//podcastplus.net/feed/podcast~c97d8df1b475bc44b1f0170ee17f7a285617de25eb054f4045cc46e5d468e1e5 Dive 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. Sun, 18 Oct 2026 15:59:48 +0000 https://pinecast.com/listen/16b0e1c3-1195-4582-a84c-2fac4b5171a2.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 Recorded live at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago during the 40th anniversary of Printer’s Row, this Maudlin House musical reading was chaos, community, and noise. Writers read their pieces with live backing from Movie Club , turning the night into something between a show and a gathering. Playlist: Snake Charmer / Ben Niespodziany Reef / Westley Heine Dusk / Michael J. Seidlinger Kitefin / Caro Macon Fleisher Underwater Highway / Brian Allen Carr Crocodile / Leza Cantoral VPTS / Jessamyn Violet Black Flamingo / Jo Kaplan Sun Dragon / Mallory Smart Ghost in the Machine / Dmitry Samarov Spinner / Kirsti MacKenzie Snurfing USA / Scott Laudati Live music by: Movie Club Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seriously helps us reach more listeners. Visit us: https://textualpodcast.com Follow: Twitter | Instagram | Bluesky: @mallorysmart.bsky.so... Sat, 13 Sep 2025 08:15:00 +0000 https://pinecast.com/listen/16b0e1c3-1195-4582-a84c-2fac4b5171a2.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 https://pinecast.com/listen/ffbc7853-3ba4-4e00-8f25-70ddf7970050.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 Benjamin Niespodziany is a Chicago-based writer, editor, curator, and folklorist. The author of two books, his writing has appeared in HAD, Fence, Bennington Review, Wigleaf Top 50, X-R-A-Y, and elsewhere. Along with hosting the Neon Night Mic reading series, he recently launched Piżama Press. You can find more at  neonpajamas.com . https://asterismbooks.com/publisher/pizama-press https://www.neonpajamas.com/ Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seriously helps us reach more listeners. Visit us: https://textualpodcast.com Follow: Twitter | Instagram | Bluesky: @mallorysmart.bsky.social More from Mallory: https://mallorysmart.com Beats by God’Aryan Sat, 06 Sep 2025 08:15:00 +0000 https://pinecast.com/listen/ffbc7853-3ba4-4e00-8f25-70ddf7970050.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 https://pinecast.com/listen/d422406a-ba20-4beb-b4b2-5001865ca556.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 Benjamin Niespodziany is a Chicago-based writer, editor, curator, and folklorist. The author of two books, his writing has appeared in HAD, Fence, Bennington Review, Wigleaf Top 50, X-R-A-Y, and elsewhere. Along with hosting the Neon Night Mic reading series, he recently launched Piżama Press. You can find more at  neonpajamas.com . https://asterismbooks.com/publisher/pizama-press https://www.neonpajamas.com/ Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seriously helps us reach more listeners. Visit us: https://textualpodcast.com Follow: Twitter | Instagram | Bluesky: @mallorysmart.bsky.social More from Mallory: https://mallorysmart.com Beats by God’Aryan Sun, 24 Aug 2025 16:42:13 +0000 https://pinecast.com/listen/d422406a-ba20-4beb-b4b2-5001865ca556.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 https://pinecast.com/listen/29119d42-287b-4203-8616-555a644ea4a9.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 Josh Denslow is the author of the collectionNot Everyone Is Special (7.13 Books), the novel Super Normal (Stillhouse Press), and the collection Magic Can't Save Us (UNO Press). His most recent short stories have appeared in Electric Literature's The Commuter, The Rumpus, and Short Story, Long, among others. He is the Email Marketing Manager for Bookshop.org , and he has read and edited for SmokeLong Quarterly for over a decade. He currently lives in Barcelona. Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seriously helps us reach more listeners. Visit us: https://textualpodcast.com Follow: Twitter | Instagram | Bluesky: @mallorysmart.bsky.social More from Mallory: https://mallorysmart.com Beats by God’Aryan Sat, 16 Aug 2025 08:15:00 +0000 https://pinecast.com/listen/29119d42-287b-4203-8616-555a644ea4a9.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 https://pinecast.com/listen/b51eaf9d-f5c1-421a-84df-78d014c80ec4.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 Josh Denslow is the author of the collectionNot Everyone Is Special (7.13 Books), the novel Super Normal (Stillhouse Press), and the collection Magic Can't Save Us (UNO Press). His most recent short stories have appeared in Electric Literature's The Commuter, The Rumpus, and Short Story, Long, among others. He is the Email Marketing Manager for  Bookshop.org , and he has read and edited for SmokeLong Quarterly for over a decade. He currently lives in Barcelona.  Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seriously helps us reach more listeners. Visit us: https://textualpodcast.com Follow: Twitter | Instagram | Bluesky: @mallorysmart.bsky.social More from Mallory: https://mallorysmart.com Beats by God’Aryan Sat, 09 Aug 2025 08:15:00 +0000 https://pinecast.com/listen/b51eaf9d-f5c1-421a-84df-78d014c80ec4.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 https://pinecast.com/listen/6aafa621-d86c-4d89-b133-27b716af1e19.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 John Patrick Higgins is a writer, illustrator, and filmmaker. His short fiction has appeared in The Black Dreams , The BHF Book of Horror Stories , Fears: An Anthology of Psychological Terror , and Weird Horror . He is working on a short story collection titled No Light in the Trees . He is the author of Fine , a tragicomic novel published by Sagging Meniscus Press in November 2024, and Teeth: An Oral History , a memoir released in April 2024. His latest book, Spine (June 2025), is a semi-sequel to Teeth , continuing his attempt to catalogue each of his failing body parts in real time. He lives in Belfast, goes for long walks in the rain, and sings in the post-rock band Ebbing House . Check out his website: https://www.johnpatrickhiggins.com/ Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seriously helps us reach more listeners. Visit us: https://textualpodcast.com Follow: Twitter | Instagram | Bluesky: @... Sat, 26 Jul 2025 08:15:00 +0000 https://pinecast.com/listen/6aafa621-d86c-4d89-b133-27b716af1e19.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 https://pinecast.com/listen/f172e226-de7c-4d30-871a-b0343b58ce0c.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 John Patrick Higgins is a writer, illustrator, and filmmaker. His short fiction has appeared in The Black Dreams, The BHF Book of Horror Stories, Fears: An Anthology of Psychological Terror, and Weird Horror. He is working on a short story collection titled No Light in the Trees. He is the author of Fine, a tragicomic novel published by Sagging Meniscus Press in November 2024, and Teeth: An Oral History, a memoir released in April 2024. His latest book, Spine (June 2025), is a semi-sequel to Teeth, continuing his attempt to catalogue each of his failing body parts in real time. He lives in Belfast, goes for long walks in the rain, and sings in the post-rock band Ebbing House. Check out his website: https://www.johnpatrickhiggins.com/ Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seriously helps us reach more listeners. Visit us: https://textualpodcast.com Follow: Twitter | Instagram | Bluesky: @mallorysmart.bsky.social Mor... Sat, 19 Jul 2025 14:53:42 +0000 https://pinecast.com/listen/f172e226-de7c-4d30-871a-b0343b58ce0c.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 https://pinecast.com/listen/815509d3-6209-450a-bd55-5367dff06d72.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 Kurt Baumeister’s writing has appeared in Salon, Guernica, Electric Literature, Rain Taxi, The Brooklyn Rail, The Rumpus, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Nervous Breakdown, The Weeklings, and other outlets. An acquisitions editor with 7.13 Books, Baumeister holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College, and is a member of The National Book Critics Circle and The Authors Guild. Twilight of the Gods is his second novel. Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seriously helps us reach more listeners. Visit us: https://textualpodcast.com Follow: Twitter | Instagram | Bluesky: @mallorysmart.bsky.social More from Mallory: https://mallorysmart.com Beats by God’Aryan Sat, 12 Jul 2025 08:15:00 +0000 https://pinecast.com/listen/815509d3-6209-450a-bd55-5367dff06d72.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 https://pinecast.com/listen/815509d3-6209-450a-bd55-5367dff06d72.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 Kurt Baumeister’s writing has appeared in Salon, Guernica, Electric Literature, Rain Taxi, The Brooklyn Rail, The Rumpus, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Nervous Breakdown, The Weeklings, and other outlets. An acquisitions editor with 7.13 Books, Baumeister holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College, and is a member of The National Book Critics Circle and The Authors Guild. Twilight of the Gods is his second novel. Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seriously helps us reach more listeners. Visit us: https://textualpodcast.com Follow: Twitter | Instagram | Bluesky: @mallorysmart.bsky.social More from Mallory: https://mallorysmart.com Beats by God’Aryan Sat, 12 Jul 2025 08:15:00 +0000 https://pinecast.com/listen/815509d3-6209-450a-bd55-5367dff06d72.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 https://pinecast.com/listen/9e14fb56-411e-464c-9691-2fe08c40699c.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 Kurt Baumeister’s writing has appeared in Salon, Guernica, Electric Literature, Rain Taxi, The Brooklyn Rail, The Rumpus, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Nervous Breakdown, The Weeklings, and other outlets. An acquisitions editor with 7.13 Books, Baumeister holds an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College, and is a member of The National Book Critics Circle and The Authors Guild. Twilight of the Gods is his second novel. Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on  Spotify or Apple Podcasts . It seriously helps us reach more listeners. Visit us: https://textualpodcast.com Follow: Twitter | Instagram | Bluesky: @mallorysmart.bsky.social More from Mallory: https://mallorysmart.com Beats by God’Aryan Sat, 05 Jul 2025 08:15:00 +0000 https://pinecast.com/listen/9e14fb56-411e-464c-9691-2fe08c40699c.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3