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Rare Bird Books and Unnamed Press have teamed up to offer an exclusive companion vinyl audiobook to the Unnamed hardcover release of Story of a Poem: A Memoir by Matthew Zapruder."Story of a Poem is the luminous, lyrical meditation on wringing beauty from suffering and air, threaded with a singular, moving story about parenting an atypical child. I read it in a single gulp, and you will too.” —Mary Karr, Bestselling author of The Liars' Club and CherryMatthew Zapruder had an idea: to write a poem as slowly and intentionally as possible, to preserve its drafts, and record the painstaking, elusively transcendent stuff of its construction. It would be the end cap to a new collection of poetry, and a means to process modern American life in a time of political turmoil, mega fires, and sobriety. What Zapruder didn’t anticipate was that this literary project would reveal a deeply personal aspect as well: a way to resolve the unexplored pain and unexpected joys he was confronting in the wake of his son’s diagnosis with autism.The result is a remarkable piece of writing, one that explores not just what it means to be a poet and father, but also what it means to be alive on this planet during this turbulent and extraordinary time. By comparing the writing of a poem with his own tangled evolution as a son, husband and father, Zapruder unfolds moments of his own life in the reflection of an increasingly uncanny world. With a wide range of reference points— from Celan, Li Bai and Frank O’Hara to Whitman, Merwin and Rupi Kaur—we join Zapruder on a poet’s journey; that in some alchemy of literature, becomes a journey of our own.Ultimately, the poet asks us to join with him in the search for a crucial answer. In his words: “What world can we imagine, and then make, where we all can live?” With Story of a Poem celebrated poet Matthew Zapruder offers a personal, deeply unguarded examination of a poet’s eternal struggle to transform a moment of feeling into verse, as well as a subtle and enthralling roadmap to the practice of poetry and finding its threads in everyday life.The vinyl audiobook is currently available for preorder on limited edition opaque orange vinyl with an alternate vinyl audiobook cover design, including abridged narration by Matthew Zapruder with music by Matthew Zapruder and The Claudius Birdman Quartet, featuring Josh Haden, Butch Norton, Matt Chamberlain, Roberto Infante, Andrew Bush, Kevonkj, and Larry Kanarian.Recorded by Andrew Bush at Grandma's Warehouse, Chatsworth, California, and Sound City, Van Nuys, California, November 2022.Mixed by Andrew Bush and Roberto InfanteMastered by Jeff WooleryManufactured by A to Z/CZ in the Czech Republic.Preorder exclusively through www.northfigbookshop.com
In Double Talkin’ Jive, legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows of superstardom. Sorum recounts his childhood years idolizing Ringo Starr and surviving an abusive stepfather. After leaving high school, Sorum sold pot to get by. Over time, his drug dealing escalated to smuggling large quantities of cocaine, a career that came to a halt following a dramatic shoot-out. Sorum fled his old life and settled in Hollywood, where he’d enjoy a rapid ascension to rock ’n’ roll immortality. He caught his big break drumming for the Cult, and only a year later was invited to join Guns N’ Roses, with whom he’d record two of rock’s most iconic albums: Use Your Illusion 1 and 2.The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award–winning Sorum opens up with forthright honesty, sharing anecdotes from his time touring the globe, battling drug and alcohol addiction, as well as working with Axl Rose, one of the greatest frontmen in rock, Slash and the rest of the GNR team. His career with the Cult, Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver, Motörhead, the Hollywood Vampires, and Kings of Chaos costars an ensemble of rock royalty, from Billy Idol to Steven Tyler, Billy F Gibbons, and Alice Cooper.Double Talkin’ Jive goes beyond the clichés of sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll, telling the very human story of what it takes to make it in music, and the toll stardom exacts from those who achieve success. Sorum invites fans to revel in the debauchery of the good times, but also paints a stark portrait of life after the party. Music fans of any generation will find value in the pages of this evocative, thoughtful, and candid autobiography.“Matt lights up rooms, corridors, clubs, theaters, arenas, and stadiums with the kind of infectious rock ’n’ roll energy that is increasingly becoming obsolete. His dedication to his craft remains virtually peerless, and when the sticks are resting, you’ll have to go a long way to find someone cooler in rock ’n’ roll. Dive into these shenanigan-saturated pages immediately and find out for yourself!" —Lars Ulrich, Metallica“A colorfully dark look into the f * * * ed-up psyche of a legendary and badass drummer. I want to read it over and over.” —Jonas Åkerlund, director of Spun and Lords of ChaosAvailable in hardcover, e-book, and audiobook, including a signed limited-edition hardcover with vinyl audiobook bundle, narrated and performed by Matt SorumSigned bundles available at rarebirdlit.comTrade hardcover, e-book, and audiobook formats wherever books are sold.Hardcover and E-Book Distributed by Publishers Group WestAudiobook Published and Distributed by Recorded Books/Tantor MediaAuthor Site: mattsorum.com
In Double Talkin’ Jive, legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows of superstardom. Sorum recounts his childhood years idolizing Ringo Starr and surviving an abusive stepfather. After leaving high school, Sorum sold pot to get by. Over time, his drug dealing escalated to smuggling large quantities of cocaine, a career that came to a halt following a dramatic shoot-out. Sorum fled his old life and settled in Hollywood, where he’d enjoy a rapid ascension to rock ’n’ roll immortality. He caught his big break drumming for the Cult, and only a year later was invited to join Guns N’ Roses, with whom he’d record two of rock’s most iconic albums: Use Your Illusion 1 and 2.The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award–winning Sorum opens up with forthright honesty, sharing anecdotes from his time touring the globe, battling drug and alcohol addiction, as well as working with Axl Rose, one of the greatest frontmen in rock, Slash and the rest of the GNR team. His career with the Cult, Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver, Motörhead, the Hollywood Vampires, and Kings of Chaos costars an ensemble of rock royalty, from Billy Idol to Steven Tyler, Billy F Gibbons, and Alice Cooper.Double Talkin’ Jive goes beyond the clichés of sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll, telling the very human story of what it takes to make it in music, and the toll stardom exacts from those who achieve success. Sorum invites fans to revel in the debauchery of the good times, but also paints a stark portrait of life after the party. Music fans of any generation will find value in the pages of this evocative, thoughtful, and candid autobiography.“Matt lights up rooms, corridors, clubs, theaters, arenas, and stadiums with the kind of infectious rock ’n’ roll energy that is increasingly becoming obsolete. His dedication to his craft remains virtually peerless, and when the sticks are resting, you’ll have to go a long way to find someone cooler in rock ’n’ roll. Dive into these shenanigan-saturated pages immediately and find out for yourself!" —Lars Ulrich, Metallica“A colorfully dark look into the f * * * ed-up psyche of a legendary and badass drummer. I want to read it over and over.” —Jonas Åkerlund, director of Spun and Lords of ChaosAvailable in hardcover, e-book, and audiobook, including a signed limited-edition hardcover with vinyl audiobook bundle, narrated and performed by Matt SorumSigned bundles available at rarebirdlit.comTrade hardcover, e-book, and audiobook formats wherever books are sold.Hardcover and E-Book Distributed by Publishers Group WestAudiobook Published and Distributed by Recorded Books/Tantor MediaAuthor Site: mattsorum.com
In Double Talkin’ Jive, legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows of superstardom. Sorum recounts his childhood years idolizing Ringo Starr and surviving an abusive stepfather. After leaving high school, Sorum sold pot to get by. Over time, his drug dealing escalated to smuggling large quantities of cocaine, a career that came to a halt following a dramatic shoot-out. Sorum fled his old life and settled in Hollywood, where he’d enjoy a rapid ascension to rock ’n’ roll immortality. He caught his big break drumming for the Cult, and only a year later was invited to join Guns N’ Roses, with whom he’d record two of rock’s most iconic albums: Use Your Illusion 1 and 2.The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award–winning Sorum opens up with forthright honesty, sharing anecdotes from his time touring the globe, battling drug and alcohol addiction, as well as working with Axl Rose, one of the greatest frontmen in rock, Slash and the rest of the GNR team. His career with the Cult, Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver, Motörhead, the Hollywood Vampires, and Kings of Chaos costars an ensemble of rock royalty, from Billy Idol to Steven Tyler, Billy F Gibbons, and Alice Cooper.Double Talkin’ Jive goes beyond the clichés of sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll, telling the very human story of what it takes to make it in music, and the toll stardom exacts from those who achieve success. Sorum invites fans to revel in the debauchery of the good times, but also paints a stark portrait of life after the party. Music fans of any generation will find value in the pages of this evocative, thoughtful, and candid autobiography.“Matt lights up rooms, corridors, clubs, theaters, arenas, and stadiums with the kind of infectious rock ’n’ roll energy that is increasingly becoming obsolete. His dedication to his craft remains virtually peerless, and when the sticks are resting, you’ll have to go a long way to find someone cooler in rock ’n’ roll. Dive into these shenanigan-saturated pages immediately and find out for yourself!" —Lars Ulrich, Metallica“A colorfully dark look into the f * * * ed-up psyche of a legendary and badass drummer. I want to read it over and over.” —Jonas Åkerlund, director of Spun and Lords of ChaosAvailable in hardcover, e-book, and audiobook, including a signed limited-edition hardcover with vinyl audiobook bundle, narrated and performed by Matt SorumSigned bundles available at rarebirdlit.comTrade hardcover, e-book, and audiobook formats wherever books are sold.Hardcover and E-Book Distributed by Publishers Group WestAudiobook Published and Distributed by Recorded Books/Tantor MediaAuthor Site: mattsorum.com
In Double Talkin’ Jive, legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows of superstardom. Sorum recounts his childhood years idolizing Ringo Starr and surviving an abusive stepfather. After leaving high school, Sorum sold pot to get by. Over time, his drug dealing escalated to smuggling large quantities of cocaine, a career that came to a halt following a dramatic shoot-out. Sorum fled his old life and settled in Hollywood, where he’d enjoy a rapid ascension to rock ’n’ roll immortality. He caught his big break drumming for the Cult, and only a year later was invited to join Guns N’ Roses, with whom he’d record two of rock’s most iconic albums: Use Your Illusion 1 and 2.The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award–winning Sorum opens up with forthright honesty, sharing anecdotes from his time touring the globe, battling drug and alcohol addiction, as well as working with Axl Rose, one of the greatest frontmen in rock, Slash and the rest of the GNR team. His career with the Cult, Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver, Motörhead, the Hollywood Vampires, and Kings of Chaos costars an ensemble of rock royalty, from Billy Idol to Steven Tyler, Billy F Gibbons, and Alice Cooper.Double Talkin’ Jive goes beyond the clichés of sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll, telling the very human story of what it takes to make it in music, and the toll stardom exacts from those who achieve success. Sorum invites fans to revel in the debauchery of the good times, but also paints a stark portrait of life after the party. Music fans of any generation will find value in the pages of this evocative, thoughtful, and candid autobiography.“Matt lights up rooms, corridors, clubs, theaters, arenas, and stadiums with the kind of infectious rock ’n’ roll energy that is increasingly becoming obsolete. His dedication to his craft remains virtually peerless, and when the sticks are resting, you’ll have to go a long way to find someone cooler in rock ’n’ roll. Dive into these shenanigan-saturated pages immediately and find out for yourself!" —Lars Ulrich, Metallica“A colorfully dark look into the f * * * ed-up psyche of a legendary and badass drummer. I want to read it over and over.” —Jonas Åkerlund, director of Spun and Lords of ChaosAvailable in hardcover, e-book, and audiobook, including a signed limited-edition hardcover with vinyl audiobook bundle, narrated and performed by Matt SorumSigned bundles available at rarebirdlit.comTrade hardcover, e-book, and audiobook formats wherever books are sold.Hardcover and E-Book Distributed by Publishers Group WestAudiobook Published and Distributed by Recorded Books/Tantor MediaAuthor Site: mattsorum.com
In Double Talkin’ Jive, legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows of superstardom. Sorum recounts his childhood years idolizing Ringo Starr and surviving an abusive stepfather. After leaving high school, Sorum sold pot to get by. Over time, his drug dealing escalated to smuggling large quantities of cocaine, a career that came to a halt following a dramatic shoot-out. Sorum fled his old life and settled in Hollywood, where he’d enjoy a rapid ascension to rock ’n’ roll immortality. He caught his big break drumming for the Cult, and only a year later was invited to join Guns N’ Roses, with whom he’d record two of rock’s most iconic albums: Use Your Illusion 1 and 2.The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award–winning Sorum opens up with forthright honesty, sharing anecdotes from his time touring the globe, battling drug and alcohol addiction, as well as working with Axl Rose, one of the greatest frontmen in rock, Slash and the rest of the GNR team. His career with the Cult, Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver, Motörhead, the Hollywood Vampires, and Kings of Chaos costars an ensemble of rock royalty, from Billy Idol to Steven Tyler, Billy F Gibbons, and Alice Cooper.Double Talkin’ Jive goes beyond the clichés of sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll, telling the very human story of what it takes to make it in music, and the toll stardom exacts from those who achieve success. Sorum invites fans to revel in the debauchery of the good times, but also paints a stark portrait of life after the party. Music fans of any generation will find value in the pages of this evocative, thoughtful, and candid autobiography.“Matt lights up rooms, corridors, clubs, theaters, arenas, and stadiums with the kind of infectious rock ’n’ roll energy that is increasingly becoming obsolete. His dedication to his craft remains virtually peerless, and when the sticks are resting, you’ll have to go a long way to find someone cooler in rock ’n’ roll. Dive into these shenanigan-saturated pages immediately and find out for yourself!" —Lars Ulrich, Metallica“A colorfully dark look into the f * * * ed-up psyche of a legendary and badass drummer. I want to read it over and over.” —Jonas Åkerlund, director of Spun and Lords of ChaosAvailable in hardcover, e-book, and audiobook, including a signed limited-edition hardcover with vinyl audiobook bundle, narrated and performed by Matt SorumSigned bundles available at rarebirdlit.comTrade hardcover, e-book, and audiobook formats wherever books are sold.Hardcover and E-Book Distributed by Publishers Group WestAudiobook Published and Distributed by Recorded Books/Tantor MediaAuthor Site: mattsorum.com
In Double Talkin’ Jive, legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows of superstardom. Sorum recounts his childhood years idolizing Ringo Starr and surviving an abusive stepfather. After leaving high school, Sorum sold pot to get by. Over time, his drug dealing escalated to smuggling large quantities of cocaine, a career that came to a halt following a dramatic shoot-out. Sorum fled his old life and settled in Hollywood, where he’d enjoy a rapid ascension to rock ’n’ roll immortality. He caught his big break drumming for the Cult, and only a year later was invited to join Guns N’ Roses, with whom he’d record two of rock’s most iconic albums: Use Your Illusion 1 and 2.The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award–winning Sorum opens up with forthright honesty, sharing anecdotes from his time touring the globe, battling drug and alcohol addiction, as well as working with Axl Rose, one of the greatest frontmen in rock, Slash and the rest of the GNR team. His career with the Cult, Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver, Motörhead, the Hollywood Vampires, and Kings of Chaos costars an ensemble of rock royalty, from Billy Idol to Steven Tyler, Billy F Gibbons, and Alice Cooper.Double Talkin’ Jive goes beyond the clichés of sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll, telling the very human story of what it takes to make it in music, and the toll stardom exacts from those who achieve success. Sorum invites fans to revel in the debauchery of the good times, but also paints a stark portrait of life after the party. Music fans of any generation will find value in the pages of this evocative, thoughtful, and candid autobiography.“Matt lights up rooms, corridors, clubs, theaters, arenas, and stadiums with the kind of infectious rock ’n’ roll energy that is increasingly becoming obsolete. His dedication to his craft remains virtually peerless, and when the sticks are resting, you’ll have to go a long way to find someone cooler in rock ’n’ roll. Dive into these shenanigan-saturated pages immediately and find out for yourself!" —Lars Ulrich, Metallica“A colorfully dark look into the f * * * ed-up psyche of a legendary and badass drummer. I want to read it over and over.” —Jonas Åkerlund, director of Spun and Lords of ChaosAvailable in hardcover, e-book, and audiobook, including a signed limited-edition hardcover with vinyl audiobook bundle, narrated and performed by Matt SorumSigned bundles available at rarebirdlit.comTrade hardcover, e-book, and audiobook formats wherever books are sold.Hardcover and E-Book Distributed by Publishers Group WestAudiobook Published and Distributed by Recorded Books/Tantor MediaAuthor Site: mattsorum.com
In Double Talkin’ Jive, legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows of superstardom. Sorum recounts his childhood years idolizing Ringo Starr and surviving an abusive stepfather. After leaving high school, Sorum sold pot to get by. Over time, his drug dealing escalated to smuggling large quantities of cocaine, a career that came to a halt following a dramatic shoot-out. Sorum fled his old life and settled in Hollywood, where he’d enjoy a rapid ascension to rock ’n’ roll immortality. He caught his big break drumming for the Cult, and only a year later was invited to join Guns N’ Roses, with whom he’d record two of rock’s most iconic albums: Use Your Illusion 1 and 2.The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award–winning Sorum opens up with forthright honesty, sharing anecdotes from his time touring the globe, battling drug and alcohol addiction, as well as working with Axl Rose, one of the greatest frontmen in rock, Slash and the rest of the GNR team. His career with the Cult, Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver, Motörhead, the Hollywood Vampires, and Kings of Chaos costars an ensemble of rock royalty, from Billy Idol to Steven Tyler, Billy F Gibbons, and Alice Cooper.Double Talkin’ Jive goes beyond the clichés of sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll, telling the very human story of what it takes to make it in music, and the toll stardom exacts from those who achieve success. Sorum invites fans to revel in the debauchery of the good times, but also paints a stark portrait of life after the party. Music fans of any generation will find value in the pages of this evocative, thoughtful, and candid autobiography.“Matt lights up rooms, corridors, clubs, theaters, arenas, and stadiums with the kind of infectious rock ’n’ roll energy that is increasingly becoming obsolete. His dedication to his craft remains virtually peerless, and when the sticks are resting, you’ll have to go a long way to find someone cooler in rock ’n’ roll. Dive into these shenanigan-saturated pages immediately and find out for yourself!" —Lars Ulrich, Metallica“A colorfully dark look into the f * * * ed-up psyche of a legendary and badass drummer. I want to read it over and over.” —Jonas Åkerlund, director of Spun and Lords of ChaosAvailable in hardcover, e-book, and audiobook, including a signed limited-edition hardcover with vinyl audiobook bundle, narrated and performed by Matt SorumSigned bundles available at rarebirdlit.comTrade hardcover, e-book, and audiobook formats wherever books are sold.Hardcover and E-Book Distributed by Publishers Group WestAudiobook Published and Distributed by Recorded Books/Tantor MediaAuthor Site: mattsorum.com
In Double Talkin’ Jive, legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and lows of superstardom. Sorum recounts his childhood years idolizing Ringo Starr and surviving an abusive stepfather. After leaving high school, Sorum sold pot to get by. Over time, his drug dealing escalated to smuggling large quantities of cocaine, a career that came to a halt following a dramatic shoot-out. Sorum fled his old life and settled in Hollywood, where he’d enjoy a rapid ascension to rock ’n’ roll immortality. He caught his big break drumming for the Cult, and only a year later was invited to join Guns N’ Roses, with whom he’d record two of rock’s most iconic albums: Use Your Illusion 1 and 2.The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award–winning Sorum opens up with forthright honesty, sharing anecdotes from his time touring the globe, battling drug and alcohol addiction, as well as working with Axl Rose, one of the greatest frontmen in rock, Slash and the rest of the GNR team. His career with the Cult, Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver, Motörhead, the Hollywood Vampires, and Kings of Chaos costars an ensemble of rock royalty, from Billy Idol to Steven Tyler, Billy F Gibbons, and Alice Cooper.Double Talkin’ Jive goes beyond the clichés of sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll, telling the very human story of what it takes to make it in music, and the toll stardom exacts from those who achieve success. Sorum invites fans to revel in the debauchery of the good times, but also paints a stark portrait of life after the party. Music fans of any generation will find value in the pages of this evocative, thoughtful, and candid autobiography.“Matt lights up rooms, corridors, clubs, theaters, arenas, and stadiums with the kind of infectious rock ’n’ roll energy that is increasingly becoming obsolete. His dedication to his craft remains virtually peerless, and when the sticks are resting, you’ll have to go a long way to find someone cooler in rock ’n’ roll. Dive into these shenanigan-saturated pages immediately and find out for yourself!" —Lars Ulrich, Metallica“A colorfully dark look into the f * * * ed-up psyche of a legendary and badass drummer. I want to read it over and over.” —Jonas Åkerlund, director of Spun and Lords of ChaosAvailable in hardcover, e-book, and audiobook, including a signed limited-edition hardcover with vinyl audiobook bundle, narrated and performed by Matt SorumSigned bundles available at rarebirdlit.comTrade hardcover, e-book, and audiobook formats wherever books are sold.Hardcover and E-Book Distributed by Publishers Group WestAudiobook Published and Distributed by Recorded Books/Tantor MediaAuthor Site: mattsorum.com
The first full-length collaboration between Mark Lanegan and Joe Cardamone—as Dark Mark vs. Skeleton Joe—will release later next year as a co-release between Rare Bird and Kitten Robot.
However, in the meantime, preorders are available now for a very special limited edition 12" single featuring "Dark Mark Theme" b/w "Skeleton Joe Manifesto." This is a sample download link from the record.
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The first full-length collaboration between Mark Lanegan and Joe Cardamone—as Dark Mark vs. Skeleton Joe—will release later next year as a co-release between Rare Bird and Kitten Robot.
However, in the meantime, preorders are available now for a very special limited edition 12" single featuring "Dark Mark Theme" b/w "Skeleton Joe Manifesto." This is a sample download link from the record.
World champion wrestler and author of Wrestling with Angels, John Hanrahan talks with hall of fame wrestler and seven time world wrestling champion Lee Kemp, author of Winning Gold!
Join them as they talk wrestling, getting through the tough times, and what they're up to now!
Get John's book anywhere you buy books and Lee's book at leekemp.com.
Karen Stefano is the author of "What A Body Remembers: A Memoir of Sexual Assault And Its Aftermath" (Rare Bird Books 2019). She is also the author of the short story collection "The Secret Games of Words" (1GlimpsePress 2015) and the how-to business writing guide, "Before Hitting Send" (Dearborn 2011).
Paul Alan Ruben’s fiction and non-fiction has appeared in print and online publications, including The Washington Post, Connotation Press, The Good Men Project and AudioFile Magazine. As an audiobook producer/director, he has received two Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word. His debut short story collection, Terms of Engagement: Stories of the Father and Son, was published in November, 2018. Paul lives in Brooklyn, NY
On this last episode of "The Publicist Speaks", Jessica hosts JJ Anselmi to discuss his new book "DOOMED TO FAIL: THE INCREDIBLY LOUD HISTORY OF DOOM, SLUDGE, & POST-METAL".
Jessica and JJ share their experiences with metal and the completely opposite ways they have experienced this massive genre of music. By the end of this episode, both Jessica & JJ decide that they are both one of the doomed.
J.J. Anselmi is the author of Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-metal; and Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, and Heavy Fucking Music. He’s played drums in several heavy bands, including In the Company of Serpents and Former Worlds. He’s currently the drummer of Drainage, a sludgy metalcore band from Long Beach, California.
