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Textual Healing with Mallory Smart

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.

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01:14:01

S4E34 -Mike Corrao: Everyone Forgets The Fourth Boom

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2026/01/03

Mike Corrao is the author of numerous works including the novels, Gut Text (11:11 Press) and Rituals Performed in the Absence of Ganymede (11:11 Press); the poetry collections, The Persimmon is an Event (Broken Sleep Books) and Under Reef (Onomatopee Projects); the plays Smut-Maker (Inside the Castle) and Cephalonegativity (Apocalypse Party); and the essay collection, Surface Studies (Action Books). His work blends writing and book design to explore themes of autonomy, climate anxiety, and

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00:03:23

S4E33 -Off The Record with Mike Corrao: That's The...

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/12/27

Mike Corrao is the author of numerous works including the novels, Gut Text (11:11 Press) and Rituals Performed in the Absence of Ganymede (11:11 Press); the poetry collections, The Persimmon is an Event (Broken Sleep Books) and Under Reef (Onomatopee Projects); the plays Smut-Maker (Inside the Castle) and Cephalonegativity (Apocalypse Party); and the essay collection, Surface Studies (Action Books). His work blends writing and book design to explore themes of autonomy, climate anxiety, and

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01:11:33

S4E32 -Sam Berman: My Biggest Sin

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/12/20

Sam Berman is a writer living in Boise, Idaho. His work has been featured in X R-A-Y, Forever Magazine and Maudlin House.🎧 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

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01:48:29

S4E31 -Krystle Ratticus: Weirdo Du Jour

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/12/13

Krystle Ratticus was born in Denver, Colorado, and raised on the rural border of Iowa and Missouri before running away to Chicago as a teenager. There, she found her voice in the raw pulse of local zine culture and DIY publishing. Her writing channels the dramatic undercurrents of the working class, shaped by years spent in kitchens, funeral parlors, and outsider circles. With a dark sense of humor and sharp eye for detail, Krystle weaves together tales of latchkey childhoods, rock’n’roll

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00:03:01

S4E30 -Off The Record with Krystle Ratticus: They Say...

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/12/06

Krystle Ratticus was born in Denver, Colorado, and raised on the rural border of Iowa and Missouri before running away to Chicago as a teenager. There, she found her voice in the raw pulse of local zine culture and DIY publishing. Her writing channels the dramatic undercurrents of the working class, shaped by years spent in kitchens, funeral parlors, and outsider circles. With a dark sense of humor and sharp eye for detail, Krystle weaves together tales of latchkey childhoods, rock’n’roll

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01:17:56

S4E29 -Alex Moreno: It Just Really Sends Me

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/11/29

Alex Moreno's work explores emotional processes through surrealism, visceral interiority, and synesthetic play. Sticky Time (Sunflower Station Press) is her debut poetry book. You can also find her writing in Spectra Poets, Lit Angels, and Dream Boy Book Club. She earned a BA from Bowdoin College, eats 1-2 apples a day, and really likes it. Website: alexalexherehere.com 🎧 Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. It seriously helps us reach more

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00:08:49

S4E28 -Off The Record with Alex Moreno: Just An Emo...

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/11/22

Alex Moreno's work explores emotional processes through surrealism, visceral interiority, and synesthetic play. Sticky Time (Sunflower Station Press) is her debut poetry book. You can also find her writing in Spectra Poets, Lit Angels, and Dream Boy Book Club. She earned a BA from Bowdoin College, eats 1-2 apples a day, and really likes it. Website: alexalexherehere.com 🎧 Like what you hear? Rate and review Textual Healing on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. It seriously helps us reach more

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01:23:11

S4E27 -Damn right, it’s Dan Wright…

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/11/15

Daniel W. Wright is a poet, editor, and fiction writer. Wright is the author of poetry chapbook Gods of a Former World (Crying Heart Press, 2025), the full-length poetry collection The Unheard Music (Kung Fu Treachery, 2025), and the novel Call Center (Back of the Class, 2024). He is also the author of four other full-length collections of poetry, five poetry chapbooks, a novella, a short story collection, and co-author of four poetry splits. His work has appeared in numerous print and online

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00:05:49

S4E26 -Off The Record with Daniel Wright: Sad Songs...

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/11/08

Daniel W. Wright is a poet, editor, and fiction writer. Wright is the author of poetry chapbook Gods of a Former World (Crying Heart Press, 2025), the full-length poetry collection The Unheard Music (Kung Fu Treachery, 2025), and the novel Call Center (Back of the Class, 2024). He is also the author of four other full-length collections of poetry, five poetry chapbooks, a novella, a short story collection, and co-author of four poetry splits. His work has appeared in numerous print and online

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00:53:18

S4E25 -Josh Dale: The Meat Man

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/11/01

Josh Dale is from Pennsylvania and recommends playing metal music to your cat. He’s the founder of Thirty West Publishing House, cohost of the Bring a Blanket reading series, and the author of The Light to Never Be Snuffed _and _Duality Lies Beneath. Drop a line at www.joshdale.co or on most social media @jdalewrites🎧 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:

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00:08:17

S4E24 -Off The Record Josh Dale: I Creep By Moonlight

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/10/18

Josh Dale is from Pennsylvania and recommends playing metal music to your cat. He’s the founder of Thirty West Publishing House, cohost of the Bring a Blanket reading series, and the author of The Light to Never Be Snuffed _and _Duality Lies Beneath. Drop a line at www.joshdale.co or on most social media @jdalewrites🎧 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:

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00:55:02

S4E23 -The Internet Should Be Fun Sometimes: Talking...

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/10/11

Juliet Escoria is the author of You Are the Snake (Soft Skull, 2024), Witch Hunt & Black Cloud: New and Collected Works (CLASH Books, 2023), and Juliet the Maniac (Melville House, 2019). She is an Editor-in-Chief at Zona Motel, and lives in West Virginia.(author photo taken by Saja Montague) Mesha Maren is the author of the novels Sugar Run, Perpetual West, and Shae (May 2024, Algonquin Books). Her short stories and essays can be read in Tin House, The Oxford American, The Guardian,

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01:10:04

S4E22 -Printer’s Row: Burn After Reading (Live at...

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/09/13

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

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01:17:04

S4E21 -Ben Niespodziany: Neon Pajamas Lore

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/09/06

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

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00:05:58

S4E20 -Off The Record Ben Niespodziany: Like...

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/08/24

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

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01:48:36

S4E19 -Josh Denslow: Not Everyone Is Special

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/08/16

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

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00:07:52

S4E18 -Off The Record Josh Denslow: Pretend That You...

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/08/09

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

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01:30:15

S4E17 -John Patrick Higgins: Moving Into The Midnight

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/07/26

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,

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00:07:22

S4E16 -Off The Record With John Patrick Higgins: Back...

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/07/19

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,

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02:19:46

S4E16 - Kurt Baumeister: Doomlord

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart ·

2025/07/12

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

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