On this episode of Lo Fi Lit, I invited Mesha Maren onto the show to discuss her involvement with Zona Motel - a literary brotherhood on substack. For people who adore, admire and are all about talking about cool ass books. So okay, she's written three novels - Shae, Perpetual West and Sugar Run. We discuss her background and coming up from a small town, activism and entering into a wrestling ring for research on a character. This was a dope episode.

Ivan Genc is a digital designer for Zona Motel over on substack. He's lives in Petrinja, Croatia . We discuss his poetry on Specta poems and how sink holes hit his town. Sink holes are cool but also not cool at all.

The mysterious user behind the twitter profile of @Moonandmouth, who wishes to remain anonymous - came on the show under the risk of assassination and ruin to discuss their latest book "Cataclysm Moves Me : I regret to Say"

We hung out in Austin, Texas after this episode was recorded - so yeah.

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Shelby Hartness is a badass poet I met through Ben Fama's workshop, Cool Memories. She's been published by people like Spectra, Bending Genres, and Moody Magazine

D.T. Robbins is the author of Leasing (House of Vlad 2024) and a number of other short stories one can read at x-ray lit mag, Maudlin House and HAD and a slew of other places. He runs and operates Rejection Letters. That's the very short of it. Check out his website for the full gambit of his works.

On this episode of lo fi lit, I interviewed Naomi Falk - author of The Surrender of Man. Out now from Inside the Castle Press. We talk for around two hours on everything from video games, furries, punching holes in walls and of course, art. Also discuss Archway and other things. Erin Taylor, Elle Nash, Chris Molnar and recent published books from Archway,

Here's more about the book from the website :

In this genre-defying memoir-in-series, Falk weaves together a rich tapestry of art and introspection, examining twenty pieces of art that have profoundly shaped her perception of herself and humanity.

Each chapter fixates on a singular work—a painting, a stone, a film, a photograph—exploring both its art historical context and its personal significance. The author features a diverse range of artists, from cherished dear friends to the familiar brilliance of Louise Bourgeois, Remedios Varo, Gregory Crewdson, Wendy Red Star, or Shiva Ahmadi.

Autumn Christian is the author of Girl Like A Bomb with Clash Books and The Crooked God Machine. She lives out of Kingfisher, Oklahoma. She also operates a cheese farm close to where she lives now. She now also writes on substack on the Teach Robots Love newsletter.

Super cool she came on the show.

Aidan Ryan returns to the show to discuss his new book - I Am Here You Are Not I Love You. This new book covers the lives of the artists Cindy Suffoletto and Andrew Topolski. Aidan, of course, related to both. The book talks about art scenes in Buffalo and even covers some history of it as well. This book has garnered a lot of praise and great press from places like The Brooklyn Rail and even been covered by Matthew Bookin in the Zona Motel over on the substack site.