Lou Brutus, for lack of a better term, is a Professional Music Fan. He’s lives the dream of millions by traveling the Earth attending concerts and interviewing rock stars. He’s spent his life blasting tunes on the radio, becoming the first to play all your favorite bands, and gaining access to literally thousands of music events. He has severe hearing damage. Lou has smoked weed with Hunter S. Thompson and Snoop Dogg, chugged ale with Spinal Tap’s “Stonehenge” dwarfs, been in a tour bus that ran over a guy on the NJ Turnpike, and puked on the floor of many of the world’s most prestigious concert venues. He also sings in a couple of crazy bands, one of which has gotten him death threats. If he sells enough copies of this book, he will buy a KISS pinball machine. Brutus lives outside Washington, DC with his family, including Darla the Wonder Dog, subsisting on a diet of black coffee, Rock N Roll, and tinnitus.
Today's episode explores the life and influence of Joan Didion. From New York to California, Joan Didion left her mark across the generations. Steffie Nelson, editor of SLOUCHING TOWARDS LOS ANGELES, joins our host Jessica to talk about what it is like to be a woman in a man's world.
J.J. Anselmi is the author of Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-metal; and Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, and Heavy Fucking Music. He’s played drums in several heavy bands, including In the Company of Serpents and Former Worlds. He’s currently the drummer of Drainage, a sludgy metalcore band from Long Beach, California.
Sam McPheeters was born in Ohio and raised in upstate New York. In 1981, at age twelve, he co-authored Travelers Tales: Rumors and Legends of the Albany-Saratoga Region. Starting in 1989, he sang for Born Against, Men's Recovery Project, and Wrangler Brutes, touring seventeen times across North America, Europe, and Japan. Since 2009, he has written for Criterion, Vice, and The Village Voice, among others. He currently lives in Pomona, CA, with his wife.
Karen Stefano is the author of the memoir, What A Body Remembers: A Memoir of Sexual Assault And Its Aftermath (Rare Bird, 2019). She is also the author of the short story collection The Secret Games of Words (1GlimpsePress, 2015) and the how-to business writing guide, Before Hitting Send (Dearborn, 2011). Her work has appeared in Ms. Magazine, The Rumpus, Psychology Today, California Lawyer, The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Epiphany, Volume 1 Brooklyn, and many other journals and magazines. Laura Bogart is the author of Don't You Know I Love You (Dzanc, 2020). She is a featured writer at The Week, and a contributing editor to DAME magazine. She was a featured writer at Salon, where her essays about body image, dating, politics, and violence went viral.
Jessica the podcast guru and John DeSimone, author of THE ROAD TO DELANO, discuss the things that influenced John and his writing. John tells our host about secondhand bookstores, his research into migrant worker conditions & so much more on his 'road to this novel'.
L.A.-based writer and editor Steffie Nelson recently edited the essay collection, Slouching Towards Los Angeles: Living and Writing by Joan Didion’s Light, published in February 2020 by Rare Bird Books. She also co-authored Judson: Innovation in Stained Glass, coming in March 2020 from Angel City Press. Throughout her career as a style and culture journalist, Steffie has contributed to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, L.A. Review of Books, W Magazine and many others, bringing a curious mind and a refined eye to her subjects.
Stacie Stukin is a journalist and essayist who was born and raised in Los Angeles. Her byline has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, W Magazine, and Architectural Digest. She is currently working on a novel.
Today, Jessica and Steve Coulter (aka S.W. Lauden) discuss how power pop TRUELY feels. They run the gambit of emotions that encompass power pop and end up discussing how it sorta feels like that angsty moment as a teen when you realize that sex is a thing and the world kinda sucks.
J.J. Anselmi is the author of Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-metal; and Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, and Heavy Fucking Music. He’s played drums in several heavy bands, including In the Company of Serpents and Former Worlds. He’s currently the drummer of Drainage, a sludgy metalcore band from Long Beach, California.
Henry Wilson is an all-around musician from Tampa, Florida. He's the drummer of sludge-pop legends Floor, and he's the mastermind of Dove and House of Lightning, performing vocals and guitar in both bands. He's one of those rare musicians who has a defined style on multiple instruments, and he's played an integral role in defining sludge metal as its own branch of heavy music. With Dove and House of Lightning, Wilson goes beyond sludge to include elements of hardcore, thrash, and straight up '80s metal, mixing it all into music that's catchy, unique, and crushing in equal parts.
Both Nancy and Jeff have contributed an essay to the collection "GO ALL THE WAY: A LITERARY APPRECIATION OF POWER POP" edited by Paul Myers & S.W. Lauden
Nancy Rommelmann is based in NYC. Have the pleasure and opportunity to work with some of the finest editors in the country, at the LA Weekly, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Reason, the LA Times and other publications.
Jeff Rougvie is an American music producer, music consultant, DVD producer, record label founder, artist, writer, publisher, collectibles expert, DJ, music historian, and partner in Supermegabot, a company that produces & sells limited edition CDs, Art Toys, Novelties & other collectibles.
Today, Jessica talks with Jillian Wahlquist business woman, mother of two beautiful children, and writer of flash fiction and other short stories. Jessica and Jillian spend time talking about what it is like to be writing since they were children, from stories for moms & articles for their High School newspapers to published pieces in anthologies and so much more. And while not everyone can be Stephen King or J.K. Rowling, a writer is a writer, and that is all.
John M. Borack is a veteran music journalist who currently serves as a contributing editor at Goldmine Magazine, a monthly music collectors’ periodical. Borack is also the author of three books: 2008’s Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide, 2010’s John Lennon: Life Is What Happens, and 2018’s Shake Some Action 2.0: A Guide to the 200 Greatest Power Pop Albums 1970-2017. His next book, The Beatles: 100 Pivotal Moments that Shaped a Band and its Music, is scheduled for publication soon. He lives in Orange County, California with his wife, two children, two dogs and a constantly growing LP and CD collection.
David Bash is the founder and CEO of the International Pop Overthrow Music Festival, which is held annually in 13-16 cities around the world, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Phoenix, Chicago, Nashville, Atlanta, Austin, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Arlington, Toronto, Vancouver BC, Stockholm Sweden, and Liverpool UK (at The Cavern Club).The festival is dedicated to bring classic pop music to the public. Although the festival has over the years featured several major label acts, such as Phantom Planet, Maroon 5 (under their previous incarnation, Kara's Flowers), and The Click Five, Bash tries to maintain the grassroots feel of the festival by featuring primarily unsigned bands, and presenting them in a festival platform with similar minded artists, where they will be appreciated by both the festival audiences and by each other. Bash personally selects all the artists. Each year, Bash produces a CD compilation on the Omnivore label featuring bands that have played in any of the cities in which the festival has appeared.
Join us today as Steffie Nelson and Michelle Chihara discuss Joan Didion and the recently released collection, SLOUCHING TOWARDS Los Angeles.
L.A.-based writer and editor Steffie Nelson has covered art, design and culture for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, W Magazine, LA Review of Books and others. She recently co-authored Judson: Innovations in Stained Glass (Angel City Press) and is currently developing Cosmic City: The History of Seekers in Los Angeles. www.steffienelson.com
Michelle Chihara is an Assistant Professor of English at Whittier College, USA, as well as Section Editor of the Economics and Finance section of the Los Angeles Review of Books. She publishes both fiction and nonfiction, with emphasis on economics, finance, and contemporary culture.
:: Please note that this episode touches on topics that may be triggering for some, including suicide, trafficking, and murder ::
Welcome to THE PUBLICIST SPEAKS! Jessica speaks with Gayle Brandies about the notorious serial killer Countess Ezrabet Bathory and the hundreds of women and girls she killed in the late 16th century.
Gayle's new book MANY RESTLESS CONCERNS: THE VICTIMS OF COUNTESS BATHORY SPEAK IN CHORUS, gives voices to the victims of Countess Bathory. This novel in poems, gives insight to the lives of these women and girls as they moved from their homes (whether by choice or by force) into the glorious castle, never to be seen again. To learn more about Gayle Brandeis and her work, visit http://gaylebrandeis.com/
Gayle and Jessica talk in depth about the horrors she wrote about in this novel, and how these same horrors still exist 500 years later in 2020.
Listen now to hear more about this incredible book and the importance of giving voices to those who have been silenced.
Amber van de Bunt was born in the small town of Houghton, Michigan. She made her way to Los Angeles soon after high school to pursue a career in the adult film industry. As Karmen Karma, she appeared in over four hundred adult films and won nine awards. She had her own DVD showcase, Karma’s a Bitch, and is a Brazzers contract star. She now lives in San Diego with her husband and daughter.
Jennie is a therapist with Seattle Anxiety Specialists and also heads their integrative and mental health consulting. Prior to joining the practice she was lead medical social worker at the Polyclinic, a department and role within the Polyclinic that she founded and developed. Jennie has also spent a substantial amount of time involved in research at the University of Washington, has been a guest lecturer at Harvard University, and has been an invited guest on a number of popular podcasts and television shows. She is the author of "I am Jennie," and a retired pornographic film actress and director.
Welcome to THE PUBLICIST SPEAKS, episode seven.
Today, Jessica talks with Carla Malden about her first novel SEARCH HEARTACHE. In this podcast, Jessica and Carla talk about marriage, death, healing, and the many other things that factored into the creation of this lovely novel.
Raised in Los Angeles, Carla Malden began her career working in motion picture production and development before becoming a screenwriter. Along with her father, Academy Award winning actor Karl Malden, she co-authored his critically acclaimed memoir 'When Do I Start?' More recently, Malden published 'Afterimage: A Brokenhearted Memoir of A Charmed Life', her own fiercely personal account of battling the before and surviving the after of losing her first husband to cancer. Afterimage is a journey through grief to gratitude that alerts an entire generation: this is not your mother’s widowhood. Carla’s feature writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, highlighting the marvels and foibles of Southern California and Hollywood. She sits on the Board of the Geffen Playhouse. 'Search Heartache' is her first novel. Carla Malden lives in Brentwood with her husband and ten minutes (depending on traffic) from her daughter.
Born and raised in LA, Marilee Albert studied philosophy at Yale before moving to Europe to work in the film business. These days, between TV and movie scripts, Marilee is a busy mother to two teen boys and a spirited Boston Terrier, and has recently started a nonprofit, OneVillageGreen, which promotes mental health and wellness in American kids and communities. Her favorite job in the film business will always be her first: as her favorite director’s philosophy tutor. 'The Tutor' is her first novel.
On this episode of THE PUBLICIST SPEAKS, Jessica hosts Paul Myers to talk about power pop and the recently released collection GO ALL THE WAY: A LITERARY APPRECIATION OF POWER POP.
Paul and Jessica go through a journey to discover the euphoria that is found in power pop. Listen now to hear Paul's take on this often misunderstood genre.
Carla Sameth’s debut memoir, 'One Day on the Gold Line' was published July 18, 2019. Her work on blended/unblended, queer, biracial and single parenting appears in a variety of literary journals and anthologies including: Collateral Journal; The Nervous Breakdown, Brevity Blog, Brain, Child Magazine, Narratively, Longreads, Mutha Magazine, Tikkun, Entropy, and Pasadena Weekly. Carla’s essay, “If This Is So, Why Am I?” was selected as a notable for the 2019 Best American Essays. She writes about addiction, trauma and resilience with a sense of humor and connection to her readers. Carla was selected to be one of the 2019 Pride Poets with the City of West Hollywood and was a fall 2016 PEN In The Community Teaching Artist. She has taught creative writing to incarcerated youth through WriteGirl. She teaches at the Los Angeles Writing Project at California State University Los Angeles and with Southern New Hampshire University. Carla is a member of the Pasadena Rose Poets who present “poetry within reach and in unexpected places.”
Erin Khar is the author of Strung Out: One Last Hit and Other Lies that Nearly Killed Me (HarperCollins | Park Row Books, February 25, 2020) and is known for her writing on addiction, recovery, mental health, relationships, parenting, infertility, and self-care. Her weekly advice column, Ask Erin, is published on Ravishly. Her personal essays have appeared in SELF, Marie Claire, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, and others. She's the recipient of the Eric Hoffer Editor's Choice Prize and lives in New York City with her husband and two kids.
Welcome to Episode Five of THE PUBLICIST SPEAKS
On this episode, Amber van de Bunt is BACK! The author of the recently released memoir OVERCOME, talks with Jessica about the struggles that come along with writing.
What is it like to be in the adult industry? What was it like to write a book while pregnant? Who even are we?
These are just the tip of this wonderful podcast, listen for more.
Kurt Baker is a musician, producer, multi-instrumentalist and music fan from Portland, Maine. He is best known for his work with The Leftovers, his solo album Brand New Beat and power pop covers album Got It Covered. Currently, he resides in Madrid, Spain, where he fronts The Kurt Baker Combo who have released two full-length records on Little Steven Van Zandt's Wicked Cool Records. When not on tour or in the studio, Baker enjoys cooking and watching old episodes of Murder She Wrote.
Marko DeSantis is a music professional best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the band Sugarcult, with whom he toured worldwide and sold over a million records since launching out of Santa Barbara, CA in 2001. Sugarcult released three studio records which spawned hit radio singles such as; "Bouncing Off the Walls", "Pretty Girl", and "Memory". They’ve also released a documentary film, a live album, & a “best of”/concert-DVD. Sugarcult has headlined their own national and international tours; performed on the main stages of festivals around the world (Glastonbury, Reading/Leeds, Summersonic, Warped Tour, Soundwaves, etc); were main support on Green Day’s “American Idiot” USA/Japan tours, and Blink 182’s European stadium tour and countless others. Prior to Sugarcult, Marko wrote, recorded, performed live & toured with alternative & pop punk bands such as The Ataris, Swingin Utters and Nerf Herder. As an educator, DeSantis has appeared as a guest lecturer, professor and panelist at several colleges, music conferences and academic programs*; with an emphasis on Music Business, Artist Development, Songwriting, Social Media & Marketing. Marko DeSantis is based in Los Angeles, CA.
Welcome to The Publicist Speaks– episode four
On today's episode, Jessica hosts her partner, a poet who writes for himself, to talk about the ways that poetry can be used as a healing technique. They talk about love and loss; death and silliness, covering the ups and downs that come with writing for yourself.
Check it out now!
After spending the 1990s as a homeless heroin addict in San Francisco, Joe Clifford got off the streets and turned his life around. He earned his MFA from Florida International University in 2008, before returning to the Bay Area, where he currently lives with his wife and two sons. His autobiographical novel, Junkie Love, chronicles his battle with drugs and was published by Battered Suitcase (2010).
Rex Weiner is a journalist and author whose stories about a detective working in the music industry, serialized in the New York Rocker and LA Weekly in 1979–80, became the controversial Andrew Dice Clay movie, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, directed by Renny Harlin for 20th Century Fox, released in 1990. Those original stories have been published by Rare Bird Books.
Joe Clifford is acquisitions editor for Gutter Books and producer of Lip Service West, a "gritty, real, raw" reading series in Oakland, CA. His bestselling Jay Porter Thriller Series (Oceanview Publishing) has received rave reviews from Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and the San Francisco Chronicle, among many others. Joe is also editor of Trouble in the Heartland: Crime Stories Based on the Songs of Bruce Springsteen and the forthcoming Just to Watch Him Die: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny Cash. Currently Joe teaches online writing courses for LitReactor and around the country at various conferences and retreats.
Both have contributed an essay to the recently released collection GO ALL THE WAY: A LITERARY APPRECIATION OF POWER POP, edited but Paul Myers and S.W. Lauden.
Welcome to The Publicist Speaks– episode three
On today's episode, our guest is Amber van de Bunt, author of the recently released memoir OVERCOME.
We asked the internet if they had questions for Amber, and we got more than we bargained for. People asked about writing, sex work, fears and so much more.
Listen now.
Bruce Ferber is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominee whose television writing and producing credits include Bosom Buddies, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Coach, and Home Improvement, where he served as Executive Producer and showrunner. He turned to writing fiction with the 2012 publication of his novel, 'Elevating Overman', its audiobook voiced by Jason Alexander. His second novel, Cascade Falls won the Foreword Indie Book of the Year Bronze Prize for General Fiction, and Gold Prize for Humor, Fiction.
Marc Weingarten is co producer of The Bachelor Franchise and most recently, the author of 'Thirsty'
Welcome to The Publicist Speaks– episode two
On today's episode, Jessica hosts Bobbie Brown, author of the recently release memoir CHERRY ON TOP: FLIRTY, FORTY-SOMETHING AND FUNNY AS F**K.
They talk about millennials and coping mechanisms, how horrific it can be to date in this day and age, and there might be a story about a little person and a backpack.
Check it out now.
Chip Jacobs is an award-winning author and journalist. His books include the biography Strange As It Seems: the Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler; the environmental social histories The People's Republic of Chemicals and the international bestselling Smogtown: the Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles; the dark-humor true crime caper The Ascension of Jerry; and the stories collection The Vicodin Thieves. He also has contributed pieces to anthologies, most recently for Los Angeles in the 1970s: "Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine" about the attack on an idealist lawyer by a depraved cult. His reporting has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, L.A. Daily News, CNN, The New York Times, Bloomberg, and LA Weekly, among others.
Born and raised in New Jersey, Gary Lippman received a law degree from Northwestern University and has worked with New York's Innocence Project. Lippman's play Paradox Lost ran off Broadway for a month in 2001 and his writing has been published in The New York Times, The Paris Review, VICE, Fodors, and more. Having lived in Illinois, Florida, California, and France, Lippman can now be found in what used to be called "Fun City" with his imaginary French bulldog, his very real Hungarian wife, and a whenever-he's-inclined-to-visit adult son.
Chip Jacobs is an award-winning author and journalist. His books include the biography Strange As It Seems: the Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler; the environmental social histories The People's Republic of Chemicals and the international bestselling Smogtown: the Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles; the dark-humor true crime caper The Ascension of Jerry; and the stories collection The Vicodin Thieves. He also has contributed pieces to anthologies, most recently for Los Angeles in the 1970s: "Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine" about the attack on an idealist lawyer by a depraved cult. His reporting has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, L.A. Daily News, CNN, The New York Times, Bloomberg, and LA Weekly, among others.
Colleen Dunn Bates is the publisher of Prospect Park Books, one of the leading book publishers in Southern California. A sixth-generation Southern Californian, Bates studied journalism at USC and has lived in Pasadena for 28 years. She is the editor and co-author of Hometown Pasadena, the definitive book about the culture, history, people, and noteworthy places in the greater Pasadena area. She also serves as the president of the PubWest board and is a board trustee of Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles.
Chip Jacobs is an award-winning author and journalist. His books include the biography Strange As It Seems: the Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler; the environmental social histories The People's Republic of Chemicals and the international bestselling Smogtown: the Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles; the dark-humor true crime caper The Ascension of Jerry; and the stories collection The Vicodin Thieves. He also has contributed pieces to anthologies, most recently for Los Angeles in the 1970s: "Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine" about the attack on an idealist lawyer by a depraved cult. His reporting has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, L.A. Daily News, CNN, The New York Times, Bloomberg, and LA Weekly, among others.
Doug Cooper is the author of the award-winning novels 'Outside In' and 'The Investment Club'. Always searching, he has traveled to over twenty-five countries on five continents, exploring the contradictions between what we believe and how we act in the pursuit of truth, beauty, and love. Originally from Port Clinton, Ohio, he has also called Cleveland, St. Louis, Detroit, New York, Las Vegas, and Oslo, Norway home. 'Focus Lost' is his third novel.
Born and raised in New Jersey, Gary Lippman received a law degree from Northwestern University and has worked with New York's Innocence Project. Lippman's play Paradox Lost ran off Broadway for a month in 2001 and his writing has been published in The New York Times, The Paris Review, VICE, Fodors, and more. Having lived in Illinois, Florida, California, and France, Lippman can now be found in what used to be called "Fun City" with his imaginary French bulldog, his very real Hungarian wife, and a whenever-he's-inclined-to-visit adult son.
Laura Albert has won international acclaim for her fiction. Writing as JT LeRoy, she is the author of the best-selling novels Sarah and The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, and the novella Harold's End. She is the subject of Jeff Feuerzeig's feature documentary Author: The JT LeRoy Story and Lynn Hershman Leeson's film The Ballad of JT LeRoy. She has written for The New York Times, The Forward, The London Times, Spin, Man About Town, Vogue, Film Comment, Interview, L'Équipe Sport&Style, Filmmaker, I-D, and others – more recently, the cover article for Man About Town and her reflections on fashion for VESTOJ. A writer for the HBO series "Deadwood," she also wrote the original script for Gus Van Sant's Elephant and was the film's Associate Producer. She has written the short films Radiance for Drew Lightfoot and ContentMode, and Dreams of Levitation and Warfare of Pageantry for Sharif Hamza and Nowness. www.LauraAlbert.org
Bobbie Brown is an American actress and model best known for starring in Warrant’s classic “Cherry Pie” video. In 2011, MSN.com featured Bobbie in the list of the top ten “women who’ve broken the most hearts in rock music.” Her first book Dirty Rocker Boys came out in 2013. Bobbie lives in Hollywood, where she performs stand-up comedy.
Caroline Ryder is a British screenwriter and journalist based in LA. Previous books include Bobbie Brown's Dirty Rocker Boys, Kicking Up Dirt, the autobiography of deaf motocross champion Ashley Fiolek, and Let There Be GWAR, story of the shock rock band GWAR. Her writing has appeared in Dazed, AnOther, Vulture, Swindle, Cosmopolitan, and Variety, where she was Style Editor.
Chip Jacobs is an award-winning author and journalist. His books include the biography Strange As It Seems: the Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler; the environmental social histories The People's Republic of Chemicals and the international bestselling Smogtown: the Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles; the dark-humor true crime caper The Ascension of Jerry; and the stories collection The Vicodin Thieves. He also has contributed pieces to anthologies, most recently for Los Angeles in the 1970s: "Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine" about the attack on an idealist lawyer by a depraved cult. His reporting has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, L.A. Daily News, CNN, The New York Times, Bloomberg, and LA Weekly, among others.
Writer. Teacher. Mother. As a writer, Carla hopes to help readers feel less alone and more resilient. As a teacher, she strives to help others tell their stories and hone their craft while experimenting with new forms. The journey of motherhood informs much of her writing. Carla’s memoir, 'One Day on the Gold Line', is available now.
Raised in L.A by his grandfather who instilled in him his Jewish faith, Riley was a multi sport athlete who gravitated to boxing. His passion for the sport took him from the comfort of his Hancock Park neighborhood to train at gyms around L.A, eventually settling at Broadway Gym in South Central where he trained under Bill Slayton. The combination of being a straight A student and the first rate education on the L.A streets caught the attention of Robert "Puggy" Zeichick, one half of a Jewish-Italian bookmaking team. Riley started doing pick-ups and quickly graduated to felonious capers. After a stint in juvenile reform school, Riley resumed his gambling association, which had grown to working for Matthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello. He balanced his bookmaking business with his travels as an employee for TWA. Briefly, Riley settled on University studies in Germany, but returned to LA full time after capitalizing on the tech boom of the 90s in part by day trading stocks and then creating software that he licensed to Washington Mutual Bank, a company he worked for, which allowed him a solid foundational understanding of banking regulations, that he took with him into his online gaming ventures.
Jessica is the self-proclaimed podcast guru and Publicity Manager for Rare Bird. In addition to Rare Bird, Jessica works closely with the Society for Creative Anachronism, an international not-for-profit volunteer organization devoted to the research and re-creation of pre–seventeenth century skills, arts, combat, culture, and employing knowledge of history to enrich the lives of participants through events, demonstrations, and other educational presentations and activities. Jessica has a BA in English from the University of La Verne.
Raised in L.A by his grandfather who instilled in him his Jewish faith, Riley was a multi sport athlete who gravitated to boxing. His passion for the sport took him from the comfort of his Hancock Park neighborhood to train at gyms around L.A, eventually settling at Broadway Gym in South Central where he trained under Bill Slayton. The combination of being a straight A student and the first rate education on the L.A streets caught the attention of Robert "Puggy" Zeichick, one half of a Jewish-Italian bookmaking team. Riley started doing pick-ups and quickly graduated to felonious capers. After a stint in juvenile reform school, Riley resumed his gambling association, which had grown to working for Matthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello. He balanced his bookmaking business with his travels as an employee for TWA. Briefly, Riley settled on University studies in Germany, but returned to LA full time after capitalizing on the tech boom of the 90s in part by day trading stocks and then creating software that he licensed to Washington Mutual Bank, a company he worked for, which allowed him a solid foundational understanding of banking regulations, that he took with him into his online gaming ventures.
Doug Cooper is the author of the award-winning novels 'Outside In' and 'The Investment Club'. Always searching, he has traveled to over twenty-five countries on five continents, exploring the contradictions between what we believe and how we act in the pursuit of truth, beauty, and love. Originally from Port Clinton, Ohio, he has also called Cleveland, St. Louis, Detroit, New York, Las Vegas, and Oslo, Norway home. 'Focus Lost' is his third novel.
Born and raised in New Jersey, Gary Lippman received a law degree from Northwestern University and has worked with New York's Innocence Project. Lippman's play Paradox Lost ran off Broadway for a month in 2001 and his writing has been published in The New York Times, The Paris Review, VICE, Fodors, and more. Having lived in Illinois, Florida, California, and France, Lippman can now be found in what used to be called "Fun City" with his imaginary French bulldog, his very real Hungarian wife, and a whenever-he's-inclined-to-visit adult son.
Gary T. McDonald is a practicing Buddhist and an award-winning playwright and filmmaker with a life-long interest in the origins of Christianity. His latest film is The Fourth Noble Truth (winner of the Audience Award at the Sonoma International Film Festival). 'The Gospel of Thomas (the Younger)' is his first novel and is the basis for his forthcoming historical epic 'The Blood of Men and Angels..'
Tina Rae Collins is an internationally known, award-winning author who has published twenty-three books, including a novel, nine juvenile novels, a fable, two poetry books, a religious book for women and one for children, a collection of religious articles, a doctrinal book about the end times (The Gathering in the Last Days), a biography of her deceased son Aaron (Aaron Collins Did That), her Masters thesis (Snow White: The Story of Eve's Redemption), her doctoral dissertation (We Are Emmanuel: How Man Became God), and, after leaving Christianity, her books The Judaeo-Christian Myth, Yahweh on Trial, and The Truth Is a Funny Thing (written for young people whose parents are atheist/agnostic). She received a bachelors degree in English from Pikeville College and a Masters degree in Theology and PhD in Biblical Studies from Northwestern Theological Seminary. She resides in Lexington, Kentucky, and spends her free time enjoying her two daughters and six grandchildren who live nearby and visiting her older son in China.
Karen Stefano is the author of the memoir, What A Body Remembers: A Memoir of Sexual Assault And Its Aftermath (Rare Bird Books 2019). She is also the author of the short story collection The Secret Games of Words (1GlimpsePress 2015) and the how-to business writing guide, Before Hitting Send (Dearborn 2011). Her work has appeared in Ms. Magazine, The Rumpus, Psychology Today, California Lawyer, The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Epiphany, Volume 1 Brooklyn, and many other journals and magazines.
Writer. Teacher. Mother. As a writer, Carla hopes to help readers feel less alone and more resilient. As a teacher, she strives to help others tell their stories and hone their craft while experimenting with new forms. The journey of motherhood informs much of her writing. Carla’s memoir, 'One Day on the Gold Line', is available now.
Karen Stefano is the author of the memoir, What A Body Remembers: A Memoir of Sexual Assault And Its Aftermath (Rare Bird Books 2019). She is also the author of the short story collection The Secret Games of Words (1GlimpsePress 2015) and the how-to business writing guide, Before Hitting Send (Dearborn 2011). Her work has appeared in Ms. Magazine, The Rumpus, Psychology Today, California Lawyer, The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Epiphany, Volume 1 Brooklyn, and many other journals and magazines.
Sue William Silverman’s creative nonfiction books are The Pat Boone Fan Club:My Life as a White Anglo-Saxon Jew; Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You; Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey through Sexual Addiction, and Fearless Confessions: A Writer’s Guide to Memoir. Her second poetry collection is If the Girl Never Learns, and she teaches in the MFA in Writing program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. www.SueWilliamSilverman.com
Gary T. McDonald is a practicing Buddhist and an award-winning playwright and filmmaker with a life-long interest in the origins of Christianity. His latest film is The Fourth Noble Truth (winner of the Audience Award at the Sonoma International Film Festival). 'The Gospel of Thomas (the Younger)' is his first novel and is the basis for his forthcoming historical epic 'The Blood of Men and Angels..'
WARNING: THIS PODCAST ADDRESSES SENSITIVE TOPICS INCLUDING SUICIDE.
Acclaimed author Max Mobley writes from his home in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He is a former columnist for the pioneering music magazine Crawdaddy! The Magazine of Rock." He has written extensively for the music industry, including magazine features, reviews, interviews, and books on music technology. Max also penned the popular Rush biography, Rush FAQ―All That's Left To Know About The World's Greatest Canadian Prog Rock Power Trio. Max contributed to the Santa Cruz Sentinel series Rock Of Ages, honoring the 50th anniversary of the birth of rock and roll. He also wrote the limited series "The Cheif and I" for the Tracy Press. Max’s highly anticipated debut novel, Howard & Debbie, published by Rare Bird Books, will be available now. More at maxmobley.com.
William Garner was a biophysicist for 15 years (Marine Biology and Neurobiology), then at age 35 joined the US Army as an Airborne Ranger with the 1st Ranger Battalion. He was also an overseas security specialist, commercial photographer, military aviation photographer, and New York Times bestselling ghostwriter and editor of many books. His latest project is 'SUICIDE TANGO: My Year Killin’ It With A Shrink.'
Amber van de Bunt was born in the small town of Houghton, Michigan. She made her way to Los Angeles soon after high school to pursue a career in the adult film industry. As Karmen Karma, she appeared in over four hundred adult films and won nine awards. She had her own DVD showcase, 'Karma's a Bitch', and is a Brazzers contract star. She now lives in San Diego with her husband and daughter.
Karen Stefano is the author of the forthcoming memoir, What A Body Remembers: A Memoir of Sexual Assault And Its Aftermath (Rare Bird Books 2019). She is also the author of the short story collection The Secret Games of Words (1GlimpsePress 2015) and the how-to business writing guide, Before Hitting Send (Dearborn 2011). Her work has appeared in Ms. Magazine, The Rumpus, Psychology Today, California Lawyer, The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Epiphany, Volume 1 Brooklyn, and many other journals and magazines.
Karen Stefano is the author of the forthcoming memoir, What A Body Remembers: A Memoir of Sexual Assault And Its Aftermath (Rare Bird Books 2019). She is also the author of the short story collection The Secret Games of Words (1GlimpsePress 2015) and the how-to business writing guide, Before Hitting Send (Dearborn 2011). Her work has appeared in Ms. Magazine, The Rumpus, Psychology Today, California Lawyer, The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Epiphany, Volume 1 Brooklyn, and many other journals and magazines.
Doug Cooper is the author of the award-winning novels 'Outside In' and 'The Investment Club'. Always searching, he has traveled to over twenty-five countries on five continents, exploring the contradictions between what we believe and how we act in the pursuit of truth, beauty, and love. Originally from Port Clinton, Ohio, he has also called Cleveland, St. Louis, Detroit, New York, Las Vegas, and Oslo, Norway home. 'Focus Lost' is his third novel.
Gary T. McDonald is a practicing Buddhist and an award-winning playwright and filmmaker with a life-long interest in the origins of Christianity. His latest film is The Fourth Noble Truth (winner of the Audience Award at the Sonoma International Film Festival). 'The Gospel of Thomas (the Younger)' is his first novel and is the basis for his forthcoming historical epic 'The Blood of Men and Angels..'
Peter Bolland is the humanities and philosophy department chair at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, California where he teaches world religions, Asian philosophy, world mythology, and ethics. Bolland is also a columnist for Unity Magazine and the San Diego Troubadour, writing about the intersections between the world's wisdom traditions. He brings his philosophical and comparative religions expertise to a wide variety of community venues like The Chopra Center, The Osher Institute at San Diego State University, The San Diego Vedanta Monastery, San Diego Oasis, and many more. Bolland is also an award winning singer-songwriter and poet. Learn more at peterbolland.com.
Doug Cooper is the author of the award-winning novels 'Outside In' and 'The Investment Club'. Always searching, he has traveled to over twenty-five countries on five continents, exploring the contradictions between what we believe and how we act in the pursuit of truth, beauty, and love. Originally from Port Clinton, Ohio, he has also called Cleveland, St. Louis, Detroit, New York, Las Vegas, and Oslo, Norway home. 'Focus Lost' is his third novel.
Martin Jay Weiss is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, directed and produced a vast anthology of commercials, films, and television projects. He has a BS in Journalism from the University of Illinois and an MFA in Film from New York University. Born and raised in Chicago, he now lives in California with his wife and two children. His first novel 'The Second Son' was released in August 2018. 'Flamingo Coast' is his latest novel.
WARNING: THIS PODCAST ADDRESSES SENSITIVE TOPICS INCLUDING SUICIDE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.
Karen Stefano is the author of the forthcoming memoir, What A Body Remembers: A Memoir of Sexual Assault And Its Aftermath (Rare Bird Books 2019). She is also the author of the short story collection The Secret Games of Words (1GlimpsePress 2015) and the how-to business writing guide, Before Hitting Send (Dearborn 2011). Her work has appeared in Ms. Magazine, The Rumpus, Psychology Today, California Lawyer, The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Epiphany, Volume 1 Brooklyn, and many other journals and magazines.
William Garner was a biophysicist for 15 years (Marine Biology and Neurobiology), then at age 35 joined the US Army as an Airborne Ranger with the 1st Ranger Battalion. He was also an overseas security specialist, commercial photographer, military aviation photographer, and New York Times bestselling ghostwriter and editor of many books. His latest project is 'SUICIDE TANGO: My Year Killin’ It With A Shrink.'
Karen Stefano is the author of the forthcoming memoir, What A Body Remembers: A Memoir of Sexual Assault And Its Aftermath (Rare Bird Books 2019). She is also the author of the short story collection The Secret Games of Words (1GlimpsePress 2015) and the how-to business writing guide, Before Hitting Send (Dearborn 2011). Her work has appeared in Ms. Magazine, The Rumpus, Psychology Today, California Lawyer, The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Epiphany, Volume 1 Brooklyn, and many other journals and magazines.
Devin Galaudet is the editor and publisher of the well-established In The Know Traveler series of web sites, which celebrated thirteen years in August. He also publishes several other travel-inspired web sites including In The Know Hotels and The Forever Bride, which chronicles he and his wife’s goal of getting married in 100 countries around the world. He has written for the Huffington Post, Technorati, The Citron Review, TravelAge West, and Turkish Airlines’ Sky Life Magazine. Devin holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Antioch University at Los Angeles where he was the commencement speaker representing his class. He has been interviewed at the California Writers Coalition, JohnnyJet.com, Thinking Aloud, the Jewish Journal, among others and performed at Antioch’s Literary Uprising. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Gary T. McDonald is a practicing Buddhist and an award-winning playwright and filmmaker with a life-long interest in the origins of Christianity. His latest film is The Fourth Noble Truth (winner of the Audience Award at the Sonoma International Film Festival). 'The Gospel of Thomas (the Younger)' is his first novel and is the basis for his forthcoming historical epic 'The Blood of Men and Angels..'
Lewis Shiner was born in 1950 and played in rock bands from high school on. Previous novels include Black & White, the award-winning Glimpses, and the cyberpunk classic Frontera. He's written about music for the Village Voice, Pulse, Crawdaddy, and others. His short fiction has been reprinted in a number of best-of-the-year anthologies, and his latest collection is 'Heroes and Villains: Three Short Novels and a Fable'. He lives in North Carolina.
Doug Cooper is the author of the award-winning novels 'Outside In' and 'The Investment Club'. Always searching, he has traveled to over twenty-five countries on five continents, exploring the contradictions between what we believe and how we act in the pursuit of truth, beauty, and love. Originally from Port Clinton, Ohio, he has also called Cleveland, St. Louis, Detroit, New York, Las Vegas, and Oslo, Norway home. 'Focus Lost' is his third novel.
David Rose spent his twenties armed in three different countries; thus bearing witness to every form of human depravity, draconian law, and unabated violence--now profitably converted into fiction. He holds a Master of Science in Philosophy of the Social Sciences from the London School of Economics and Political Science. 'Mulgara' is his latest novel will be released May 2019.
KAREN STEFANO is the author of the forthcoming memoir 'What A Body Remembers' (Rare Bird Books 2019) and the short story collection 'The Secret Games of Words' (1GlimpsePress 2015). Her work has appeared in The Rumpus, Ms. Magazine, California Lawyer, Psychology Today, The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Epiphany, and elsewhere. She is also a JD/MBA with more than twenty years of complex litigation experience.
Michele Filgate is a contributing editor at Literary Hub and the editor of an anthology based on her Longreads essay, What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About, forthcoming from Simon & Schuster on April 30, 2019. Currently, she is an M.F.A. student at NYU, where she is the recipient of the Stein Fellowship.
Writer. Teacher. Mother. As a writer, Carla hopes to help readers feel less alone and more resilient. As a teacher, she strives to help others tell their stories and hone their craft while experimenting with new forms. The journey of motherhood informs much of her writing. Carla’s memoir, 'One Day on the Gold Line', is forthcoming, release date July 18, 2019, with publisher, Black Rose Writing.
Janet O'Shea is Professor of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA. Author of 'RISK, FAILURE, PLAY', 'At Home in the World: Bharata Natyam on the Global Stage' and the co-editor of the 'Routledge Dance Studies Reader', 2nd edition, her research focuses on corporeality, interdisciplinary exchange, and the politics of everyday life. She is a practitioner of Filipino martial arts, jeet kune do, Brazilian jiu jitsu, kickboxing, and empowerment self-defense.
David Rose spent his twenties armed in three different countries; thus bearing witness to every form of human depravity, draconian law, and unabated violence--now profitably converted into fiction. He holds a Master of Science in Philosophy of the Social Sciences from the London School of Economics and Political Science. 'Mulgara' is his latest novel will be released May 2019.
John F.D. Taff is the author of more than 100 published short stories and six novels. His short story collection 'Little Deaths' was named the best horror fiction collection of 2012 by HorrorTalk. His collection of novellas, 'The End in All Beginnings', was published in 2014. Jack Ketchum called it “the best novella collection I’ve read in years,” and it was a finalist for a Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection. His short story "A Winter's Tale" was a finalist for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction in this year's Stoker Awards. His fiction has appeared most recently in 'Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories', 'Behold: Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders, Shadows Over Main Street 2', and his latest short story collection 'Little Black Spots'. His epic novel 'The Fearing' will be released in 2019 by Grey Matter Press. Josh Malerman said “The Fearing isn’t only John Taff ’s best work to date, it’s the kind you put on the shelf reserved for the ones that really did something to you, emotionally, intellectually, physically.” He lives in the wilds of Illinois with one wife, two cats and three pugs. Follow him on Twitter @johnfdtaff or learn more at his blog johnfdtaff.com
Doug Cooper is the author of the award-winning novels 'Outside In' and 'The Investment Club'. Always searching, he has traveled to over twenty-five countries on five continents, exploring the contradictions between what we believe and how we act in the pursuit of truth, beauty, and love. Originally from Port Clinton, Ohio, he has also called Cleveland, St. Louis, Detroit, New York, Las Vegas, and Oslo, Norway home. 'Focus Lost' is his third novel.
Los Angeles Times Bestselling Author Stephen Jay Schwartz spent a number of years as the Director of Development for Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot, In the Line of Fire, Air Force One, Troy, The Perfect Storm) where he worked to develop screenplays for production. He also worked as a freelance screenwriter before writing his two novels, Boulevard and Beat, which follow the journey of sex-addicted LAPD detective Hayden Glass. The Hayden Glass series was optioned by producer Ben Silverman (Ugly Betty, The Office, The Tudors) for development as a TV series. Stephen’s short fiction was most recently included in the collection The Los Angeles Fiction Anthology alongside T.C. Boyle, published by Red Hen Press, as well as the short story collection Jewish Noir, published by PM Press. He recently edited a collection called “Hollywood Versus the Author,” published by Rare Bird Books in 2018, featuring essays from Michael Connelly, Jonathan Kellerman, Lawrence Block, T. Jefferson Parker, Tess Gerritsen, Lee Goldberg and more. He is a regular moderator at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books and has judged and been the panel chair for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the mystery/thriller category since 2015. His film work has been exhibited in the A.F.I. Los Angeles International Film Festival and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC. Stephen received his MFA in Creative Writing from UC Riverside and is currently on faculty at Emerson College Los Angeles. You can learn more about him at his website, www.stephenjayschwartz.com.
Janet O'Shea is Professor of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA. Author of 'RISK, FAILURE, PLAY', 'At Home in the World: Bharata Natyam on the Global Stage' and the co-editor of the 'Routledge Dance Studies Reader', 2nd edition, her research focuses on corporeality, interdisciplinary exchange, and the politics of everyday life. She is a practitioner of Filipino martial arts, jeet kune do, Brazilian jiu jitsu, kickboxing, and empowerment self-defense.
Alex Channon is a senior lecturer in physical education and sport studies at the University of Brighton, United Kingdom. His doctoral research explored sex integration in martial arts and combat sports, and he has published several academic papers on issues pertaining to gender, sexuality and sport. Alex is an active member of the Martial Arts Studies Research Network and is the editor of Global Perspectives on Women in Combat Sports: Women Warriors around the World (Palgrave Macmillan 2015), Sex Integration in Sport and Physical Culture (Taylor & Francis 2017) and Teaching with Sociological Imagination in Higher and Further Education (Springer 2018). He is the co-founder of the anti-violence project, Love Fighting Hate Violence (www.lfhv.org).
Acclaimed author Max Mobley writes from his home in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He is a former columnist for the pioneering music magazine Crawdaddy! The Magazine of Rock." He has written extensively for the music industry, including magazine features, reviews, interviews, and books on music technology. Max also penned the popular Rush biography, Rush FAQ―All That's Left To Know About The World's Greatest Canadian Prog Rock Power Trio. Max contributed to the Santa Cruz Sentinel series Rock Of Ages, honoring the 50th anniversary of the birth of rock and roll. He also wrote the limited series "The Cheif and I" for the Tracy Press. Max’s highly anticipated debut novel, Howard & Debbie, published by Rare Bird Books, will be available now. More at maxmobley.com.
Peter Leonard, the son of legendary crime novelist, Elmore Leonard, continues the life of his fathers character Raylan Givens in 'Raylan Goes to Detroit'. Peter is also a national bestselling author of seven thrillers, including 'Quiver', 'Trust Me', 'All He Saw was the Girl', 'Voices of the Dead', 'Back from the Dead', 'Eyes Closed Tight', and 'Unknown Remains'.
Doug Cooper is the author of the award-winning novels 'Outside In' and 'The Investment Club'. Always searching, he has traveled to over twenty-five countries on five continents, exploring the contradictions between what we believe and how we act in the pursuit of truth, beauty, and love. Originally from Port Clinton, Ohio, he has also called Cleveland, St. Louis, Detroit, New York, Las Vegas, and Oslo, Norway home. 'Focus Lost' is his third novel.
Heidi Barnes ran her family’s inn on the coast of Maine for years, which inspired The Bellman Series―"The Bellman" and "The Bellman’s Secret". She is a Realtor and property manager based in Los Angeles, California. Heidi has lived around the world―including Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Dubai, and Canada. She enjoys outdoor activities, loves animals, and is a devoted mother of three. "The Bellman’s Secret" is her second novel.
KAREN STEFANO is the author of the forthcoming memoir 'What A Body Remembers' (Rare Bird Books 2019) and the short story collection 'The Secret Games of Words' (1GlimpsePress 2015). Her work has appeared in The Rumpus, Ms. Magazine, California Lawyer, Psychology Today, The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Epiphany, and elsewhere. She is also a JD/MBA with more than twenty years of complex litigation experience.
Shabnam Curtis the author of 'My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl' was born and raised in Tehran, experiencing the Iranian Revolution of 1979 firsthand. In 2004 she immigrated to the United States, where she now works as a project performance analyst. Shabnam teaches memoir writing workshops and is working on her second memoir. She lives in Sterling, Virginia, with her husband and two dogs.
Erik Tarloff has written for the stage, the screen (both large and small), and publications like Slate, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Prospect, Vogue, and many others. He contributed to speeches by Bill Clinton and Al Gore. He currently lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, economist Laura Tyson. This is his fourth novel.
Los Angeles Times Bestselling Author Stephen Jay Schwartz spent a number of years as the Director of Development for film director Wolfgang Petersen (whose credits include Das Boot, In the Line of Fire, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm, Troy) where he worked with writers, producers and studio executives to develop screenplays for production. Among the film projects he helped developed are Air Force One, Outbreak, Red Corner, Bicentennial Man and Mighty Joe Young. Stephen's own film work has exhibited at the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival, the Directors Guild of America, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. He also worked as a screenwriter and freelance "script doctor," developing concepts, treatments and feature films for independent film producers. His writing credits include Inside the Space Station, narrated by Liam Neeson and produced as a "Watch with the World" special for The Discovery Channel.
Writer. Teacher. Mother. As a writer, Carla hopes to help readers feel less alone and more resilient. As a teacher, she strives to help others tell their stories and hone their craft while experimenting with new forms. The journey of motherhood informs much of her writing. Carla’s memoir, 'One Day on the Gold Line', is forthcoming, release date July 18, 2019, with publisher, Black Rose Writing.
Kristin Casey is a writer and recovered alcoholic and addict. Her memoir 'Rock Monster: My Life with Joe Walsh' documents their tumultuous six-year relationship and drug-fueled, train-wreck breakup. She's survived numerous addictions, suicide attempts, clinical depression, the panhandle of Texas, and seventeen years of Catholicism. Her writing has appeared in the Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, The Nervous Breakdown, From the Asylum, $pread, and elsewhere. She writes about addiction, dependency, sexuality, and relationships. She resides in Austin, Texas, and works in the field of sex therapy.
Martin Jay Weiss is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, directed and produced a vast anthology of commercials, films, and television projects. He has a BS in Journalism from the University of Illinois and an MFA in Film from New York University. Born and raised in Chicago, he now lives in California with his wife and two children. His first novel 'The Second Son' was released in August 2018. 'Flamingo Coast' is his latest novel.
Acclaimed author Max Mobley writes from his home in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He is a former columnist for the pioneering music magazine Crawdaddy! The Magazine of Rock." He has written extensively for the music industry, including magazine features, reviews, interviews, and books on music technology. Max also penned the popular Rush biography, Rush FAQ―All That's Left To Know About The World's Greatest Canadian Prog Rock Power Trio. Max contributed to the Santa Cruz Sentinel series Rock Of Ages, honoring the 50th anniversary of the birth of rock and roll. He also wrote the limited series "The Cheif and I" for the Tracy Press. Max’s highly anticipated debut novel, Howard & Debbie, published by Rare Bird Books, will be available February 12, 2019. More at maxmobley.com.
Acclaimed author Max Mobley writes from his home in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He is a former columnist for the pioneering music magazine Crawdaddy! The Magazine of Rock." He has written extensively for the music industry, including magazine features, reviews, interviews, and books on music technology. Max also penned the popular Rush biography, Rush FAQ―All That's Left To Know About The World's Greatest Canadian Prog Rock Power Trio. Max contributed to the Santa Cruz Sentinel series Rock Of Ages, honoring the 50th anniversary of the birth of rock and roll. He also wrote the limited series "The Cheif and I" for the Tracy Press. Max’s highly anticipated debut novel, Howard & Debbie, published by Rare Bird Books, will be available February 12, 2019. More at maxmobley.com.
Erik Tarloff has written for the stage, the screen (both large and small), and publications like Slate, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Prospect, Vogue, and many others. He contributed to speeches by Bill Clinton and Al Gore. He currently lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, economist Laura Tyson. This is his fourth novel.
Martin Jay Weiss is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, directed and produced a vast anthology of commercials, films, and television projects. He has a BS in Journalism from the University of Illinois and an MFA in Film from New York University. Born and raised in Chicago, he now lives in California with his wife and two children. His first novel 'The Second Son' was released in August 2018. 'Flamingo Coast' is his latest novel.
Jeffrey Price is a screenwriter best known for cowriting Who Framed Roger Rabbit, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, and Shrek III. Seeking the refuge of small-town life, he moved his family from Los Angeles to southwest Colorado.
Heidi Barnes ran her family’s inn on the coast of Maine for years, which inspired The Bellman Series―"The Bellman" and "The Bellman’s Secret". She is a Realtor and property manager based in Los Angeles, California. Heidi has lived around the world―including Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Dubai, and Canada. She enjoys outdoor activities, loves animals, and is a devoted mother of three. "The Bellman’s Secret" is her second novel.
Over the course of his life, William Sirls has experienced both great highs and tremendous lows―some born of chance, some born of choice. Once a senior vice president at a major investment firm, he was incarcerated in 2007 for wire fraud and money laundering, where he learned a great deal more than he ever bargained for. Life lessons involving faith, grace, patience, and forgiveness are evident in his writing. He is the father of two and makes his home in southern California.
Martin Jay Weiss is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, directed and produced a vast anthology of commercials, films, and television projects. He has a BS in Journalism from the University of Illinois and an MFA in Film from New York University. Born and raised in Chicago, he now lives in California with his wife and two children. His first novel 'The Second Son' was released in August 2018. 'Flamingo Coast' is his latest novel.
Peter Leonard, the son of legendary crime novelist, Elmore Leonard, continues the life of his fathers character Raylan Givens in 'Raylan Goes to Detroit'. Peter is also a national bestselling author of seven thrillers, including 'Quiver', 'Trust Me', 'All He Saw was the Girl', 'Voices of the Dead', 'Back from the Dead', 'Eyes Closed Tight', and 'Unknown Remains'.
Jerry Vis, was born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1939, where he lived for most of his childhood. He attended Parson’s School of Design, NYC where he received an associate degree for graphic design in 1962, after which he attended SUNY New Paltz in New York were he finished work for a BFA degree in 1965. He then went on to complete graduate work at Rutgers University, New Jersey in 1970 for an MFA Degree. In 1962 he married Betty Louise Pascale and moved from New Jersey to New York. They had three children.
Carol Stanley is the owner/editor at Dragonfly Books & Media. She has been involved in various aspects of media and entertainment throughout her career. Starting in public relations in New York, she moved into the music business, theater and film publicity until being recruited by the legendary Pat Kingsley in Los Angeles. She made the move to LA and is now passionate about California. She has worked in the production and development of film and television projects as a publicist, and as a script doctor. She enjoyed all of it, but the most enduring passion of her life has been books. Now, as owner of Dragonfly Books & Media she feels she is doing what she was meant to do all her life.
Janet O'Shea is Professor of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA. Author of 'RISK, FAILURE, PLAY', 'At Home in the World: Bharata Natyam on the Global Stage' and the co-editor of the 'Routledge Dance Studies Reader', 2nd edition, her research focuses on corporeality, interdisciplinary exchange, and the politics of everyday life. She is a practitioner of Filipino martial arts, jeet kune do, Brazilian jiu jitsu, kickboxing, and empowerment self-defense.
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and the author of 'Posada: Offerings of Witness and Refuge' (Sundress Publications 2016). A former Steinbeck Fellow, Poets & Writers California Writers Exchange winner, and Barbara Deming Memorial Fund grantee, she’s received residencies from Hedgebrook, Ragdale, National Parks Arts Foundation and Poetry Foundation and is a member of Macondo Writers’ Workshop. Her work is published in Acentos Review, CALYX, crazyhorse, and American Poetry Review among others. A dramatization of her poem "Our Lady of the Water Gallons," directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño, can be viewed at latinopia.com. She hosts the quarterly reading series HITCHED and is a cofounder of Women Who Submit.
Devin Galaudet is the editor and publisher of the well-established 'In The Know Traveler' series of web sites, which celebrated thirteen years in August. He also publishes several other travel-inspired web sites including 'In The Know Hotels' and 'The Forever Bride', which chronicles he and his wife’s goal of getting married in 100 countries around the world. He has written for the Huffington Post, Technorati, The Citron Review, TravelAge West, and Turkish Airlines’ Sky Life Magazine. Devin holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Antioch University at Los Angeles where he was the commencement speaker representing his class. He has been interviewed at the California Writers Coalition, JohnnyJet.com, Thinking Aloud, the Jewish Journal, among others and performed at Antioch’s Literary Uprising. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Heidi Barnes ran her family’s inn on the coast of Maine for years, which inspired The Bellman Series―"The Bellman" and "The Bellman’s Secret". She is a Realtor and property manager based in Los Angeles, California. Heidi has lived around the world―including Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Dubai, and Canada. She enjoys outdoor activities, loves animals, and is a devoted mother of three. "The Bellman’s Secret" is her second novel.
Los Angeles Times Bestselling Author Stephen Jay Schwartz spent a number of years as the Director of Development for film director Wolfgang Petersen (whose credits include Das Boot, In the Line of Fire, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm, Troy) where he worked with writers, producers and studio executives to develop screenplays for production. Among the film projects he helped developed are Air Force One, Outbreak, Red Corner, Bicentennial Man and Mighty Joe Young. Stephen's own film work has exhibited at the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival, the Directors Guild of America, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. He also worked as a screenwriter and freelance "script doctor," developing concepts, treatments and feature films for independent film producers. His writing credits include Inside the Space Station, narrated by Liam Neeson and produced as a "Watch with the World" special for The Discovery Channel.
Rex Weiner’s screenwriting credits include The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, based on his original stories, directed by Renny Harlin and starring Andrew Dice Clay for 20th Century Fox. As one of the first writers brought on board to launch the TV series Miami Vice, Weiner wrote the now classic 9th episode, “Glades.” As a journalist, Weiner’s articles have appeared in Vanity Fair, The Paris Review, The New Yorker, LA Weekly, L’Officiel Hommes, and Rolling Stone Italia. “Lost & Found,” his column about Hollywood entertainment history, appeared weekly in Variety where was a staff reporter. He is one of the founding editors of High Times Magazine and former editor of Swank (“The Magazine For Men”). He is also the co-author of The Woodstock Census (Viking), one of the key texts analyzing the impact of the Sixties Generation on American society. A native New Yorker, Mr. Weiner lives in Los Angeles and in Baja California Sur, Mexico, where he is co-owner of Casa Dracula, a 160-year old hacienda in the historic pueblo magico of Todos Santos.
Devin Galaudet is the editor and publisher of the well-established In The Know Traveler series of web sites, which celebrated thirteen years in August. He also publishes several other travel-inspired web sites including In The Know Hotels and The Forever Bride, which chronicles he and his wife’s goal of getting married in 100 countries around the world. He has written for the Huffington Post, Technorati, The Citron Review, TravelAge West, and Turkish Airlines’ Sky Life Magazine. Devin holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Antioch University at Los Angeles where he was the commencement speaker representing his class. He has been interviewed at the California Writers Coalition, JohnnyJet.com, Thinking Aloud, the Jewish Journal, among others and performed at Antioch’s Literary Uprising. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Raised in L.A by his grandfather who instilled in him his Jewish faith, Riley was a multi sport athlete who gravitated to boxing. His passion for the sport took him from the comfort of his Hancock Park neighborhood to train at gyms around L.A, eventually settling at Broadway Gym in South Central where he trained under Bill Slayton. The combination of being a straight A student and the first rate education on the L.A streets caught the attention of Robert "Puggy" Zeichick, one half of a Jewish-Italian bookmaking team. Riley started doing pick-ups and quickly graduated to felonious capers. After a stint in juvenile reform school, Riley resumed his gambling association, which had grown to working for Matthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello. He balanced his bookmaking business with his travels as an employee for TWA. Briefly, Riley settled on University studies in Germany, but returned to LA full time after capitalizing on the tech boom of the 90s in part by day trading stocks and then creating software that he licensed to Washington Mutual Bank, a company he worked for, which allowed him a solid foundational understanding of banking regulations, that he took with him into his online gaming ventures.
Janet O'Shea is Professor of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA. Author of 'RISK, FAILURE, PLAY', 'At Home in the World: Bharata Natyam on the Global Stage' and the co-editor of the 'Routledge Dance Studies Reader', 2nd edition, her research focuses on corporeality, interdisciplinary exchange, and the politics of everyday life. She is a practitioner of Filipino martial arts, jeet kune do, Brazilian jiu jitsu, kickboxing, and empowerment self-defense.
Los Angeles Times Bestselling Author Stephen Jay Schwartz spent a number of years as the Director of Development for film director Wolfgang Petersen (whose credits include Das Boot, In the Line of Fire, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm, Troy) where he worked with writers, producers and studio executives to develop screenplays for production. Among the film projects he helped developed are Air Force One, Outbreak, Red Corner, Bicentennial Man and Mighty Joe Young.
Peter Leonard, the son of legendary crime novelist, Elmore Leonard, continues the life of his fathers character Raylan Givens in 'Raylan Goes to Detroit'. Peter is also a national bestselling author of seven thrillers, including 'Quiver', 'Trust Me', 'All He Saw was the Girl', 'Voices of the Dead', 'Back from the Dead', 'Eyes Closed Tight', and 'Unknown Remains'.
Devin Galaudet, author of "10,000 Miles with my Dead Father's Ashes", is known as the editor and publisher of the well-established "In The Know Traveler" series of web sites, which celebrated thirteen years in August. He also publishes several other travel-inspired web sites including "In The Know Hotels" and "The Forever Bride", which chronicles he and his wife’s goal of getting married in 100 countries around the world. He has written for the 'Huffington Post', 'Technorati', 'The Citron Review', 'TravelAge West', and Turkish Airlines’ 'Sky Life' Magazine. Devin holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Antioch University at Los Angeles where he was the commencement speaker representing his class.
Peter Leonard, author of "Raylan Goes to Detroit", the son of legendary crime novelist, Elmore Leonard, is a national bestselling author of seven thrillers, including Quiver, Trust Me, All He Saw was the Girl, Voices of the Dead, Back from the Dead, Eyes Closed Tight, and Unknown Remains.
Martin Jay Weiss is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, directed and produced a vast anthology of commercials, films, and television projects. He has a BS in Journalism from the University of Illinois and an MFA in Film from New York University. Born and raised in Chicago, he now lives in California with his wife and two children. His first novel 'The Second Son' was released in August 2018. His next novel 'Flamingo Coast' will be release in January 2019.
Los Angeles Times Bestselling Author Stephen Jay Schwartz spent a number of years as the Director of Development for film director Wolfgang Petersen (whose credits include Das Boot, In the Line of Fire, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm, Troy) where he worked with writers, producers and studio executives to develop screenplays for production. Among the film projects he helped developed are Air Force One, Outbreak, Red Corner, Bicentennial Man and Mighty Joe Young.
Janet O'Shea is Professor of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA. Author of 'RISK, FAILURE, PLAY', 'At Home in the World: Bharata Natyam on the Global Stage' and the co-editor of the 'Routledge Dance Studies Reader', 2nd edition, her research focuses on corporeality, interdisciplinary exchange, and the politics of everyday life. She is a practitioner of Filipino martial arts, jeet kune do, Brazilian jiu jitsu, kickboxing, and empowerment self-defense.
Stephanie Phillips is a PhD candidate in rhetoric and composition at the University of South Florida. Her research interests include technical communication, sports rhetoric, and new media studies. Stephanie is also a technical writing lecturer at the University of Buffalo, a Muay Thai fighter, and a comics writer.
Allan MacDonell is the author of the novel 'Now That I Am Gone'. His other works include; 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust', 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and was a defining voice of the groundbreaking punk periodical "Slash" magazine. While writing for Slash, he also co-invented slam-dancing.
Performing as Louisahhh, New York-born Louisa Pillot is one of the rare women thriving within the male-dominated international EDM (electronic dance music) elite. Producer, DJ, recording artist, Louisahhh is in demand at clubs and festivals from Barcelona to Miami, to Amsterdam, Istanbul, Glasgow and on and on, even L.A. She lists influences as Herzog, unicorns and Sacred Mundane. Listen to how those influence weave into Pillot’s music on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/louisahhh She lives in Paris.
Raised in L.A by his grandfather who instilled in him his Jewish faith, Riley Perez was a multi sport athlete who gravitated to boxing. His passion for the sport took him from the comfort of his Hancock Park neighborhood to train at gyms around L.A, eventually settling at Broadway Gym in South Central where he trained under Bill Slayton. The combination of being a straight A student and the first rate education on the L.A streets caught the attention of Robert "Puggy" Zeichick, one half of a Jewish-Italian bookmaking team. Riley started doing pick-ups and quickly graduated to felonious capers. After a stint in juvenile reform school, Riley resumed his gambling association, which had grown to working for Matthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello. He balanced his bookmaking business with his travels as an employee for TWA. Briefly, Riley settled on University studies in Germany, but returned to LA full time after capitalizing on the tech boom of the 90s in part by day trading stocks and then creating software that he licensed to Washington Mutual Bank, a company he worked for, which allowed him a solid foundational understanding of banking regulations, that he took with him into his online gaming ventures.
Peter Leonard, the son of legendary crime novelist, Elmore Leonard, continues the life of his fathers character Raylan Givens in 'Raylan Goes to Detroit'. Peter is also a national bestselling author of seven thrillers, including 'Quiver', 'Trust Me', 'All He Saw was the Girl', 'Voices of the Dead', 'Back from the Dead', 'Eyes Closed Tight', and 'Unknown Remains'.
Allan MacDonell is the author of the novel 'Now That I Am Gone'. His other works include; 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust', 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and was a defining voice of the groundbreaking punk periodical "Slash" magazine. While writing for Slash, he also co-invented slam-dancing.
For many years now, Aaron Lee’s rude comic ingenuity has touched you undercover of producer and writer credits for ‘Family Guy,’ ‘The Cleveland Show,’ ‘The New Normal’ and loads more. Lee’s bursts of caustic wit were big hits for wisecracking celebrities at televised roasts of Joan Rivers, William Shatner, Pamela Anderson, Flavor Flav and reality TV personality Donald Trump. It’s high time for Lee to cast off his blanket anonymity and expose his true identity: That’s what’s happening here on Skeeveland.
Martin Jay Weiss is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, directed and produced a vast anthology of commercials, films, and television projects. He has a BS in Journalism from the University of Illinois and an MFA in Film from New York University. Born and raised in Chicago, he now lives in California with his wife and two children. His first novel 'The Second Son' was released in August 2018. His next novel 'Flamingo Coast' will be release in January 2019.
Raised in L.A by his grandfather who instilled in him his Jewish faith, Riley Perez was a multi sport athlete who gravitated to boxing. His passion for the sport took him from the comfort of his Hancock Park neighborhood to train at gyms around L.A, eventually settling at Broadway Gym in South Central where he trained under Bill Slayton. The combination of being a straight A student and the first rate education on the L.A streets caught the attention of Robert "Puggy" Zeichick, one half of a Jewish-Italian bookmaking team. Riley started doing pick-ups and quickly graduated to felonious capers. After a stint in juvenile reform school, Riley resumed his gambling association, which had grown to working for Matthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello. He balanced his bookmaking business with his travels as an employee for TWA. Briefly, Riley settled on University studies in Germany, but returned to LA full time after capitalizing on the tech boom of the 90s in part by day trading stocks and then creating software that he licensed to Washington Mutual Bank, a company he worked for, which allowed him a solid foundational understanding of banking regulations, that he took with him into his online gaming ventures.
Over the course of his life, William Sirls has experienced both great highs and tremendous lows―some born of chance, some born of choice. Once a senior vice president at a major investment firm, he was incarcerated in 2007 for wire fraud and money laundering, where he learned a great deal more than he ever bargained for. Life lessons involving faith, grace, patience, and forgiveness are evident in his writing. He is the father of two and makes his home in southern California.
Raised in L.A by his grandfather who instilled in him his Jewish faith, Riley was a multi sport athlete who gravitated to boxing. His passion for the sport took him from the comfort of his Hancock Park neighborhood to train at gyms around L.A, eventually settling at Broadway Gym in South Central where he trained under Bill Slayton. The combination of being a straight A student and the first rate education on the L.A streets caught the attention of Robert "Puggy" Zeichick, one half of a Jewish-Italian bookmaking team. Riley started doing pick-ups and quickly graduated to felonious capers. After a stint in juvenile reform school, Riley resumed his gambling association, which had grown to working for Matthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello. He balanced his bookmaking business with his travels as an employee for TWA. Briefly, Riley settled on University studies in Germany, but returned to LA full time after capitalizing on the tech boom of the 90s in part by day trading stocks and then creating software that he licensed to Washington Mutual Bank, a company he worked for, which allowed him a solid foundational understanding of banking regulations, that he took with him into his online gaming ventures.
Allan MacDonell is the author of the upcoming book 'Now That I am Gone", as well as, 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust'. MacDonell studied creative writing at San Francisco State University. He was a defining contributor to L.A.'s Slash magazine. Since the turn of the millennium, MacDonell has been separating real from fake on Internet platforms like Buzz Media, Spin Media, Participant Media, and marijuana news-and-lifestyle site Kindland. He is currently director of TheSkeeve.com.
Jody Hill is a film director, producer and screenwriter. In 2006, he directed, co-wrote, co-produced and co-starred in his first film The Foot Fist Way, which he based on his experience as a Taekwondo black belt and instructor. His follow-up film, Observe and Report, stars Seth Rogen and was released on April 10, 2009. Hill is also co-creator, director and executive producer of the HBO series Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals.
Martin Jay Weiss author of "The Second Son" and the upcoming novel "Flamingo Coast", is an award-winning filmmaker who has worked extensively throughout North and South America, Eastern and Western Europe, and Southeast Asia--often sneaking away to scuba dive in remote locations. His screen adaption for "The Alchemist Agenda" won Amazon Studios' best screenplay honor and the movie is on their active development slate where they have a deal with Warner Brothers. Weiss lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.
Over the course of his life, William Sirls has experienced both great highs and tremendous lows―some born of chance, some born of choice. Once a senior vice president at a major investment firm, he was incarcerated in 2007 for wire fraud and money laundering, where he learned a great deal more than he ever bargained for. Life lessons involving faith, grace, patience, and forgiveness are evident in his writing. He is the father of two and makes his home in southern California. His third novel, "The Crown Lord" will be released on November 13 2018.
Allan MacDonell is the author of the upcoming novel 'Now That I am Gone', 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust'. MacDonell studied creative writing at San Francisco State University. He was a defining contributor to L.A.'s Slash magazine. Since the turn of the millennium, MacDonell has been separating real from fake on Internet platforms like Buzz Media, Spin Media, Participant Media, and marijuana news-and-lifestyle site Kindland. He is currently director of TheSkeeve.com.
Annie Hardy's recent double-album, "Rules," is a powerhouse release of loss, anguish and persistence. The album is available from Full Psycho/American Primitive records at anniehardy.bandcamp.com. Previously, Hardy was best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter for the American rock act Giant Drag. Hardy was voted one of NME's "50 Coolest People," and has been lauded in NME, Spin, MTV News, Rolling Stone and Skeeveland
Allan MacDonell is the author of the upcoming book 'Now That I am Gone", as well as, 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust'. MacDonell studied creative writing at San Francisco State University. He was a defining contributor to L.A.'s Slash magazine. Since the turn of the millennium, MacDonell has been separating real from fake on Internet platforms like Buzz Media, Spin Media, Participant Media, and marijuana news-and-lifestyle site Kindland. He is currently director of TheSkeeve.com.
Rob Zabrecky is an American counterculture cult figure three times over. His first underground prominence was as primary songwriter, bassist and frontman of fabled '90s rock ensemble Possum Dixon. While supporting himself as a professional auctioneer, Zabrecky embarked upon his next circle of specialized fame as a sleight-of-hand entertainer, a career that included a stint with magic cabaret act The Unholy Three. Rob's subsequent work as an unsettling character actor in commercials, films and network TV can be searched out and discussed and dissected and delighted over with a tight circle of discerning friends who have heightened appreciations of obscure talents. He lives with his wife, Tommi, and is completing a memoir that will populate the bookshelves of knowing readers throughout the land.
Janet O'Shea is Professor of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA. Author of 'RISK, FAILURE, PLAY', 'At Home in the World: Bharata Natyam on the Global Stage' and the co-editor of the 'Routledge Dance Studies Reader', 2nd edition, her research focuses on corporeality, interdisciplinary exchange, and the politics of everyday life. She is a practitioner of Filipino martial arts, jeet kune do, Brazilian jiu jitsu, kickboxing, and empowerment self-defense.
Kathy Long is a five-time international kickboxing champion and practitioner of martial arts. She began her training in the Japanese art of Aikido, eventually earning a black belt in the system. Long would go on to earn a black belt in Chinese Kung Fu San Soo, eventually reaching the level of master in the style. She would train in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with the Machado family, as well as in Jeet Kune Do, Tae Kwon Do, Kali, and Wing Chun Kung Fu
Allan MacDonell is the author of the upcoming book 'Now That I am Gone", as well as, 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust'. MacDonell studied creative writing at San Francisco State University. He was a defining contributor to L.A.'s Slash magazine. Since the turn of the millennium, MacDonell has been separating real from fake on Internet platforms like Buzz Media, Spin Media, Participant Media, and marijuana news-and-lifestyle site Kindland. He is currently director of TheSkeeve.com.
Jennifer Locke has a dual career path going back more than 25 years as a practitioner of performance video art and as a professional dominatrix. Locke composes physically intense, sculptural actions in relation to the camera, audience, and specific architecture. Within this framework, she plays with viewing structures—redistributing hierarchies between artist, model, camera, and audience—in order to explore intersubjectivity, spectatorship, and the construction of meaning. Her actions focus on cycles of duration, physicality, and visibility, and draw from her experiences as a dominatrix, wrestler, and artists’ model.
Heidi Barnes ran her family's Bar Harbor, Maine inn for years, which inspired 'The Bellman' and 'The Bellman's Secret'. She has lived around the world, including Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai, and Canada―and now resides in Los Angeles, California. She enjoys outdoor activities, loves animals, and is a devoted mother of three.
Chrissy is spunky, comedic and outgoing. She is an American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumna. Chrissy has her hand in many pots- acting, hosting, comedy, producing, radio & writing. Bring her a pot and chances are she'll put her hand in it. Chrissy currently hosts and produces the unfiltered & unscripted comedic entertainment talk show - Females Unfiltered, which shoots on location at Mixology101 at The Grove in Los Angeles.
KAREN STEFANO is the author of the forthcoming memoir 'What A Body Remembers' (Rare Bird Books 2019) and the short story collection 'The Secret Games of Words' (1GlimpsePress 2015). Her work has appeared in The Rumpus, Ms. Magazine, California Lawyer, Psychology Today, The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Epiphany, and elsewhere. She is also a JD/MBA with more than twenty years of complex litigation experience.
BRIAN ALAN ELLIS is the author of several books, including 'Sad Laughter' (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2018) and 'Something to Do with Self-Hate' (House of Vlad Productions/Talking Book, 2017). His writing has appeared at Juked, Hobart, Monkeybicycle, Fanzine, Electric Literature, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Funhouse, Connotation Press, Heavy Feather Review, and Queen Mob’s Tea House, among other places, and he lives in Florida.
Allan MacDonell is the author of the upcoming after-death memoir 'Now That I Am Gone.' His previous books are 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust.' MacDonell studied creative writing at San Francisco State University and was a defining contributor to L.A.'s 'Slash' magazine. Since the turn of the millennium, he's been separating real from fake on Internet platforms such as Buzz Media, Spin Media and Participant Media. He is currently director of TheSkeeve.com.
Cheyann Benedict is a serial fashion entrepreneur whose creative impulses refuse to be confined to a single discipline. Benedict achieved her first lifetime achievement score by selling her startup women's T-shirt line C&C California to the Liz Claiborne company in 2005. Since then, the search for new challenges, new forms of expression and deeper artistic fulfillment have taken Cheyann around the world, several times, and deep into her punk rock origins.
Emily Strelow, author of 'The Wild Birds', was born and raised in Oregon’s Willamette Valley but has lived all over the West and now, the Midwest. For the last decade she combined teaching writing with doing seasonal avian field biology with her husband. While doing field jobs she camped and wrote in remote areas in the desert, mountains and by the ocean. She is a mother to two boys, a naturalist, and writer.
Jacqueline Suskin is the author of 'The Collected', a book of narrative poems paired with found photographs, and 'Go Ahead & Like It', a self-help book that explores the healing power and artistry of positive list making. Known for her multidisciplinary work with a project she calls Poem Store, Suskin composes improvisational poetry for patrons who choose both a topic and a price in exchange for a unique verse. She regularly brings poetry into classrooms around the country and was honored by Michelle Obama at the White House as a Turnaround Artist. Suskin is based in Los Angeles, but considers the entire state of California her home.
Heidi Barnes ran her family's Bar Harbor, Maine inn for years, which inspired 'The Bellman' and 'The Bellman's Secret'. She has lived around the world, including Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai, and Canada―and now resides in Los Angeles, California. She enjoys outdoor activities, loves animals, and is a devoted mother of three.
Damian Sage is a singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, CA. A native of New York, Damian’s music is deeply steeped in the wisdom and experience of someone who has seen it all.
Allan MacDonell is the author of the upcoming novel 'Now That I Am Gone'. His other works include; 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust', 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and was a defining voice of the groundbreaking punk periodical "Slash" magazine. While writing for Slash, he also co-invented slam-dancing.
Roger "Buzz" Osborne, also known as King Buzzo, is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He is a founding member of the Melvins, as well as Fantômas and Venomous Concept.
Janet O'Shea is Professor of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA. Author of 'RISK, FAILURE, PLAY', 'At Home in the World: Bharata Natyam on the Global Stage' and the co-editor of the 'Routledge Dance Studies Reader', 2nd edition, her research focuses on corporeality, interdisciplinary exchange, and the politics of everyday life. She is a practitioner of Filipino martial arts, jeet kune do, Brazilian jiu jitsu, kickboxing, and empowerment self-defense.
Cathy Chapaty is a 22-year martial arts veteran and third-degree Taekwondo black belt who specializes in teaching children, many with ADHD, Asperger's syndrome, and other challenges. She is the author of two books: "No Pouting in the Dojo: The Imperfect Journey of Teaching Children Character through Martial Arts" (Sidekick Publications, 2014) and "Sports Planet: Sports Played Around the World" (Steck-Vaughn Publishing Co., 2003).
Susan “George” Schorn (the nickname . . . it’s a long story) is a writer, martial artist, and self defense advocate. She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and two children, and trains and teaches at Sun Dragon Martial Arts and Self Defense. She writes "Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting" for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Her first book, 'Smile at Strangers: Lessons in the Art of Living Fearlessly', was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in May 2013.
As an Ambassador for the Association of Women Martial Arts Instructors, Chapaty teaches workshops at girls' empowerment conferences and has helped area Girl Scouts earn their safety badges through self-defense seminars. She has also led seminars at National Women's Martial Arts Federation (NWMAF) camps, which attract hundreds of girls and women from across the United States, Canada, and Europe. (The NWMAF named her Member of the Year in 2011.)
Chapaty has had dozens of essays and articles published in a variety of media on topics such as integrity in sports, anger management, and mentorship through martial arts. In 2012, she was honored by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea for an essay on the transformational power of Taekwondo. Chapaty is a member of the NWMAF, Association of Women Martial Arts Instructors, USA Taekwondo, and the Writers' League of Texas.
Allan MacDonell is the author of the upcoming novel 'Now That I am Gone', 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust'. MacDonell studied creative writing at San Francisco State University. He was a defining contributor to L.A.'s Slash magazine. Since the turn of the millennium, MacDonell has been separating real from fake on Internet platforms like Buzz Media, Spin Media, Participant Media, and marijuana news-and-lifestyle site Kindland. He is currently director of TheSkeeve.com.
Heidi Barnes ran her family's Bar Harbor, Maine inn for years, which inspired 'The Bellman' and 'The Bellman's Secret'. She has lived around the world, including Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai, and Canada―and now resides in Los Angeles, California. She enjoys outdoor activities, loves animals, and is a devoted mother of three. The Bellman's Secret is her second novel.
Sarah Tomlinson is the author of the father-daughter memoir, 'GOOD GIRL', published by Gallery Books (Simon & Schuster) in 2015. She has ghostwritten or co-written seventeen books, including the New York Times Bestseller, 'FAST GIRL', with Suzy Favor Hamilton, and four un-credited New York Timesbestsellers. Her music criticism, articles, and personal essays have appeared in publications including Marie Claire, MORE, Publishers Weekly, Salon.com, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and The Huffington Post. Her fiction has appeared in Vol. 1 Brooklyn. Her personal essays have appeared in the collections 'He Never Came Home' and 'Critically Acclaimed: Fake Movies Real Reviews'.
Heidi Barnes ran her family's Bar Harbor, Maine inn for years, which inspired 'The Bellman' and 'The Bellman's Secret'. She has lived around the world, including Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai, and Canada―and now resides in Los Angeles, California. She enjoys outdoor activities, loves animals, and is a devoted mother of three. The Bellman's Secret is her second novel.
Raised in L.A by his grandfather who instilled in him his Jewish faith, Riley was a multi sport athlete who gravitated to boxing. His passion for the sport took him from the comfort of his Hancock Park neighborhood to train at gyms around L.A, eventually settling at Broadway Gym in South Central where he trained under Bill Slayton. The combination of being a straight A student and the first rate education on the L.A streets caught the attention of Robert "Puggy" Zeichick, one half of a Jewish-Italian bookmaking team. Riley started doing pick-ups and quickly graduated to felonious capers. After a stint in juvenile reform school, Riley resumed his gambling association, which had grown to working for Matthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello. He balanced his bookmaking business with his travels as an employee for TWA. Briefly, Riley settled on University studies in Germany, but returned to LA full time after capitalizing on the tech boom of the 90s in part by day trading stocks and then creating software that he licensed to Washington Mutual Bank, a company he worked for, which allowed him a solid foundational understanding of banking regulations, that he took with him into his online gaming ventures.
Allan MacDonell is the author of 'Now That I am Gone', 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust'. MacDonell studied creative writing at San Francisco State University. He was a defining contributor to L.A.'s 'Slash' magazine. Since the turn of the millennium, MacDonell has been separating real from fake on Internet platforms like Buzz Media, Spin Media, Participant Media, and marijuana news-and-lifestyle site Kindland. He is currently director of TheSkeeve.com.
Michelle Blair Wilker is a Los Angeles-based writer and producer. Her work has appeared in "Across the Margin", "Whistlingfire", "Hollywood Dementia", and "The Huffington Post". She was a finalist in Glimmer Train’s November 2012 contest for new writers and was short listed for the Fresher Writing Prize in 2015. In 2017, she attended DISQUIET: Dzanc Books International Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal, and was featured in The New Short Fiction Series in Los Angeles. TV producing credits include Stand Up to Cancer and The Grammys.
Lucy Jane Bledsoe is the author of five previous novels, including 'The Evolution of Love'. Her fiction has won a California Arts Council Fellowship in Literature, an American Library Association Stonewall Award, the Arts & Letters Fiction Prize, a Pushcart nomination, a Yaddo Fellowship, and two National Science Foundation Artists & Writers Fellowships. She’s been a six-time Lambda Literary Award finalist and a two-time Ferro-Grumley Award Finalist. Bledsoe lives in the Bay Area where she spends as much time as possible kayaking in the bay, as well as hiking and cycling in the hills.
Lise Arin, author of "Matilda Empress", has a PhD in English Literature from Columbia, and an undergraduate degree in History and Literature from Harvard. She has two children, and lives with her husband in New York City. This is her first novel, although it has been in the making for twenty years. Please follow @lisearin on Instagram and Twitter.
David Rocklin is the author of 'The Luminist' and 'The Night Language', and the founder/curator of Roar Shack, a monthly reading series in Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Chicago and now lives in LA with his wife, daughters and a 150 lb Great Dane who seriously needs to stay on his own bed. He’s currently at work on his next novel, 'The Electric Love Song of Fleischl Berger'.
Jacqueline Suskin is the author of 'The Edge of the Continent': a book about California, 'The Collected': a book of narrative poems paired with found photographs, and 'Go Ahead & Like It': a self-help book that explores the healing power and artistry of positive list making. Known for her multidisciplinary work with a project she calls "Poem Store", Suskin composes improvisational poetry for patrons who choose both a topic and a price in exchange for a unique verse. She regularly brings poetry into classrooms around the country and was honored by Michelle Obama at the White House as a Turnaround Artist.
Michelle Blair Wilker is a Los Angeles-based writer and producer. Her work has appeared in "Across the Margin", "Whistlingfire", "Hollywood Dementia", and "The Huffington Post". She was a finalist in Glimmer Train’s November 2012 contest for new writers and was short listed for the Fresher Writing Prize in 2015. In 2017, she attended DISQUIET: Dzanc Books International Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal, and was featured in The New Short Fiction Series in Los Angeles. TV producing credits include Stand Up to Cancer and The Grammys.
Jon Methven is the author of three novels: 'Therapy Mammals', 'Strange Boat', and 'This Is Your Captain Speaking'. His work has appeared in Timothy McSweeney’s, Internet Tendency, the New York Times, New York Magazine, Buzzfeed, The Atlantic, and The Awl. He lives in New York City.
Tom Stern is the author of the novels 'My Vanishing Twin' and 'Sutterfeld, You Are Not A Hero', published by Rare Bird Books. He is also the writer/director of the feature films 'Half-Dragon Sanchez' and 'This Is A Business'. Tom's films have played festivals across the United States and in Europe. He holds a BA in Philosophy from Eckerd College and an MFA in Film Production from Chapman University.
Riley Perez, author of 'What Is Real: The Life and Crimes of Darnell Riley'. Raised in L.A by his grandfather who instilled in him his Jewish faith, Riley was a multi sport athlete who gravitated to boxing. His passion for the sport took him from the comfort of his Hancock Park neighborhood to train at gyms around L.A, eventually settling at Broadway Gym in South Central where he trained under Bill Slayton. The combination of being a straight A student and the first rate education on the L.A streets caught the attention of Robert "Puggy" Zeichick, one half of a Jewish-Italian bookmaking team. Riley started doing pick-ups and quickly graduated to felonious capers. After a stint in juvenile reform school, Riley resumed his gambling association, which had grown to working for Matthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello. He balanced his bookmaking business with his travels as an employee for TWA. Briefly, Riley settled on University studies in Germany, but returned to LA full time after capitalizing on the tech boom of the 90s in part by day trading stocks and then creating software that he licensed to Washington Mutual Bank, a company he worked for, which allowed him a solid foundational understanding of banking regulations, that he took with him into his online gaming ventures.
Tyler Knight author of 'Burn My Shadow: A Selective Memory of an X-Rated Life', is an adult film actor who has performed in over 500 films. He was a Playgirl Spokesmodel. In 2009 he won the Good For Her Feminist Porn Award as Heartthrob of the Year, and was nominated for the Urban X Award: Performer of the Year. He has been nominated for 18 AVN Awards and has won 3. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.
Allan MacDonell is the author of the upcoming novel 'Now That I Am Gone'. His other works include; 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust', 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and was a defining voice of the groundbreaking punk periodical "Slash" magazine. While writing for Slash, he also co-invented slam-dancing.
Kevin Rutmanis is an American bass guitarist. He is of Latvian descent. Before getting into music, he was a student teacher. In late 1985, along with his younger brother Sandris Rutmanis, Thor Eisentrager, and then Jayhawks drummer Norm Rogers, he started the band The Cows. After the dissolution of The Cows, Rutmanis was the bass guitar player for The Melvins from 1998 to 2005. He was also the bass guitarist in the supergroup Tomahawk featuring Mike Patton. Kevin played bass on Tomahawk's first two long play releases, titled Tomahawk and Mit Gas, and played for two world tours supporting those albums. He has recently recorded with Hepa-Titus.
Karen Stefano is the author of the forthcoming memoir Vigilance (Rare Bird Books 2019) and the short story collection The Secret Games of Words (1GlimpsePress 2015). Her work has appeared in The Rumpus, Ms. Magazine, California Lawyer, Psychology Today, The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Epiphany, and elsewhere. She is also a JD/MBA with more than twenty years of complex litigation experience. To learn more about Karen, please visit: www.stefanokaren.com
Dr. Rosenna Bakari is a scholar, motivational speaker, and social advocate. She earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Northern Colorado, her Master's degree in Counseling from the State University of New York and her undergraduate degree in psychology from Cornell University. As a psychologist, writer, black belt, spoken-word artist, and a marathon finisher, she lives life to the fullest. Dr. Bakari has always loved writing and wrote her first book while she was a stay-at-home parent in 1994. Her poetry collection consists of over 150 poems and she enjoys participating in open mic events. She has 15 years of training in tae kwon do and is an avid runner as well. She finds her mental strength through training her physical body and uses her writing to support others in their healing journey. She is the founder and executive director of Talking Trees, Inc., an empowerment organization for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
Karen Stefano is Fiction Editor for Connotation Press. Her stories have appeared in The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Santa Fe Literary Review, Epiphany, and elsewhere. She was nominated for the XXXVIII Pushcart Prize. To learn more about her work, please visit www.stefanokaren.com.
Nancy Stohlman's books include The Vixen Scream and Other Bible Stories (2014), The Monster Opera (2013), Searching for Suzi: a flash novel (2009), Live From Palestine (2003), and Fast Forward: The Mix Tape (2010), an anthology of flash fiction that was a finalist for a 2011 Colorado Book Award. She is a founding member of Fast Forward Press, the creator of FlashNano, the founder and curator of The F-Bomb Flash Fiction Reading Series in Denver, and her work has been recently nominated for The Best of the Web.
Kathy Fish teaches for the Mile High MFA program at Regis University in Denver. Her short fiction has appeared in Indiana Review, The Denver Quarterly, New South, Quick Fiction, Guernica, Slice, BEST AMERICAN NONREQUIRED READING 2018, edited by Sheila Heti. THE LIST: 25 PROVOCATIVE WOMEN WRITERS (Black Lawrence Press, 2014), and BEST SMALL FICTIONS, 2016, 2017, 2018. She is the author of four collections of short fiction: a chapbook of flash fiction in the chapbook collective, A PECULIAR FEELING OF RESTLESSNESS; FOUR CHAPBOOKS OF SHORT SHORT FICTION BY FOUR WOMEN (Rose Metal Press, 2008), WILD LIFE (Matter Press, 2011), TOGETHER WE CAN BURY IT (Lit Pub, 2012), and RIFT, co-authored with Robert Vaughan (Unknown Press, 2015).
Michelle Blair Wilker is a Los Angeles-based writer and producer. Her work has appeared in Across the Margin, Whistlingfire, Hollywood Dementia, and The Huffington Post. She was a finalist in Glimmer Train’s November 2012 contest for new writers and was short listed for the Fresher Writing Prize in 2015. In 2017, she attended DISQUIET: Dzanc Books International Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal, and was featured in The New Short Fiction Series in Los Angeles. TV producing credits include Stand Up to Cancer and The Grammys.
Heidi Barnes ran her family's Bar Harbor, Maine inn for years, which inspired The Bellman and The Bellman's Secret. She has lived around the world, including Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai, and Canada―and now resides in Los Angeles, California. She enjoys outdoor activities, loves animals, and is a devoted mother of three. The Bellman's Secret is her second novel.
Chas Smith the author of Cocaine + Surfing and Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell (It Books, November 2013), which was optioned for television by Fox 21 (Homeland and Sons of Anarchy) with producers at Television 360 (Game of Thrones) and a finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for Nonfiction.
Chas began his writing career as a foreign correspondent, penning pieces for Vice, Paper, and Blackbook, amongst others, from Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Somalia, Azerbaijan and Colombia which led to a brief career as a war correspondent for Current TV.
After being kidnapped by Hezbollah during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war he transitioned to surf journalism where he was a featured writer at the brash Stab before becoming Editor at Large at Surfing Magazine. There he developed a reputation as the most controversial voices in the space. Matt Warshaw, author of the Encyclopedia of Surfing, calls him, “Bright and hyper-ironic.” William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Barbarian Days, says that Chas, “…calls it like he sees it and in surfing that’s not usually the case.”
Chas Smith is the co-owner of a surf website, BeachGrit.
Kristin Casey is a writer and recovered alcoholic and addict. Her memoir Rock Monster, My Life with Joe Walsh documents their tumultuous six-year relationship and drug-fueled, train wreck breakup. She’s survived numerous addictions, clinical depression, a suicide attempt, the panhandle of Texas, and seventeen years of Catholicism.
Her writing has appeared in the Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, The Fix, The Nervous Breakdown, From the Asylum, $pread, and elsewhere. She writes about addiction, dependency, sexuality, and relationships. She resides in Austin, Texas, and works in the field of sex therapy as an intimacy coach and IPSA trained surrogate partner.
Roanne Weisman is an award-winning medical/science author of seven trade health books published by McGraw-Hill and Harvard Medical School, as well as Health Communications, Inc. Her co-authors include faculty of Harvard Medical School and leading academic medical centers. Her feature stories have appeared in magazines including Prevention, Country Living, Alternative Medicine, and Body and Soul, as well as magazines of Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, both teaching institutions of Harvard Medical School. She also writes regularly for online health education sites. She is the principal of the Write Way to Health, which provides communications consulting and editorial services to large organizations.
Barbara Kivowitz, MSW, is a psychotherapist and health care consultant. She has worked with Stanford Health Care and Medical School, UCSF Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and other health care organizations, and their patients and family caregivers, to help them understand the benefits of a “relationship-focused” model of care. She is a frequent speaker at clinical and patient/caregiver conferences. She has direct experience helping couples and families living with illness through her work as a therapist and an advisor to a hospice. In addition, she has authored several articles on couples and illness, and on living with pain, one of which was published in Women’s Day and another in the journal of the American Pain Foundation. Her blog about couples and illness has been nominated for best literary and best patient blog. She served on the board of trustees of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates. She has graduate degrees from Harvard University and Simmons School of Social Work.
Lucy Jane Bledsoe is the author of the Evolution of Love and five previous novels, including A Thin Bright Line. Her fiction has won a California Arts Council Fellowship in Literature, an American Library Association Stonewall Award, the Arts & Letters Fiction Prize, a Pushcart nomination, a Yaddo Fellowship, and two National Science Foundation Artists & Writers Fellowships. She’s been a six-time Lambda Literary Award finalist and a two-time Ferro-Grumley Award Finalist. Bledsoe lives in the Bay Area where she spends as much time as possible kayaking in the bay, as well as hiking and cycling in the hills.
Joseph Di Prisco was born in Brooklyn and lives today in Northern California, with his wife, photographer Patti James. He's the author of the novels Sibella & Sibella, All for Now, The Alzhammer, The Confessions of Brother Eli, and Sun City, prize-winning books of poems, and books about childhood and adolescence. His memoirs The Pope of Brooklyn and Subway to California came out from Rare Bird Books. He is the founding chair of the Simpson Family Literary Project, which promotes literacy and literature, writers and writing across the generations.
Regan McMahon is a San Francisco Bay Area writer, editor, and book critic. She is deputy editor, books, for Common Sense Media, and serves as copy editor for the literary journal Zyzzyva. A former features editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, she is also author of Revolution in the Bleachers, a nonfiction book about youth sports that was named a San Francisco Chronicle notable book.
Nadia Natali is a clinical psychotherapist who specializes in trauma work and DanceMedicine. She is also the author of two books: Stairway to Paradise: Growing Up Gershwin , her memoir, and The Blue Heron Ranch Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from a Zen Retreat Center.
Janet O'Shea is the author of Risk, Failure, Play. She is Professor of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA. Author of At Home in the World: Bharata Natyam on the Global Stage and the co-editor of the Routledge Dance Studies Reader, 2nd edition, her research focuses on corporeality, interdisciplinary exchange, and the politics of everyday life. She is a practitioner of Filipino martial arts, jeet kune do, Brazilian jiu jitsu, kickboxing, and empowerment self-defense.
Born in California, Sylvia Verange has long wandered remote corners of the world, using her journeys to further understand both herself and the world in which she lives. When not on an adventure in wild and beautiful places, Ms. Verange paints, writes, and teaches in northern California.
Eva Montealegre grew up on her father’s showboat, The River Queen, docked in St. Louis. It was a hotbed of adultery, politics, delicious food and great music. Her mother, an investigative journalist, dragged Eva through every neighborhood in St. Louis from aristocratic homes to crime infested alleys. A combination of earthy artistic expression and intellectual pursuits formed Eva from a young age with in-depth engagements into the worlds of art, film, theatre and music, ultimately forging her into the LA crime author of Red Carpet Noir.
Rex Weiner discusses his newly reissued collection of stories, The (Original) Adventures of Ford Fairlane, with L.A. Man author Joe Donnelly.
Rex Weiner’s screenwriting credits include The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, based on his original stories, directed by Renny Harlin and starring Andrew Dice Clay for 20th Century Fox. As one of the first writers brought on board to launch the TV series Miami Vice, Weiner wrote the now classic 9th episode, “Glades.”
As a journalist, Weiner’s articles have appeared in Vanity Fair, The Paris Review, The New Yorker, LA Weekly, L’Officiel Hommes, and Rolling Stone Italia. “Lost & Found,” his column about Hollywood entertainment history, appeared weekly in Variety where was a staff reporter. He is one of the founding editors of High Times Magazine and former editor of Swank (“The Magazine For Men”). He is also the co-author of The Woodstock Census (Viking), one of the key texts analyzing the impact of the Sixties Generation on American society.
A native New Yorker, Mr. Weiner lives in Los Angeles and in Baja California Sur, Mexico, where he is co-owner of Casa Dracula, a 160-year old hacienda in the historic pueblo magico of Todos Santos.
Joe Donnelly is an award-winning journalist, writer and editor who lives in Los Angeles His short story “Bonus Baby”, published in the spring/summer 2015 issue of Zyzzyva, is featured in the 2016 O. Henry Prize Stories Collection as one of the 20 best short stories of the year. His short story “50 Minutes“, co-authored with Harry Shannon, was selected for The Best American Mystery Stories, 2012 and was recently made into a short film starring Stephen Tobolowsky and DJ Qualls. “The Lone Wolf", written for Orion, was a 2013 longreads.com editor’s pick and a 2014 Pen Center USA Literary Awards Finalist for Journalism. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, LA Weekly, Mother Jones, Huck, Orion, The Surfer’s Journal, Washington Post, and other publications.
Donnelly co-founded and co-edited Slake: Los Angeles, the acclaimed journal of long-form journalism, fiction, essay, poetry, photography and art. Slake made a dozen appearances on the Los Angeles Times‘ bestsellers list and work appearing in Slake earned numerous awards and recognitions, including multiple Best American series selections, Livingston Award finalists, PEN USA finalists, LA Press Club awards, Franco-American Foundation’s Excellence in Immigration Reporting First Prize, and more. In 2014, Rare Bird Books published We Dropped A Bomb On You: The Best of Slake, I-IV.
From 2002-2008, Donnelly was the deputy editor of LA Weekly. He is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Journalism at Whittier College.
Lise Arin discusses her newly released in paperback novel Matilda Empress with Karen Stefano.
Lise Arin has a PhD in English Literature from Columbia, and an undergraduate degree in History and Literature from Harvard. She has two children, and lives with her husband in New York City. She likes jigsaw puzzles, crossword puzzles, rap music, post-it notes, red pens, penguin classics, sushi, asparagus, black coffee, French wine, hiking, beach walks and firelight. She loves to throw dinner parties, although she can’t cook. She hates parades, circuses, suntans, tofu, bean sprouts, avocado and insects, and isn’t all that fond of driving. This is her first novel, although it has been in the making for twenty years.
Karen Stefano is the author of the forthcoming memoir, Vigilance: An Autobiography of Fear (Rare Bird Books 2019). She is also the author of the short story collection The Secret Games of Words (1GlimpsePress 2015) and the how-to business writing guide, Before Hitting Send (Dearborn 2011). Her work has appeared in Ms. Magazine, Psychology Today, California Lawyer, The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Santa Fe Literary Review, Epiphany, and many other literary journals.
Martin Jay Weiss joins his childhood friend and fellow Rare Bird author David Rocklin to discuss his new novel The Second Son.
Martin Jay Weiss is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, directed and produced a vast anthology of commercials, films, and television projects. He has a BS in Journalism from the University of Illinois and an MFA in Film from New York University. Born and raised in Chicago, he now lives in California with his wife and two children. His next novel, Flamingo Coast, is coming from Rare Bird Books in 2019.
David Rocklin is the author of The Night Language and The Luminist and the founder/curator of Roar Shack, a monthly reading series in Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Chicago and now lives in LA with his wife, daughters and a 150 lb Great Dane who seriously needs to stay on his own bed. He’s currently at work on his next novel, The Electric Love Song of Fleischl Berger.
Julia Dixon Evans is author of the novel How to Set Yourself on Fire, forthcoming from Dzanc books on May 8th, 2018. Her work can be found or is forthcoming in McSweeney’s, Paper Darts, Pithead Chapel, Fanzine, Flapperhouse, Hobart, San Diego CityBeat, and elsewhere. She is Senior Columns Editor for The Coil (an imprint of Alternating Currents Press), Nonfiction Editor for Noble Gas Qtrly, and hosts the brand new literary reading and workshop series Last Exit. She is the former program director and editor for So Say We All, a literary nonprofit and small press. She lives in San Diego.
Karen Stefano is the author of the forthcoming memoir, Vigilance: An Autobiography of Fear (Rare Bird Books 2019). She is also the author of the short story collection The Secret Games of Words (1GlimpsePress 2015) and the how-to business writing guide, Before Hitting Send (Dearborn 2011). Her work has appeared in Ms. Magazine, Psychology Today, California Lawyer, The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Santa Fe Literary Review, Epiphany, and many other literary journals.
Eva Montealegre grew up on her father’s showboat, The River Queen, docked in St. Louis. It was a hotbed of adultery, politics, delicious food and great music. Her mother, an investigative journalist, dragged Eva through every neighborhood in St. Louis from aristocratic homes to crime infested alleys. A combination of earthy artistic expression and intellectual pursuits formed Eva from a young age with in-depth engagements into the worlds of art, film, theatre and music, ultimately forging her into the LA crime author of Red Carpet Noir.
Stephen Robert Stein is a retired orthopedic surgeon living in rural Indiana with his wife Becky and their two children, Matthew and Alyssa. Leaving his thirty year practice in Phoenix, he moved out to Batesville, Indiana, where he concentrates on writing and enjoying the Midwestern lifestyle. He and his family have traveled extensively throughout Europe laying a solid historical foundation for The Oath while delving deeper into the reasons behind the Holocaust. His passions include Scuba diving, flying and exploring new environments. He presently serves as a member of the Batesville School Board and is active as a member of the Ivy Tech Community College Foundation.
Lise Arin lives in New York City with her husband and children. She has an undergraduate degree from Harvard and a PhD from Columbia. Matilda Empress is her first novel.
Adrienne Sharp is the critically acclaimed author of the story collection White Swan, Black Swan, a Barnes and Noble Discover Book and a national bestseller; the novel The Sleeping Beauty, a Barnes and Noble Discover Alumni book and one of Booklist’s ten best first novels of 2005; and the novel The True Memoirs of Little K, a finalist for the California Book Award and translated into six languages. Her newest novel is titled The Magnificent Esme Wells.
Adrienne Sharp is the critically acclaimed author of the story collection White Swan, Black Swan, a Barnes and Noble Discover Book and a national bestseller; the novel The Sleeping Beauty, a Barnes and Noble Discover Alumni book and one of Booklist’s ten best first novels of 2005; and the novel The True Memoirs of Little K, a finalist for the California Book Award and translated into six languages. Her newest novel is titled The Magnificent Esme Wells.
Karen Stefano is the author of the forthcoming memoir, Vigilance: An Autobiography of Fear (Rare Bird Books 2019). She is also the author of the short story collection The Secret Games of Words (1GlimpsePress 2015) and the how-to business writing guide, Before Hitting Send (Dearborn 2011). Her work has appeared in Ms. Magazine, Psychology Today, California Lawyer, The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Santa Fe Literary Review, Epiphany, and many other literary journals.
Michelle Blair Wilker is a Los Angeles-based writer and producer. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in Across the Margin, Whistlingfire, Hollywood Dementia, Felix Magazine, Unheard LA, and The Huffington Post. She was a finalist in Glimmer Train’s November 2012 contest for new writers and short listed for the Fresher Writing Prize in 2015. In 2017, she attended DISQUIET: Dzanc Books International Literary Program in Lisbon Portugal and was featured in The New Short Fiction Series in Los Angeles. Her first book of short stories, Chain Linked was published by Post Hill Press and Simon & Schuster in June.
Karen Stefano is the author of the forthcoming memoir, Vigilance: An Autobiography of Fear (Rare Bird Books 2019). She is also the author of the short story collection The Secret Games of Words (1GlimpsePress 2015) and the how-to business writing guide, Before Hitting Send (Dearborn 2011). Her work has appeared in Ms. Magazine, Psychology Today, California Lawyer, The South Carolina Review, Tampa Review, Santa Fe Literary Review, Epiphany, and many other literary journals.
Jacqueline Suskin is the author of The Edge of the Continent, The Collected, a book of narrative poems paired with found photographs, and Go Ahead & Like It, a self-help book that explores the healing power and artistry of positive list making. Known for her multidisciplinary work with a project she calls Poem Store, Suskin composes improvisational poetry for patrons who choose both a topic and a price in exchange for a unique verse. She regularly brings poetry into classrooms around the country and was honored by Michelle Obama at the White House as a Turnaround Artist. Suskin is based in Los Angeles, but considers the entire state of California her home.
Julayne Lee was given up for adoption in South Korea as a result of the Korean War. She was adopted by an all-white Christian family in Minnesota, where she grew up. She has spent over fifteen years working with Overseas Adopted Koreans (OAKs). She lived in Seoul and now resides in Los Angeles, where she is a member of the LA Futbolistas and Adoptee Solidarity Korea―Los Angeles (ASK-LA). She is also part of the Adoptee Rights Campaign working to pass the Adoptee Citizenship Act to ensure all inter-country adoptees have US citizenship. Not My White Savior is her first book.
Sharon Weil has long been engaged in the conversation about courage and change as an author, activist, award-winning filmmaker, and somatic educator. She is the author of Donny and Ursula Save the World, a political, romantic mishap-adventure; and the host of the acclaimed podcast Passing 4 Normal.
Sid Garza-Hillman, podcaster and YouTuber, is the author of Approaching the Natural: A Health Manifesto and Raising Healthy Parents: Small Steps, Less Stress, and a Thriving Family. He graduated from UCLA with a BA in Philosophy, and is a public speaker, certified nutritionist, and Small Steps Coach–teaching people around the world his unique Small Steps approach to healthy living at www.smallsteppers.com. He is the Wellness Programs Director at the Stanford Inn Eco-Resort, an ultra runner, and Race Director of the Mendocino Coast 50K trail ultramarathon. Sid lives on California’s Mendocino Coast with his wife and three children, horse, dog, and three cats.
Karen Stefano, author of the forthcoming memoir Vigilance, in conversation with Susan Henderson, author of the novel The Flicker of Old Dreams and Amy Wallen, author of the memoir When We Were Ghouls.
Martin Jay Weiss is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, directed and produced a vast anthology of commercials, films, and television projects. He has a BS in Journalism from the University of Illinois and an MFA in Film from New York University. Born and raised in Chicago, he now lives in California with his wife and two children. His next novel, Flamingo Coast, is coming from Rare Bird Books in 2019.
Dan Vining is the author of NightSun. He was a Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford and taught there. Previously, he was a newspaper reporter, a writer and editor at Rolling Stone as well as a screenwriter and Senior Lecturer at the American Film Institute Conservatory. He is the author of The Quick and The Next (Berkeley Books), an omnibus edition of which came out as Among the Living. He lives in one version of Los Angeles.
Gary T. McDonald is a practicing Buddhist and an award-winning playwright and filmmaker with a life-long interest in the origins of Christianity. His latest film is The Fourth Noble Truth (winner of the Audience Award at the Sonoma International Film Festival). The Gospel of Thomas (the Younger) is his first novel and is the basis for his forthcoming historical epic The Blood of Men and Angels.
Ronald Colby began his career as a playwright and actor in New York City. Stolen away to Hollywood by director-writer Francis Ford Coppola, Ron began producing films and television. Always wanting to try his hand at a novel, he began writing Night Driver two decades ago, but the rigors of film work kept pulling him away and later to concentrate on writing and directing feature documentary films. After years of fitful starts, Ronald walked away from film and completed Night Driver.
Adrian Todd Zuniga is the author of Collision Theory. He is the host and creator of Literary Death Match (now featured in over 60 cities worldwide). He hosts LDM Book Report on YouTube, and is the co-writer of Madden NFL 18’s interactive movie Longshot (EA Sports), which earned a nomination for a Writers Guild of America award in 2018. An award-winning journalist, he now focuses on fiction and screenwriting. He lives between London and Los Angeles.
Jon Methven is the author of three novels: Therapy Mammals, Strange Boat, and This Is Your Captain Speaking. His work has appeared in Timothy McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, the New York Times, New York Magazine, Buzzfeed, The Atlantic, and The Awl. He lives in New York City.
Chas Smith the author of Cocaine + Surfing and Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell (It Books, November 2013), which was optioned for television by Fox 21 (Homeland and Sons of Anarchy) with producers at Television 360 (Game of Thrones) and a finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for Nonfiction.
Chas began his writing career as a foreign correspondent, penning pieces for Vice, Paper, and Blackbook, amongst others, from Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Somalia, Azerbaijan and Colombia which led to a brief career as a war correspondent for Current TV.
After being kidnapped by Hezbollah during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war he transitioned to surf journalism where he was a featured writer at the brash Stab before becoming Editor at Large at Surfing Magazine. There he developed a reputation as the most controversial voices in the space. Matt Warshaw, author of the Encyclopedia of Surfing, calls him, “Bright and hyper-ironic.” William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Barbarian Days, says that Chas, “…calls it like he sees it and in surfing that’s not usually the case.”
Chas Smith is the co-owner of a surf website, BeachGrit.
Joe Donnelly is an award-winning journalist and the author of L.A. Man. His short story “Bonus Baby”, published in the spring/summer 2015 issue of Zyzzyva, is featured in the 2016 O. Henry Prize Stories Collection as one of the 20 best short stories of the year. His short story “50 Minutes“, co-authored with Harry Shannon, was selected for The Best American Mystery Stories, 2012 and was recently made into a short film starring Stephen Tobolowsky and DJ Qualls. “The Lone Wolf", written for Orion, was a 2013 longreads.com editor’s pick and a 2014 Pen Center USA Literary Awards Finalist for Journalism. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, LA Weekly, Mother Jones, Huck, Orion, The Surfer’s Journal, Washington Post, and other publications.
Donnelly co-founded and co-edited Slake: Los Angeles, the acclaimed journal of long-form journalism, fiction, essay, poetry, photography and art. Slake made a dozen appearances on the Los Angeles Times‘ bestsellers list and work appearing in Slake earned numerous awards and recognitions, including multiple Best American series selections, Livingston Award finalists, PEN USA finalists, LA Press Club awards, Franco-American Foundation’s Excellence in Immigration Reporting First Prize, and more. In 2014, Rare Bird Books published We Dropped A Bomb On You: The Best of Slake, I-IV.
From 2002-2008, Donnelly was the deputy editor of LA Weekly. He is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Journalism at Whittier College.
Far from bitter or self-pitying, Rock Monster is an honest account of one woman's life-changing experience in a relationship with rock legend Joe Walsh. At once envious, glamorous, debauched and disturbing, it's her long and winding journey from life in the fast lane to sobriety and redemption.
Set in the late-eighties and nineties, these are some of Walsh's darkest years, from spiraling addiction to a stunning comeback with the Eagles' Hell Freezes Over tour. Loaded with true stories never before heard, Rock Monster is essential reading for classic rock fans and anyone touched by addiction. Kristin Casey pulls no punches, sharing gritty details with self-awareness, humor, and affection. Sharply written, bold and incisive, it's the worldly-wise tome only an ex-addict, ex-stripper, and ex-rock-chick could give us.
In the tradition of women-in-rock survivor tales―think Marianne Faithful, Crystal Zevon, Jo Wood et al.―Kristin Casey pulls a veil on the enduring myth of the lifestyle's glamorous decadence. Rock Monster is a sexy, crazy, cautionary tale of two addicts in love without a single relationship skill.
Kristin Casey is a writer and recovered alcoholic and addict. Her memoir Rock Monster: My Life with Joe Walsh documents their tumultuous six-year relationship and drug-fueled, train-wreck breakup. She's survived numerous addictions, suicide attempts, clinical depression, the panhandle of Texas, and seventeen years of Catholicism.
Her writing has appeared in the Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, The Nervous Breakdown, From the Asylum, $pread, and elsewhere. She writes about addiction, dependency, sexuality, and relationships. She resides in Austin, Texas, and works in the field of sex therapy.
Emily Strelow was born and raised in Oregon’s Willamette Valley but has lived all over the West and now, the Midwest. For the last decade she combined teaching writing with doing seasonal avian field biology with her husband. While doing field jobs she camped and wrote in remote areas in the desert, mountains and by the ocean. She is a mother to two boys, a naturalist, and writer. She lives in Ann Arbor, MI. The Wild Birds is her first novel.
Born in California, Sylvia Verange has long wandered remote corners of the world, using her journeys to further understand both herself and the world in which she lives. When not on an adventure in wild and beautiful places, Ms. Verange paints, writes, and teaches in northern California. She is the author of Two Breaths, One Step.
Adrian Todd Zuniga is the host and creator of Literary Death Match (now featured in over 60 cities worldwide). He hosts LDM Book Report on YouTube, and is the co-writer of Madden NFL 18’s interactive movie Longshot (EA Sports), which earned a nomination for a Writers Guild of America award in 2018. An award-winning journalist, he now focuses on fiction and screenwriting. Collision Theory is his first novel. He lives between London and Los Angeles.
Bill Petrocelli is the author of the novels Through the Bookstore Window and The Circle of Thirteen. He is co-owner with his wife, Elaine, of Book Passage with bookstores in Corte Madera, San Francisco, and Sausalito. Bill is a former attorney with the California Attorney General and previously headed a poverty law office in Oakland. His previous books were Low Profile: How to Avoid the Privacy Invaders and Sexual Harassment on the Job: What it is and How to Stop it.
Ronald Colby began his career as a playwright and actor in New York City. Stolen away to Hollywood by director-writer Francis Ford Coppola, Ron began producing films and television. Always wanting to try his hand at a novel, he began writing Night Driver two decades ago, but the rigors of film work kept pulling him away and later to concentrate on writing and directing feature documentary films. After years of fitful starts, Ronald walked away from film and completed Night Driver.
Doug Cooper is the author of the award-winning novel Outside In. He has a BS in Mathematics Education from Miami University and an MA in American Studies from Saint Louis University. Always searching, he has traveled to over twenty countries on five continents, exploring the contradictions between what we believe and how we act in the pursuit of truth, beauty, and love. Originally from Port Clinton, Ohio, he has also called Cleveland, St. Louis, Detroit, New York, and Oslo, Norway home. The Investment Club is his second novel.
Douglas Light is the author of East Fifth Bliss, which one the 2007 Benjamin Franklin Award for best fiction and was turned into the movie The Trouble with Bliss, starring Michael C. Hall, Lucy Liu, Peter Fonda, and Brie Larson. His stories have appeared in the O. Henry Prize Stories and Best American Nonrequired Reading anthologies. His story collection, Girls in Trouble, won the 2010 AWP Grace Paley Prize, and his latest story collection Blood Stories was published in 2015. His writing has appeared in Narrative, Guernica, Alaska Quarterly Review, failbetter, and other publications. He has B.A. from Indiana University and an M.A. in Creative Writing from City College, New York. He lives in New York City.
Tobias Carroll is the author of the short story collection Transitory (Civil Coping Mechanisms) and the novel Reel (Rare Bird). He is the managing editor of Vol.1 Brooklyn. His writing has been published by Tin House, Rolling Stone, Hazlitt, The Scofield, Bookforum, and more. He has taught writing courses for LitReactor and Catapult.
Gretchen Bonaduce is the author of the upcoming memoir Surviving Agent Orange: And Other Things I Learned From Being Thrown Under the Partridge Family Bus. Her first associate producer credit came from the 2003 NBC show Life Moments. That same year, she was picked to shoot a pilot for the soap network with daytime soap star Lisa Rinna.
Learning she had a knack for producing shows, she then when on to Executive Produce two seasons of the Vh1 hit show, Breaking Bonaduce in 2005/2006. Not only did she executive produce on the show, but she also appeared as a cast member alongside her then husband Danny Bonaduce and their two children. The series showed her positive attitude and strength, while trying to balance a family with a chaotic marriage.
Kristin Casey is a writer and recovered alcoholic and addict. Her memoir Rock Monster: My Life with Joe Walsh documents their tumultuous six-year relationship and drug-fueled, train wreck breakup. She’s survived numerous addictions, clinical depression, a suicide attempt, the panhandle of Texas, and seventeen years of Catholicism.
Her writing has appeared in the Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, The Nervous Breakdown, The Fix, From the Asylum, $pread, and elsewhere. She writes about addiction, dependency, sexuality, and relationships. She resides in Austin, Texas, and works in the field of sex therapy as an intimacy coach and IPSA trained surrogate partner.
Reverend Beat-Man and Sister Nicole Izobel Garcia are currently tearing up the West Coast on tour, introducing the world to their brand-new LP, Baile Bruja Muerto, on the Reverend’s own Voodoo Rhythm Records.
Christopher Zeischegg is a writer, musician, and filmmaker who spent eight years working in the adult film industry as Danny Wylde. He's the author of Body to Job and two other novels, Come to my Brother and The Wolves that Live in Skin and Space, and has contributed to The Feminist Porn Book, Best Sex Writing, Coming Out Like a Porn Star, and a variety of digital publications, such as Somesuch and Nerve. He lives in Los Angeles with his two cats, Victoria and Isis.
Douglas Light is the author of Where Night Stops. He also wrote Girls in Trouble, which won the 2010 Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction. He co-wrote The Trouble with Bliss, the screen adaptation of his debut novel East Fifth Bliss. His work has appeared in the O. Henry Prize Stories and Best American Nonrequired Reading anthologies.
Eva Montealegre grew up on her father’s showboat, The River Queen, docked in St. Louis. It was a hotbed of adultery, politics, delicious food and great music. Her mother, an investigative journalist, dragged Eva through every neighborhood in St. Louis from aristocratic homes to crime infested alleys. A combination of earthy artistic expression and intellectual pursuits formed Eva from a young age with in-depth engagements into the worlds of art, film, theatre and music, ultimately forging her into the LA crime author of Red Carpet Noir.
Robert Eversz is the author of six novels that have been translated into 15 languages. He received an MFA from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television and continues to study and teach film in addition to writing fiction and nonfiction. His novels include Shooting Elvis, named best crime novel of the year in Oslo’s leading daily paper, Aftenposten, and best comic novel in the Manchester Guardian; Gypsy Hearts, given a starred review by Kirkus; Killing Paparazzi, which was named among the best books of 2002 by the Washington Post Book World; Burning Garbo, a finalist for the Nero Wolfe Award; Digging James Dean, listed as an Editor’s Choice in the Boston Globe and Mystery of the Month by BookPage; and Zero to the Bone, given a starred review by Publisher’s Weekly and listed by January Magazine as one of the best books of the year.
Ronald Colby began his career as a playwright and actor in New York City. Stolen away to Hollywood by director-writer Francis Ford Coppola, Ron began producing films and television. Always wanting to try his hand at a novel, he began writing Night Driver two decades ago, but the rigors of film work kept pulling him away and later to concentrate on writing and directing feature documentary films. After years of fitful starts, Ronald walked away from film and completed Night Driver.
A graduate of Columbia University and UCLA Film School, David Kukoff has eleven produced film and television credits to his name. He has written for every studio and network in Hollywood, has published two books on film and television writing, and has been the subject of features in Variety, Entertainment Weekly, and The Hollywood Reporter. Mr. Kukoff has taught writing at Northwestern, UCLA, and NYU, has served as a guest editor to Palgrave MacMillan, and has been a featured as a guest lecturer at UCLA’s Faculty Lecture Series at Lake Arrowhead.
After being a professional musician for over ten years (writing, recording, producing, touring internationally) Todd Pasternack had the unbelievably good fortune of becoming just as passionate about creating with code and technology as he was with musical instruments. Todd transitioned full-time into digital marketing design, development, and ultimately strategy and product development.
Doug Cooper is the author of the award-winning novel Outside In. He has a BS in Mathematics Education from Miami University and an MA in American Studies from Saint Louis University. Always searching, he has traveled to over twenty countries on five continents, exploring the contradictions between what we believe and how we act in the pursuit of truth, beauty, and love. Originally from Port Clinton, Ohio, he has also called Cleveland, St. Louis, Detroit, New York, and Oslo, Norway home. The Investment Club is his second novel.
Jim Lindberg—Lead singer of SoCal hardcore band, Pennywise, and author of Punk Rock Dad. Books discussed on this episode include Dark Money by Jane Mayer, Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, On The Road by Jack Kerouac, and many others.
Marko DeSantis—He's probably best known as the lead guitarists for Sugarcult, but has also played with several other California bands including Bad Astronaut, Nerf Herder and The Ataris. Books discussed on this episode include Tools of Titans by Tim Ferris, Forever by Judy Blume, Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain, and many others.
Todd Pasternack— You might know him from bands like Ominous Seapods, Marlow and Bump, but he's also the author of the excellent non-fiction book, Lessons From The Road: Musicians As Business Leaders. Books discussed on this episode include This Wheel's On Fire by Levon Helm and Stephen Davis, Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen, A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, and many others.
Joey Cape—Lead singer of the California punk band Lagwagon. He also plays guitar for Me First & The Gimme Gimmes and is a prolific solo artist and producer. Books discussed on this episode include The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols, A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk, and many others.
Jeff Whalen—Lead singer and guitarist for the rock group Tsar, and soon to be a solo artists with his new record "10 More Rock Super Hits." Books discussed on this episode include Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group by Ian Svenonius, and many others.
Lise Arin has a PhD in English Literature from Columbia, and an undergraduate degree in History and Literature from Harvard. She has two children, and lives with her husband in New York City. She likes jigsaw puzzles, crossword puzzles, rap music, post-it notes, red pens, penguin classics, sushi, asparagus, black coffee, French wine, hiking, beach walks and firelight. She loves to throw dinner parties, although she can’t cook. She hates parades, circuses, suntans, tofu, bean sprouts, avocado and insects, and isn’t all that fond of driving. Matilda Empress is her first novel, although it has been in the making for twenty years.
Janice Y. K. Lee was born and raised in Hong Kong, the child of Korean immigrants. She went to the United States for school and graduated from Harvard College with a degree in English and American Literature and Language. After college she moved to New York and worked for several years as an editor at Elle and Mirabella magazines before getting an MFA from Hunter College and starting her first novel. The Piano Teacher was published to critical acclaim from the New York Times, People, and O magazine, among others. It spent 19 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, was a Richard and Judy Summer Read pick (UK), and was translated into 26 languages worldwide. Janice’s writing has appeared in ELLE, Mirabella, Glamour, and Travel and Leisure, as well as numerous other publications. She lives in New York City with her husband and four children.
Books on the Bus is a five-part podcast mini-series hosted by S.W. Lauden, author of the Greg Salem punk rock P.I. trilogy. Each episode features one musician sharing about their favorite books and authors, how books inspire their lyrics, the best rock biographies, and what they like to read on the road—in addition to some unexpected tangents. A new episode will be posted daily between January 29 and Friday February 2 right here at Rare Bird Radio.
Entrepreneur Mark Fleischman is a graduate of The School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University and former Naval Officer who established himself resuscitating troubled hotel, restaurant, and club projects. He bought Studio 54, which had been closed for nearly two years after the former owners went to Federal Prison, and reestablished it as the hottest club in New York. He and his wife Mimi currently live in Los Angeles and co-owners of four Bar Method Exercise Studios in Los Angeles.
R. Couri Hay lives in New York City and Southampton with his King Charles Cavaliers Webster and Cornelia. He is currently the society columnist for Avenue Magazine and a contributing editor / writer for Hamptons and Gotham and Travel Squire.com. Couri appears regularly on television commenting on political figures, society and Hollywood. He is also the CEO of R. Couri Hay Creative Public Relations, a full-service PR and press agency.
Does the way a woman talks about her body determine how she will engage with the world? Naama Bloom, founder of Hello Flo, has been opening up the conversation for young women about their bodies and their health through humor and straight answers. Her book, Hello Flo: The Guide, Period. empowers young women to ask questions, make good choices, change the conversation and change their lives.
After being a professional musician for over ten years (writing, recording, producing, touring internationally) Todd Pasternack had the unbelievably good fortune of becoming just as passionate about creating with code and technology as he was with musical instruments. Todd transitioned full-time into digital marketing design, development, and ultimately strategy and product development.
Sid Garza-Hillman, podcaster and YouTuber, is the author of Approaching the Natural: A Health Manifesto. He graduated from UCLA with a BA in Philosophy, and is a public speaker, certified nutritionist, and Small Steps Coach–teaching people around the world his unique Small Steps approach to healthy living at smallsteppers.com. He is the Wellness Programs Director at the Stanford Inn Eco-Resort, an ultra runner, and Race Director of the Mendocino Coast 50K trail ultramarathon. Sid lives on California’s Mendocino Coast with his wife and three children, horse, dog, and two cats. Visit Sid at: sidgarzahillman.com
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, speaks with punk musicians and contributors to the new book We Were Going to Change the World, Stacy Russo, Stella, and Johanna Went.
Jude Angelini was born and raised in Pontiac, Michigan. He got his start as a guest and comic on The Jenny Jones Show and now hosts his own show, The All Out Show, on Sirius Satellite Radio. He loves reading Elmore Leonard, science fiction, and medieval fantasy, as well as antiquing and playing a good game of backgammon. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
Australian-born, Los Angeles-based Luke Davies is the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Lion and the author of three novels, the cult bestseller Candy, Isabelle the Navigator and God of Speed. His film adaptation of Candy was one of the last films to star the late Heath Ledger. Davies won a BAFTA for Lion, as well as the Capri International Film Festival Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the Hamilton Breakthrough Screenplay Award and the Australian Writers’ Guild “AWGIE” Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Davies has written (with David Michod) a six-part television adaptation of the Joseph Heller novel Catch-22, to be directed by George Clooney and Grant Heslov and produced by Anonymous Content and Paramount Television. Shooting will commence in 2018.
Image courtesy of Samuel Pignan.
Emanuel Bergmann was born in Saarbrücken, Germany in 1972. After his high school graduation, he moved to Los Angeles to study film and journalism. He has worked for various movie studios, production companies, and independent publishers in Germany and the United States. He now makes his living teaching German, translating books, and writing articles. THE TRICK is his first novel.
Doug Cooper is the author of The Investment Club (Rare Bird, 2016) and Outside In.
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, speaks with legendary punk rockers Chip and Tony Kinman.
Since emigrating to the United States from Romania in 1980, Alex Pruteanu has worked as a journalist, television news director, freelance writer, and editor. He has published a novella: Short Lean Cuts and a collection of stories: Gears. His writing has appeared in Guernica, PANK, The Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Review, and many others. Alex lives with his family near Raleigh, North Carolina. Alex's first novel The Sun Eaters will be published by Červená Barva Press in Fall 2017. His new collection of short stories titled The Imagination of the State (Independent Talent Group, Inc.) is scheduled to be published in Spring 2018.
Karen Stefano is the author of The Secret Games of Words (2015).
Kids in 80s America talks to America's most interesting figures from the world of pop culture about their favorite 80s teen movies. Your favorite people, your favorite movies from the decade you'd like to forget. Hosted by Kevin Smokler, author of Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to 80s Teen Movies.
A.J. Jacobs is an author, journalist, lecturer and human guinea pig. He has written four New York Times bestsellers that combine memoir, science, humor and a dash of self-help. His new book, It’s All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World’s Family Tree, is about the extraordinary changes happening in family research and DNA, and how they have an impact on politics, race relations, health and happiness.
Jude Angelini is the host of The All Out Show and author Hummingbird (2017) and Hyena (2015).
Jim McDermott is a lawyer and the author of Bitter is the Wind.
Scott McClanahan is the author of The Sarah Book (Tyrant Books 2017).
Karen Stefano is the author of The Secret Games of Words (2015).
Andrew Roe is the author of the story collection Where You Live (2017 Engine Books) and the novel, The Miracle Girl (2015 Algonquin Books).
Karen Stefano is the author of The Secret Game of Words (2015).
Kids in 80s America talks to America's most interesting figures from the world of pop culture about their favorite 80s teen movies. Your favorite people, your favorite movies from the decade you'd like to forget. Hosted by Kevin Smokler, author of Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to 80s Teen Movies.
Dave Holmes is the author of the memoir "Party of One". A former MTV VJ and correspondent, he hosts the podcasts International Waters on the Maximum Fun network and Homophilia on Earwolf.
Deena Metzger is the author of A Rain of Night Birds. Her novel La Negra y Blanca won the 2012 Oakland Pen Award, and her Warrior Poster photograph is celebrated around the world as a testament to a woman’s triumph over breast cancer.
Stan Rushworth was born in 1944 and raised primarily in the East San Joaquin valley by his Cherokee grandfather. He served in the Army during the Vietnam war, and attended Cabrillo and San Francisco State, where he received a M.A. in Language Arts and Creative Writing in 1970. He has taught Native American Literature at Cabrillo for the last twenty-five years, including similar work at UCSC as a lecturer, and worked for twenty years at Cabrillo’s Watsonville Center teaching basic skills and critical thinking surrounding Indigenous peoples’ issues. He authored Sam Woods: American Healing (Station Hill Press, New York) in 1992, and Going to Water: The Journal of Beginning Rain (Talking Leaves Press, Freedom, CA) in 2014.
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with CLS Ferguson, author of Soup Stories: A Reconstructed Memoir.
CLS Ferguson, PhD is a communication professor who has published many academic articles and two academic books. Her performance in Silence, which she co-wrote and produced earned best actress and best film awards. Her music video Secrets & Lies also earned accolades. CLS has published poetry in Dirty Chai, Sheepshead Review, Drunk Monkeys, etc. Her poetry collection God Bless Paul is out on Rosedog Books, her chapbook, The Way We Were co-authored with JC Jones is out on Writing Knights Press, and her collection Soup Stories is out on Portage Press.
Meg Eden's work has been published in various magazines, including Rattle, Drunken Boat, Poet Lore, and Gargoyle. She teaches at the University of Maryland. She has four poetry chapbooks, and her debut novel Post-High School Reality Quest was published by California Coldblood Books, an imprint of Rare Bird Books. Check out her work at: megedenbooks.com
Robert J. Peterson is a writer and web developer living in Los Angeles. A Tennessee native, he graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. He’s the founder of California Coldblood Books and the author of two novels, The Odds and Omegaball.
Introducing The Store Next Door! Hosted by Doug Cooper, author of The Investment Club and Outside In, this new series takes you behind the scenes of independent books stores around the country.
In Episode 1, Doug talks to Drew Cohen, co-founder of The Writer's Block, an independent bookstore and literacy education center in downtown Las Vegas.
"Emily, Are You Sleeping" and "The All-Right Side of Just OK" courtesy of The Black Watch.
Bruce Duff talks noir with Richard Lange, author of The Smack, and Howard Paar, author of Once Upon a Time in L.A.
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with Rene Denfeld, author of the upcoming book The Child Finder (HarperCollins, 2017). Rene Denfeld is the author of the acclaimed novel The Enchanted, as well as essays in publications such as the New York Times.
Burt Weissbourd, author of the Corey Logan Trilogy, speaks with Randy Mason, author of Falling Back to One.
Emil DeAndreis talks to Charlie Cutler about his new memoir Hard to Grip. He is the author of Beyond Folly (Blue Cubicle Press), a high school baseball coach, and he teaches English at College of San Mateo. He lives in San Francisco with his wife. Charlie Cutler played college baseball for University of California, Berkeley, then played eight years in the minor leagues for the Cardinals, Pirates, Cubs, and Angels. He now lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter.
Deena Metzger is the author of A Rain of Night Birds. Her novel La Negra y Blanca won the 2012 Oakland Pen Award, and her Warrior Poster photograph is celebrated around the world as a testament to a woman’s triumph over breast cancer.
Carolyn Brigit Flynn is author of the poetry collection Communion: In Praise of the Sacred Earth, editor of the anthology Sisters Singing: Blessings, Prayers, Art, Songs, Poetry and Sacred Stories by Women, and iscurrently working on a memoir/history of Ireland, The Light of Ordinary Days.
The second half of a vintage interview with Lemmy Kilmister, for the August 1993 issue of Bass Player Magazine.
Tom Stern, author of My Vanishing Twin (Rare Bird, 2017) and Sutterfeld, You Are Not a Hero (Rare Bird, 2015), speaks with Doug Cooper, author of The Investment Club (Rare Bird, 2016) and Outside In (Rare Bird, 2016).
A vintage interview with Lemmy Kilmister, for the August 1993 issue of Bass Player Magazine.
Joseph Di Prisco, author of The Pope of Brooklyn (Rare Bird, 2017), speaks with Paula Priamos, author of Inside V (Rare Bird, 2017).
Tom Stern, author of My Vanishing Twin (Rare Bird, 2017), speaks with John Andrew Fredrick, author of Fucking Innocent (Rare Bird, 2017).
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with David Rocklin, author of the upcoming book The Night Language (Rare Bird, 2017). David is also the founder/curator of Roar Shack, a monthly reading series in Los Angeles.
Adam Novak, author of Freaks of the Industry (Rare Bird, 2017), in conversation with Tyler Knight, author of Burn My Shadow: A Selective Memory of an X-Rated Life (Rare Bird, 2016).
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with Tobias Carroll, author of Reel (Rare Bird, 2016) and Transitory (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2016). He lives and writes in Brooklyn, New York, where he is the managing editor of Vol.1 Brooklyn. His fiction and nonfiction have been published by Tin House, Midnight Breakfast, The Collagist, Necessary Fiction, Bookforum, and Joyland. He can be found on Twitter at @TobiasCarroll.
Deena Metzger, author of A Rain of Night Birds, in conversation with Nina Simons, cofounder and co-CEO of Bioneers.
A Rain of Night Birds can be purchased at Birchbark Books: birchbarkbooks.com/fiction-and-poe…-of-night-birds, or wherever good books are sold.
Deena Metzger, author of A Rain of Night Birds, in conversation with Joan Tewkesbury.
A Rain of Night Birds can be purchased at Birchbark Books: birchbarkbooks.com/fiction-and-poe…-of-night-birds, or wherever good books are sold.
Joan Tewkesbury (born April 8, 1936) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, producer and actress. She had a long association with the celebrated director Robert Altman, and wrote the screenplays for two of his films, Thieves Like Us (1974) and Nashville (1975). Nashville has been called "Altman's masterpiece",[2] and Tewkesbury's screenplay was widely honored including a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. Beyond the work with Altman, Tewkesbury has directed and written many television movies and episodes for television series. Tewkesbury is the author of the novel, Ebba and the Green Dresses of Olivia Gomez in a Time of Conflict and War, Hand to Hand,2011.
Tewkesbury was born in Redlands, California, the daughter of Frances M. (née Stevenson), a registered nurse, and Walter S. Tewkesbury, an office machine repairman.[3] She has lived in Tesuque, New Mexico since 2003.
Deena Metzger, author of A Rain of Night Birds, in conversation with author David Edward Walker, author of Tessa's Dance and Signal Peak.
A Rain of Night Birds can be purchased at Birchbark Books: birchbarkbooks.com/fiction-and-poe…-of-night-birds, or wherever good books are sold.
Please visit David Edward Walker at davidedwardwalker.com
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, talks punk rock survival with Keith Morris, author of My Damage!
Pam Braun, author of The Ultimate Cancer Cookbook, speaks with Cat Gwynn, author of 10 Mile Radius, about learning from cancer, the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, and the role of books in recovery.
Adam Novak, author of Freaks of the Industry, speaks with Tom Stern, author of My Vanishing Twin about revising, ambition, and becoming a professional writer.
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, in conversation with Harley Flanagan, bassist for the Cro-Mags and author of Hard-Core: Life of My Own.
Heidi Barnes, author of The Bellman, speaks with Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words about running an inn, why a first job tells an interesting story, and living around the world.
Rob Rufus, author of Die Young With Me and drummer for The Bad Signs, talks to Cat Gwynn, photographer and writer of 10 Mile Radius about cancer, the virtues of being a punk kid, and face tattoos.
Rob Rufus, author of Die Young With Me and drummer for The Bad Signs, speaks with Kevin Smokler, writer of Brat Pack America, about discovering new music, haunted concert venues, and why Hollywood needs a bigger imagination.
Rob Rufus, author of Die Young With Me and drummer for The Bad Signs talks to Shawna Kenney, writer of I Was a Teenage Dominatrix and Live at the Safari Club, about the road to publishing, working in the punk scene, and the terror of live readings.
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, in discussion with Mike Stax from the Crawdaddys and Ugly Things magazine.
Susan Silver, author of Hot Pants in Hollywood, in-conversation with Bruce Ferber, author of Elevating Overman and Cascade Falls. Bruce and Susan, also former television writers, go into detail on the overlaps of their entertainment and writing lives, including Mary Tyler Moore, Laverne & Shirley, and their transitions into storytelling with books.
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with Steven Dunn, author of Potted Meat.
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, in conversation with Anna Biller, director of The Love Witch.
Adam Novak, author of Freaks of the Industry, in conversation with Sean McDaniel, author of Criminal Zoo.
Freaks of the Industry will be released in July 2017.
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with David Ulin, author of The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time.
Deena Metzger, author of A Rain of Night Birds, in conversation with Stephan Hewitt, publisher of Hand to Hand.
A Rain of Night Birds can be purchased at Birchbark Books: http://birchbarkbooks.com/fiction-and-poetry/a-rain-of-night-birds
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, in conversation with Steve Blush and Tony Mann, the author and contributing editor, respectively, of New York Rock.
Randy Mason, author of Falling Back to One, in conversation with David Kukoff, editor of Los Angeles in the 1970s.
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with Shanna Mahin, author of Oh! You Pretty Things.
Tobias Carroll, author of Reel, in conversation with Duncan B. Barlow, author ofThe City, Awake.
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, in conversation with Marc Ferrari and Frank Meyer.
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with Mike Scalise, author of The Brand New Catastrophe.
S. W. Lauden, author of Grizzly Season, in conversation with Sean McDaniel, author of Criminal Zoo.
David Kukoff, editor of the collection Los Angeles in the 1970s, in conversation with Michael Fallon, author of Dodgerland: Decadent Los Angeles and the 1977-78 Dodgers.
Joseph Di Prisco, author of The Pope of Brooklyn, in conversation with Tobias Carroll, author of Reel.
Sean McDaniel discusses his debut novel Criminal Zoo with Katie Arnoldi, author of Point Dume.
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with Carole Firstman, author of Origins of the Universe and What it All Means.
Rich Ferguson, author of New Jersey Me, in conversation with Mark Z. Danielewski, author of House of Leaves and most recently The Familiar, Vol. 4: Hades.
Music is from the audio vinyl record New Jersey Me by Rich Ferguson.
Tom Teicholz, author of Being There: Journalism 1978-2000, in conversation with Jerome Charyn, author of the upcoming novel Jerzy.
Rich Ferguson, author of New Jersey Me, in conversation with Zach Wyner, author of What We Never Had.
Learn more about each author's work at www.rarebirdbooks.com
Joseph Di Prisco, author of The Pope of Brooklyn, in conversation with Aris Janigian, author of Waiting for Lipchitz at Chateau Marmont.
Learn more about each author's work at www.rarebirdbooks.com
Jamie Mayer, author of Painless, in conversation with Robert J. Peterson, author of Omegaball.
Painless will be released February 14, 2017 and is available for pre-order at www.rarebirdbooks.com/painless
Sean McDaniel, author of Criminal Zoo, in conversation with Stephen Graham Jones, author of Mongrels.
Tom Teicholz, author of Being There: Journalism 1978-2000, in conversation with David Kukoff, editor of Los Angeles in the 1970s.
Details about Tom and David's books can be found on www.rarebirdbooks.com
Zach Wyner, author of What We Never Had, in conversation with Alex Ebert, lead singer of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.
Zach Wyner, author of What We Never Had, in conversation with Joshua Mohr, author of Sirens.
Delfin Vigil, author of Death of a Newspaperman, in conversation with Aris Janigian, author of Waiting For Lipchitz at Chateau Marmont.
Samantha Geimer, author of The Girl, in conversation with Jillian Franklyn, screenwriter, actor, and producer.
Samantha Geimer and Jillian Franklyn are both contributors to the new collection of essays Los Angeles in the 1970s, available wherever books are sold.
Heidi Barnes, author of The Bellman, in conversation with J. A. Davis, author of Crisis: Blue.
Tom Teicholz, author of Being There, in conversation with Bruce Ferber, author of Cascade Falls
Tom Teicholz and Bruce Ferber are both contributors to the collection of essays Los Angeles in the 1970s: Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine, published by Rare Bird Books and available wherever books are sold.
Howard Gewirtz, writer and producer of The Exes, in conversation with Ken Levine, Emmy-winning writer, director, and MLB Announcer.
Howard Gewirtz and Ken Levine are both contributors to the upcoming collection Los Angeles in the 1970s, out from Rare Bird Books on November 15 2016.
Geza X, producer for Black Flag and Dead Kennedys, in conversation with Mitch Schneider, a Los Angeles-based publicist.
Geza X and Mitch Schneider are both contributors to the upcoming collection Los Angeles in the 1970s, out from Rare Bird Books on November 15 2016.
Doug Cooper, author of The Investment Club, in conversation with Nancy Simpson-Brice, bookseller at The Book Vault in Oskaloosa, IA.
Joy Picus, LA City Council member (1977-1993), in conversation with Debra Wacks, writer and art historian.
Joy Picus and Debra Wacks are both contributors to the collection of essays Los Angeles in the 1970s, available now from Rare Bird wherever good books are sold.
Chip Jacobs, author of Strange As it Seems, in conversation with Steve Hodel, author of Most Evil.
Chip Jacobs and Steve Hodel are both contributors to the collection of essays Los Angeles in the 1970s, coming out from Rare Bird Books on November 15 2016.
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, in conversation with Steve McDonald (The Melvins, Off!, Redd Kross)
Michael Lazarou, author of Criminal Law, in conversation with Joel Drucker, author of Jimmy Connors Saved My Life.
Michael Lazarou and Joel Drucker are both contributors to the collection of essays Los Angeles in the 1970s, coming out from Rare Bird Books on November 15 2016.
Luis Rodriguez, poet laureate of Los Angeles, in conversation with Del Zamora, actor and producer.
Luis Rodriguez and Del Zamora are both contributors to the upcoming collection Los Angeles in the 1970s, out from Rare Bird Books on November 15 2016.
Zach Wyner, author of What We Never Had, in conversation with Alex Maslansky, owner of Stories Book Cafe in Los Angeles.
What We Never Had is available wherever books are sold.
J. A. Davis, author of Crisis: Blue, in conversation with Stephen Robert Stein, author of The Oath.
The Oath and Crisis: Blue will be published on November 15 and are available for pre-order now wherever books are sold.
David Berkeley, author of The Free Brontosaurus, in conversation with S. W. Lauden, author of Grizzly Season.
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, in conversation with Scott Carlson (Repulsion) and Pat Hoed (Brujeria).
Rich Ferguson, author of New Jersey Me, in conversation with Tobias Carroll, author of Reel.
New Jersey Me is available at http://www.rarebirdbooks.com/new-jersey-me/
Reel is available at http://www.rarebirdbooks.com/reel-by-tobias-carroll/
Stephen Robert Stein, author of The Oath, in conversation with Sean McDaniel, author of Criminal Zoo.
The Oath will be released November 15 and is available for pre-order at http://www.rarebirdbooks.com/the-oath-by-stephen-robert-stein
Criminal Zoo will be released November 15 and is available for pre-order at http://www.rarebirdbooks.com/criminal-zoo/
Greg Proops commenting on Rich Ferguson's live performance of Back When I Was Almost Sixteen and All Me at Literary Death Match in Los Angeles, CA, October 2016.
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, in conversation with David Kendrick (Sparks, Devo, Andy Prieboy, Gleaming Spires) and James Fearnley (the Pogues, Low and Sweet Orchestra, Cranky George).
Judith Hannan, author of The Write Prescription: Telling Your Story To Live With and Beyond Illness, in conversation with Jenny Allen, performer of I Got Sick Then I Got Better
The Write Prescription is available for purchase wherever books are sold.
David Berkeley, author of The Free Brontosaurus, in conversation with the book's illustrator, Luke Dorman.
The Free Brontosaurus is available for purchase wherever books are sold.
David Kukoff is the editor of the upcoming collection Los Angeles in the 1970s: http://www.rarebirdbooks.com/los-angeles-in-the-1970s/
Doug Cooper is the author of Outside In and the upcoming novel The Investment Club: http://www.rarebirdbooks.com/the-investment-club/
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, with Brenda Perlin, who runs her own Blossoming Press, and has published a series of punk books, Punk Rocker, LA Punk Snapshots, LA Punk Rocker, plus the Brooklyn and Bo Chronicles, and more.
Stephen Robert Stein, author of The Oath, in-conversation with Joe Herbert, director of notable commercials, including a Doritos Super Bowl spot that was filmed in Stein's home in rural Indiana.
Sharon Weil, author of ChangeAbility, in conversation with Joan Stanford, author of The Art of Play
Justin Chapman, author of Saturnalia: Traveling from Cape Town to Kampala in Search of an African Utopia, in conversation with Ryan Bell, founder of Life After God
Zach Wyner, author of What We Never Had, in conversation with Abi Hassan, an attorney, consultant and cofounder of the Black Movement-Law Project.
Joan Stanford, author of The Art of Play, in conversation with Threasa Meads, author of Nobody
Conversation between Sean McDaniel, author of Criminal Zoo, and Burt Weissbourd, author of Minos.
Carol Miller, author of Every Moment of a Fall, in conversation with Sharon Weil, author of ChangeAbility
Sharon Weil, author of ChangeAbility, in conversation with Sam Polk, author of For the Love of Money, published by Scribner (July 2016).
Stephen Robert Stein, author of The Oath, in conversation with Burt Weissbourd, author of the Corey Logan Trilogy (Inside Passage, Teaser, and Minos).
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, chats with Jennifer "Kasey Bomber" Barbee, author of Down & Derby: The Insiders Guide of Roller Derby, and Else "Evil E" Duff, the announcer for the Los Angeles Derby Dolls!
Terry, an excerpt from the vinyl audiobook of New Jersey Me by Rich Ferguson, featuring Butch Norton, drums; Josh Haden, bass; Tyson Cornell, guitars; Rich Ferguson, narration; CLS Ferguson, vocals; Andrew Bush, lapsteel and wurlitzer. Produced and engineered by Andrew Bush at Grandma's Warehouse, Los Angeles, in the Spring of 2016.
The trade paperback and e-book editions of New Jersey Me are available wherever good books are sold.
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Madman, an excerpt from the vinyl audiobook of New Jersey Me by Rich Ferguson, featuring Butch Norton, drums; Josh Haden, bass; Tyson Cornell, guitars; Rich Ferguson, narration; Andrew Bush, lapsteel and wurlitzer. Produced and engineered by Andrew Bush at Grandma's Warehouse, Los Angeles, in the Spring of 2016.
The trade paperback and e-book editions of New Jersey Me are available wherever good books are sold.
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, talks with Tom DeSavia, author of Under the Big Black Sun w/ John Doe and Chris Morris, author of Together Thru Life and Los Lobos: Dream in Blue.
Carol Miller, author of Every Moment of a Fall talks surviving trauma, moving past injury and trauma, and EMDR therapy with Kate Bassford Baker, who runs The Girl Who Lived blog. Carol survived a plane crash and Kate survived a serious car accident.
Joan Stanford, owner of the Stanford Inn in Mendocino, CA and author of The Art of Play talks healing, wellness, mindfulness, and escaping the East Coast with Nadia Natali, author of Stairway to Paradise: Growing Up Gershwin.
Erin Judge, stand-up comedian and author of Vow of Celibacy, talks with Tracy Tynan, costume designer and author of Wear & Tear, about fashion, sex, sexuality, and dealing with the legacy of famous parents.
Judith Hannan, author of The Write Prescription, discusses health, wellness, and using art to thrive with Joan Stanford, author of The Art of Play.
Lisa Weinert, publisher of Archer Books, in conversation with Reverend Mara Dowdall, First Unitarian Universalist Society!
Tracy Tynan, author of the memoir Wear and Tear, discusses famous parents, helping veterans, and writing with Cheryl Montelle, writer and creator of the Men without Names art series.
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, talks with Josh Hayden, founder, bassist and singer of the group Spain, and Kenny Lyon, guitarist, bassist, and producer, who has played with NOFX, Lemonheads, and many more.
Sharon Weil, author of ChangeAbility, in conversation with Judith Hannan, author of The Write Prescription.
Lisa Weinert, publisher of Archer Books, in conversation with Charles Barber, Lecturer and author of Songs from the Black Chair and Comfortably Numb.
Carol Miller, author of Every Moment of a Fall, chats with Joan Stanford, author of The Art of Play and co-owner of the Stanford Inn in Mendocino, CA.
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, talks with Jim Wilson. Jim Wilson is the guitarist with Mother Superior, Pearl, Motor Sister, plays with Daniel Lanois, much work w/ Henry Rollins, and is the only player besides the Mael brothers to perform on all 21 Sparks LP shows in London.
Lisa Weinert, publisher of Archer Books, discusses narrative medicine with Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, author of the Coyote Trilogy, spiritual healer, and practitioner of narrative medicine.
Dan Coplan, author of Let it Be, discusses books and writing with Glen Merzer, author of Off the Reservation.
Dan Coplan, author of Let It Be, in conversation with Arlene Schindler, author of The Last Place She'd Look.
David Rose, author of Spent Shell Casings talks about what it is like to come back from active Military service, and the disconnect between the general public and Military veterans returning from combat.
Aris Janigian, author of Waiting for Lipchitz at Chateau Marmont, talks Los Angeles and its darkness and light with Adam Novak, author of Take Fountain.
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, talks with Vicky Hamilton, author of Appetite for Dysfunction, and legendary rock manager, promoter, and record executive.
Jackie Welch-Schlicher and Rebecca Mark are both artists who have mastered the art of listening deeply, receptivity and response, and playing with the magic of the unexpected. Each of them uses “an open hand” when crafting their work, which allows the artistic expression to reflect the improvisational nature of life. The practice of trust rather than control, receiving rather than forcing, keeps the work fresh and alive no matter what the form or task.
Amber Gray and Fred Sugerman use body-based therapies and practices to inspire hope and change. New possibilities for health, healing, well-being, and pleasure rather than pain, can be discovered through movement, new sensations, and the unwinding of old and painful patterns. When we can reframe our felt experience, we can Have Hope for new outcomes. Listen to how.
Bruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, talks with Punk Hostage Press' Iris Berry and Allan MacDonell, former editor of Hustler Magazine and author of Punk Elegies, about the Los Angeles punk and literary scenes and the meeting of the two.
Jacques Verduin and Robert Litman work with bringing awareness to every moment in very different settings. Jacques Verduin is a leader in restorative justice working in prisons, Robert Litman is a breath and movement educator working with clients, many of whom suffer from asthma, anxiety, or other breathing disorders. Their discussion is a lively exploration of how the simplicity of breath and sense awareness is the beginning of any journey to change.
Judith Hannan is the author of Motherhood Exaggerated (CavanKerry Press, 2012), her memoir of discovery and transformation during her daughter’s cancer treatment and her transition into survival. Ms. Hannan’s essays have appeared in such publications as Woman’s Day, Opera News, The Huffington Post, The Healing Muse, ZYZZYVA, Twins Magazine, and The Martha’s Vineyard Gazette. She teaches writing about personal experience to homeless mothers and at-risk adolescents as well as to medical students, and is a judge of the annual essay contest sponsored by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation for Humanism-in-Medicine. She is also a frequent speaker medical professionals for whom she seeks reveal the hidden parts of patient’s stories. Ms. Hannan has a long history of involvement in children’s education, health and welfare. She served as Director of Development of the 92nd Street Y and then for the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. She now serves on the board of the Museum, Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects, as well as on three boards affiliated with the Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York—the Adolescent Health Center (where she now serves as President of the Advisory Board), the Children’s Center Foundation, and Global Health. Ms. Hannan speaks frequently on the subject of narrative medicine.
Nature is change. Permaculture experts Penny Livingston-Stark and James Stark explore how to facilitate change with more ease when we Align with Nature. The natural world provides all the examples and support we need to adapt to any changing circumstance, both internal and external, real or in metaphor; whether we dwell in the forest or in the middle of the city.
Judith Hannan, author of The Write Prescription, talks with Nancy Aronie, director of the Chilmark Writing Workshop.
David Rose, author of Spent Shell Casings, in conversation with Grifter, writer for Operator as Fuck.
Meditation mentor, Camille Maurine, and intuitive astrologer, Rachel Lang, Spark Fire as they discuss passion, pleasure, and finding your purpose. Uncovering your passion motivates action that can burn through fear, reluctance, and ambivalence. Riding the wild currents of your own passion requires a play of both courage and tenderness. Listen to find out how.
Deena Metzger and Amanda Foulger engage with community in every aspect of the healing and teaching work they each do. The support needed for change comes from both seen and unseen communities: helpful people, ancestor spirits, plant and animal spirit guides. In walking hundreds of people through transformative change, Deena and Amanda share how they teach others how to locate the multi-dimensional support they need, and to trust the support they receive.
Judith Hannan, author of The Write Prescription, in conversation with Judith Kelman, director of the Visible Ink program at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
Bruce Duff, music journalist, bassist, and author of the memoir The Smell of Death, in conversation with Katherine Turman, music journalist and author of Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal.
Judith Hannan, author of The Write Prescription, talks with Jody Oberfelder, choreographer, dancer, director, and filmmaker.
David Rose, author of Spent Shell Casings, talks political correctness and life after the military with G from the popular Instagram Zero Foxtrot.
Judith Hannan, author of The Write Prescription, discusses writing and writing about illness with Kim Green, author of hallucinations.
David Rose, author of Spent Shell Casings, discussed drugs, Heavy Metal, and growing up in a small town with J.J. Anselmi, author of Heavy.
J.J. Anselmi, author of Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, Drugs, and Heavy Fucking Music in conversation with Sean Madigan Hoen, author of Songs Only You Know.
Christopher LeGras, author of Weather To Fly, in conversation with Jason Alisharan, founder of JA Films about story, screenwriting, and fiction.
David Rose, author of Spent Shell Casings, talks with Devin Denman, former Recon Marine, and former Blackwater security, current radio-savvy sports-fishing blogger.
David Rose, author of Spent Shell Casings, discusses military hero worship with soldiers Rob Glenn and Derek Herkes.
David Rose, author of Spent Shell Casings, chats with Teraza Sacha about his new book, and nonmilitary reactions to it.
J.J. Anselmi, author of Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, Drugs, and Heavy Fucking Music, talks heavy metal, music, and life with Grant Netzorg of the band In The Company of Serpents.
Burt Weissbourd, author of Minos, discusses Seattle and Homeless Teens with Liz Trautman of YouthCare!
Carol Miller, author of the memoir Every Moment of a Fall, speaks with Sondra Hall, director of Take My Word For It in San Francisco.
Dr. Steven Robert Stein, author of The Oath, discusses World War II, Operation Paperclip, and family histories with Dr. Don Epstein.
J.J. Anselmi, author of Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, Drugs, and Heavy Fucking Music, talks with skateboarder Justin Hocking, author of The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld.
Alka Dhillon, author of The Om Factor, discusses life, death, meditation, and life balance with Karen Henson Jones, author of Heart of Miracles.
Chip Jacobs, author of Strange as it Seems, discusses Operation Paperclip, the program that allowed Nazi doctors into the US legally, with Stephen Robert Stein, author of The Oath.
J.J. Anselmi, author of the memoir Heavy speaks with Jason Heller, author of Taft 2012, and writer for Pitchfork, The AV Club, and many more!
Carol E. Miller, author of Every Moment Of A Fall, in conversation with EMDR Therapist, author of The Glass Palace, and her husband, Andy Weisskoff. Carol and Andy talk EMDR Therapy, how it works, and what it can do for trauma survivors.
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with Erin Parker, author of The Secret and The Sacred.
Dan Coplan, author of Let It Be, in conversation with Joel Eisenberg, author of The Chronicles of Ara.
Chip Jacobs, author of Strange As It Seems, talks with Jeremy Rosenberg, coauthor of No Man Is An Island.
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with Ben Loory, author of Stories For Nighttime And Some for The Day.
Alka Dhillon, author of The Om Factor, and Jeff Boss, author of Navigating Chaos talk about business practices, keeping calm in stressful situations, and making sure to take time for yourself.
Dan Coplan, author of Let It Be, talks with Carlos Allende, author of Love, Or The Witches of Windward Circle about writing supernatural fiction, staying grounded in reality, and working in Hollywood vs. working in book publishing.
Tom Stern, author of Sutterfeld, You Are Not A Hero, talks with book blogger Anne Logan. Anne's Blog: http://ivereadthis.com
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with Ken Murray, author of Eulogy.
Bonnie Wallace, author of The Hollywood Parents' Guide and mother of Dove Cameron, talks with legendary casting director Suzanne Goddard-Smythe.
Supercool were a band featuring singer Lantz L'Amour, guitarist Stacey Blades of the version of LA Guns featuring singer Phil Lewis, former Faster Pussycat and Liberators bassist Eric Stacy, and at different times drummers Vik Foxx (Enuff Z'nuff, Vince Neil Band, Warrant) and Dave Moreno (Liberators). The band released an EP titled Live At The Wilcox Hotel.
Lantz L'Amour and Stacey Blades also played together in the band Smack.
Eric Stacy and Dave Moreno also played together in the band Liberators.
Supercool were a band featuring singer Lantz L'Amour, guitarist Stacey Blades of the version of LA Guns featuring singer Phil Lewis, former Faster Pussycat and Liberators bassist Eric Stacy, and at different times drummers Vik Foxx (Enuff Z'nuff, Vince Neil Band, Warrant) and Dave Moreno (Liberators). The band released an EP titled Live At The Wilcox Hotel.
Lantz L'Amour and Stacey Blades also played together in the band Smack.
Eric Stacy and Dave Moreno also played together in the band Liberators.
Supercool were a band featuring singer Lantz L'Amour, guitarist Stacey Blades of the version of LA Guns featuring singer Phil Lewis, former Faster Pussycat and Liberators bassist Eric Stacy, and at different times drummers Vik Foxx (Enuff Z'nuff, Vince Neil Band, Warrant) and Dave Moreno (Liberators). The band released an EP titled Live At The Wilcox Hotel.
Lantz L'Amour and Stacey Blades also played together in the band Smack.
Eric Stacy and Dave Moreno also played together in the band Liberators.
Supercool were a band featuring singer Lantz L'Amour, guitarist Stacey Blades of the version of LA Guns featuring singer Phil Lewis, former Faster Pussycat and Liberators bassist Eric Stacy, and at different times drummers Vik Foxx (Enuff Z'nuff, Vince Neil Band, Warrant) and Dave Moreno (Liberators). The band released an EP titled Live At The Wilcox Hotel.
Lantz L'Amour and Stacey Blades also played together in the band Smack.
Eric Stacy and Dave Moreno also played together in the band Liberators.
Supercool were a band featuring singer Lantz L'Amour, guitarist Stacey Blades of the version of LA Guns featuring singer Phil Lewis, former Faster Pussycat and Liberators bassist Eric Stacy, and at different times drummers Vik Foxx (Enuff Z'nuff, Vince Neil Band, Warrant) and Dave Moreno (Liberators). The band released an EP titled Live At The Wilcox Hotel.
Lantz L'Amour and Stacey Blades also played together in the band Smack.
Eric Stacy and Dave Moreno also played together in the band Liberators.
Supercool were a band featuring singer Lantz L'Amour, guitarist Stacey Blades of the version of LA Guns featuring singer Phil Lewis, former Faster Pussycat and Liberators bassist Eric Stacy, and at different times drummers Vik Foxx (Enuff Z'nuff, Vince Neil Band, Warrant) and Dave Moreno (Liberators). The band released an EP titled Live At The Wilcox Hotel.
Lantz L'Amour and Stacey Blades also played together in the band Smack.
Eric Stacy and Dave Moreno also played together in the band Liberators.
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, talks writing and process with Len Kuntz, author of The Dark Sunshine.
Bonnie Wallace, author of the Hollywood Parents' Guide, and mother of Disney Channel star Dove Cameron, talks with actress and mother of several child actors, Kenda Benward!
A brief excerpt from the upcoming vinyl audiobook of Scale, a novel by Every Time I Die's Keith Buckley, featuring original music by Joe Trohman from Fall Out Boy. This is the second vinyl audiobook release for Rare Bird, and we're very pleased to have this follow up the amazing success that Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club prequel, Expedition, did earlier this year.
The paperback for Scale is available now wherever good books are sold. Signed copies are also available while supplies last through the Rare Bird Books website (http://www.rarebirdbooks.com/new-products/scale-pre-order).
The vinyl audiobook is available for preorder through Rare Bird (http://www.rarebirdbooks.com/new-products/scale-audiobook-on-vinyl-plus-download-code-read-by-keith-buckley-music-by-joe-trohman) with a limited time discount until the end of 2015. Signed and unsigned vinyl is expected to ship in March 2016.
For more information, visit: RareBirdBooks.com
Pamela Levine, VP of Sales at Manduka, talks sales and marketing with Craig Wilson and Matt Levinthal, formerly of Patagonia. Craig Wilson is the author of The Compass and The Nail.
Tom Stern, author of Sutterfeld, You Are Not a Hero, talks about some of the philosophical questions in his novel with Dr. Jim Goetsch, professor of Philosophy.
Jeff Denby, former CEO of PACT, talks with Matt Levinthal and Craig Wilson of Compass and Nail, and formerly of Patagonia, about the best ways of Marketing and Branding your company.
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with Susan Henderson, author of Up from the Blue.
Craig Wilson, former Patagonia marketing guru, Matt Levinthal of Compass and Nail, and Tim Rhone, co-owner of the Mob Shop in Ojai, CA discuss marketing and customer loyalty.
Bonnie Wallace, author of The Hollywood Parents Guide and mother of Disney Channel star Dove Cameron, in conversation with Agent Domina Holbeck!
Bonnie Wallace, author of The Hollywood Parents Guide, in conversation with Anne Henry of Biz Parentz Foundation. www.bizparentz.org
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words discusses writing with Meg Tuite, author of Bound By Blue.
Bonnie Wallace, author of The Hollywood Parents Guide and mother of Disney Channel star Dove Cameron, talks with Jennifer Markewich-Jones, who runs the Raising a Young Actor Blog.
Find Jennifer's Blog Here: https://www.facebook.com/Raising-a-Child-Actor-1560479304211153/
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with Bud Smith, author of F250.
Bonnie Wallace, author of The Hollywood Parents Guide and mother of Disney Channel star Dove Cameron, in conversation with actor and fellow Hollywood mom Kenda Benward, mother of Luke Benward.
Bonnie Wallace, mother of Liv and Maddie's Dove Cameron, in conversation with Betsy Sullenger, Executive Producer of Liv and Maddie.
Deanne Stillman's acclaimed book, Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West, an LA Times "best book of the year" and winner of the California Book Award silver medal for nonfiction, is soon to be available in audio. This new edition features a star-studded cast of narrators, including Anjelica Huston, Frances Fisher, Wendie Malick, Richard Portnow, John Densmore (the drummer in the Doors), and James Morrison. Here is a short excerpt with James Morrison reading from the beginning of the book.
Deanne Stillman's acclaimed book, Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West, an LA Times "best book of the year" and winner of the California Book Award silver medal for nonfiction, is soon to be available in audio. This new edition features a star-studded cast of narrators, including Anjelica Huston, Frances Fisher, Wendie Malick, Richard Portnow, John Densmore (the drummer in the Doors), and James Morrison. Here is a short excerpt with Wendie Malick reading from the middle of the book.
Elyce Wakerman, author of A Tale of Two Citizens, in conversation with Rabbi Haim Beliak.
Elyce Wakerman, author of A Tale of Two Citizens in conversation with Bruce Ferber, author of Cascade Falls.
Bonnie Wallace, author of The Hollywood Parent's Guide, in conversation with Amy Anderson, mother of Aubrey Anderson-Emmons (Lily from Modern Family)!
Elyce Wakerman, author of A Tale of Two Citizens talks to Shannon Crawford, artist, and author of Relentless Beauty about art, aesthetic, creativity, television, technology, and more.
Elyce Wakerman, author of A Tale of Two Citizens, in conversation with Helen Maryles Shankman, author of The Color of Light.
Elyce Wakerman, author of A Tale of Two Citizens, in conversation with David Kukoff, author of Children of the Canyon.
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with Jim Ruland, author of Big Lonesome and Forest of Fortune, as well as founder of Vermin on the Mount, a literary event series that takes place at various places around the country.
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with Samantha Dunn, author of Not by Accident, Faith in Carlos Gomez, and Failing Paris.
Cynthia Weil, grammy-winning songwriter, and author of I'm Glad I Did, discusses books and music with Bobby Hart, songwriter for The Monkees and author of Psychedelic Bubble Gum
Elyce Wakerman, author of A Tale of Two Citizens, in conversation with Mona Houghton, author of Frottage & