: An interview with Bart Schaneman
June 26, 2021 07:17 - 1 hour - 87.4 MBCheck out Bart's books from Trident Press Take a look at his website for more information: https://bartschaneman.com/
S1E23 - Before The Internet: have, has, HAD an interview with Aaron Burch
June 12, 2021 06:30 - 1 hour - 85.7 MBIn 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 story collection, Backswing; and the novella, How to Predict the Weather. He is the Founding Editor of HOBART. He is working on a novel, a maybe-chapbook of short-short prose, and collection of essays, THIS WAS ALL BEFORE THE INTERNET, about growing up and music and religion, essays from which, about Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, and Al...
S1E22 - Dressed To Kill: learning Brialism with Brian Alan Ellis
May 29, 2021 07:30 - 1 hour - 78.7 MBBRIAN ALAN ELLIS runs House of Vlad Press and is the author of several books, including Sad Laughter (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2018). His writing has appeared at Juked, Hobart, Monkeybicycle, Heavy Feather Review, Electric Literature, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Fanzine, and HTMLGIANT. He lives in Florida. In this episode we explore all the different music mediums that you used to listen to and how we used to burn CDs and make mixtapes, obviously, we discuss KISS because he’s the man behind that quest...
S1E21 - Chainsaws vs Aliens: everything cosmic and strange with C E Hoffman
May 15, 2021 07:30 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBIn this episode, I'll be interviewing C E Hoffman. C E Hoffman was born, gave birth, and tried to die in Edmonton, AB (not necessarily in that order.) They wrote their first novel at 11 yrs old, and have continued ever since. From 2010 onward, they have been published widely in print and online. They love life and hate bios. On the show, I take us into wild tangents like horror movies, life in the US vs Canada, internet personas, philosophy, and literary muses. Their novel, Sluts and Whor...
S1E20 - G’naughty by Nature: getting to the point with Adam Gnade
May 08, 2021 07:41 - 1 hour - 102 MBOn today’s podcast, I’ll be interviewing Adam Gnade about basically everything but focusing mostly on his record label, Hello America Stereo Cassette, where he releases audio recordings of writers' work. Adam is both a writer and musician whose work is released as a series of books and records that share characters and themes; the fiction writing continuing plot-lines left open by the self-described "talking songs" in an attempt to compile a vast, detailed, interconnected, personal history...
Runaway Train Trailer
May 01, 2021 14:00 - 1 minute - 3.23 MBRunaway Train__ is the latest novel by Lee Matthew Goldberg. It came out on April 29th from Wise Wold Books. "Runaway Train is a high-energy testimonial to the redemptive power of a road trip with an awesome soundtrack. Lee Matthew Goldberg balances the urgency of youth with a whiff of anticipatory nostalgia for the music and misadventures of late adolescence. Attuned to way distinctions between music genres and teen idols can feel like impermeable walls worth defending, and then crumble a...
S1E19 - Come As You Are: an interview about literal things with Lee Matthew Goldberg
May 01, 2021 13:04 - 2 hours - 116 MBIn this episode, I get a chance to chat with Lee Matthew Goldberg about a wide array of things, but mostly 90's music and culture since that's at the heart of his newest book, Runaway Train. Lee Matthew Goldberg is also the author of the novels THE ANCESTOR, SLOW DOWN, THE MENTOR from St. Martin’s Press, and THE DESIRE CARD. He has been published in multiple languages and nominated for the 2018 Prix du Polar. His Sci-fi novel ORANGE CITY will be published in 2021 along with RUNAWAY TRAIN...
S1E18 - Sad FM: an interview with Gauraa Shekhar
April 24, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBIn this episode, I interview Gauraa Shekhar. Gauraa Shekhar is a Founding Editor of No Contact, the Interviews Editor at Maudlin House, and an Assistant Editor at X-R-A-Y. Her debut short story “Other Significant Others: A Glossary” was a finalist for the Francine Ringold Awards for Emerging Writers and earned a nomination for the PEN/ Robert J. Dau Award. Gauraa’s work has appeared in Nimrod, Contrary, Sonora Review, Vol.1 Brooklyn, Literary Hub, Hobart After Dark, and elsewhere. She lives ...
S1E17 - Nonconformists Like Us: Being Real With Andrew Wilt From 11:11 Press
April 17, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 73 MBIn this episode, I interview Andrew Wilt from 11:11 Press. He is not just a publisher. Andrew has also been working professionally in writing for over a decade. He is the author of Age of Agility: The New Tools for Career Success, which is currently being used as a textbook in universities, nonprofits, and Fortune 500 companies. Timestamps 00:00 -- Intro 01:42 -- The Midwest Hello 04:26 -- Nonconformists, Like Everyone Else 07:38 -- 11:11 Press 10:55 -- Maudlin House 13:45 -- COVID 19:20 -...
S1E16 - Bitchcraft: Music and Lit with Leza Cantoral
April 10, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 88.1 MBIn a very strange and wild episode of Textual Healing, I got a chance to interview Leza Cantoral who is one of my favorite people in the lit world today! It gets weird, it gets dark, and it actually gets pretty damn hysterical. It's lit. Leza is a Xicana writer & Editor-in-Chief at CLASH Books. She is also the host of Get Lit With Leza. As a result of her being a megafan of Lana Del Rey & Sylvia Plath, she curated and edited an anthology of stories called Tragedy Queens: Stories Inspired by...
S1E15 - Off The Record: The 80's with Dmitry Samarov
March 13, 2021 08:00 - 3.05 MBThis week on Textual Healing, we go off the record with Dmitry Samorov where he tells it as it is when it comes to the 80's. Not just Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, and music still on MTV... Support Textual Healing with Mallory Smart by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/textual-healing
S1E14 - The One With The Diet Coke Button: Weird Digressions with Dmitry Samarov
March 05, 2021 23:23 - 52 minutes - 48 MBIn this episode of Textual Healing, Dmitry Samarov talks about what it's like to be Gen X in a Gen Z world. We joke around about what the right sayings are and whether our taste in music even matters anymore. We hit music from all angles. The Pixies, Billie Eilish, Nirvana, Kelly Hogan, and even Taylor Swift are discussed. We disagree about the awesomeness of grunge music but we do agree that Mr. Rogers is creepy. Yes, this episode is all over the place but completely on point when it comes...
S1E13 - Every Little Thing: an interview with Taylor Johnson about life
February 13, 2021 00:30 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBIn this episode, Mallory Smart and Andy Tran get into all of the weird small talk with Taylor Johnson. We dish about our new favorite bands, the kind of poetry we're all into, and sadly even the weather... Lena Dunham and the Armenian Genocide is also somehow discussed as well. No spoilers, so if you wish to connect those wild dots listen to the entire show. Taylor Johnson is from Washington, DC. They are the author of Inheritance_ (Alice James Books, 2020), and their work appears in _The...
S1E12 - Collapsing into Music with Kevin Bigley
February 06, 2021 02:43 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBKevin Bigley joins us to talk about his intense love of music, his new book Comaville, and his character Luke in Amazon's Upload. Kevin is an actor and writer living in Los Angeles. He plays Luke in his latest TV role on Amazon's Upload and Reed Hollingsworth on another Amazon show called Undone. Most central to this show, though, Kevin just debuted a novel called Comaville from Clash Books. He tells us about the process of writing it and how music isn't just something he listens to for in...
S1E11 - Two Million Hours with Zac and Giac: a show about nothing
January 30, 2021 03:06 - 2 hours - 115 MBIn this lit episode, I am joined by Zac Smith and Giacomo Pope where we talk about nothing and everything. Music genres, literary genres, and even how a genre's name comes into being is discussed in this 2hr long round table. Zac Smith flexes his knowledge of linguistics and genre. Giacomo Pope goes off on small presses along with an insane grasp on what shoegaze-y indie rock actually is and was. Together we discuss how writers act due to social media and how the artform has given way to c...
S1E10 - Las Vegas Bootlegger: Noah Cicero and The Idea of Authenticity
January 16, 2021 02:37 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBIn this episode, we talk to Noah Cicero about his latest book: Las Vegas Bootlegger: Empire of Self-Importance from Trident Press. We also get into lit topics like the way Bruce Springsteen makes us feel, Smokey and the Bandit, and driving in the desert. Noah Cicero is 40-years-old, grew up in a small town near Youngstown, Ohio. He has lived in Eugene, Oregon, Grand Canyon, Arizona, Seoul, South Korea and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has a movie made of his first book called T...
S1E9 - Florida Man: What's on the Menu with Chase Griffin
January 02, 2021 04:22 - 1 hour - 117 MBIn today's episode, we have an hour-long conversation full of zany non-sequiturs with Chase Griffin. My co-host, Andy Tran, joins me while we talk with our favorite Florida Man about things like Kanye, SNL, polar vortexes, and Chase's latest novel: _What's On the Menu?_ Chase Griffin lives in Tampa, Florida. His work has been featured in The Oyez Review, Breadcrumbs Mag, Funny Looking Dog Quarterly, Maudlin House, and more. His debut novel, What's on the Menu?, was published by Long Day Pr...
S1E8 - Live from IKEA: D.T. Robbins, Meatballs, and Tampons
December 12, 2020 15:55 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBIn today's episode, Mallory and Andy hit up D.T. Robbins. They talk about folk music, punk rock, Phoebe Bridgers, Bright Eyes, Elton John, and David Lynch. All of which influence his mood and writing. Accents, shoes, IKEA, and so much more are also brought up in this extremely odd podcast. D.T. Robbins lives in Southern California with his wife and two kids. He’s the founding editor of Rejection Letters. You can find some of his work in Hobart, Maudlin House, and X–R-A-Y Lit. Support Textu...
S1E7 - It’s My Sniffle Party And I’ll Yacht Rock If I Want To: an interview with Claire Hopple
December 05, 2020 14:25 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBIn this episode, Mallory and Andy get a chance to interview Claire Hopple about her love of dreamy indie music like Goth Babe, Sniffle Party, and then whatever the hell Yacht Rock is. Claire Hopple lives in Asheville, NC, though she is quick to claim her Western Pennsylvania roots. She is the author of Tell Me How You Really Feel (Maudlin House, 2020 Tired People Seeing America (Dostoevsky Wannabe, 2019), and Too Much of the Wrong Thing (Truth Serum Press, 2017). Support Textual Healing w...
S1E6 - We Can All Be Sad Bois: a random conversation with Giacomo Pope
November 21, 2020 16:35 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBGiacomo Pope is the author of Chainsaw Poems & Other Poems and the founder of Neutral Spaces. Much like his writing, this episode is all about passion and obsession. We go further and deeper than we've gone before in this Special Extended Episode of Textual Healing where we discuss not just music and how it relates to an author's specific writing, but ALL writing. Weird cultural habits, philosophy, and travel are also discussed. Things get weird. Things get random. But it always comes down ...
S1E5 - Lo-Fi Stories with Joshua Bohnsack
November 07, 2020 13:07 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBJoshua Bohnsack is the author of Shift Drink (Spork Press, forthcoming 2020) and Burnt Sienna: Cocktails & Stories (Throwback Books, 2017) and his work has appeared in The Rumpus, Hobart, SAND, LitHub, Five:2:One, Queen Mob’s Teahouse, and others. He is the founding editor of Long Day Press, a hand-bound chapbook publisher, an MFA graduate in creative writing at Northwestern University, the assistant managing editor for TriQuarterly, and former managing editor of Curbside Splendor Publishing...
S1E4 - Who’s Greta Gerwig: an interview with Kat Giordano
October 24, 2020 15:53 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBWe get a chance to chat with Kat Giordano. Kat wrote The Poet Confronts Bukowski's Ghost, which is a book of poetry you can still buy on Amazon. She also wrote the novel The Fountain, which is forthcoming from Thirty West Publishing House in November 2020. Today we got a chance to talk to her about all things relating to indie culture, her forthcoming novel, and a Spotify playlist she made for it. Support Textual Healing with Mallory Smart by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.p...
S1E3 - "the more things you like, the more fun you have" an interview with Nathaniel Kennon Perkins
October 10, 2020 16:46 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBToday I get to interview Nathaniel Kennon Perkinsfrom Trident Press. We talk about garages, punk rock, DIY ethic, and the best music to write to. He is the author of the novel Wallop (House of Vlad, 2020). the short story collection, The Way Cities Feel to Us Now (Maudlin House, 2019), the short novel, Cactus (Trident Press, 2018), and the ongoing literary zine series, Ultimate Gospel.
S1E2 - Very Online: Shoegazing with Mallory Smart and Andy Tran
September 27, 2020 23:25 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBHosts Mallory Smart and Andy Tran finally take the time to introduce themselves to the Textual Healing listeners by discussing all things weird. We quiz each other on new writing, Boogie Nights, chill music, and everything else rad going on in our lives. the title of the film Andy and I couldn't remember was Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist Hit us up on Twitter @malsmart or @AndyT187 for any questions or info you might have relating to the show! Support Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ...
S1E1 - Unbridled Enthusiasm: A Conversation With Nick Gregorio
September 10, 2020 16:03 - 38 minutes - 35 MBNick Gregorio comes on as our special guest where we talk about all things Punk, COVID, and the release of his new book, With A Difference , from Trident Press. He lives, writes, and teaches just outside of Philadelphia. Nick is the author of three books of fiction and is also in the Philadelphia-area punk rock band Grayson. You can check him on his monthly podcast book.record.beer. or buy any of three books from Maudlin House and Trident Press. His latest album from Grayson is available n...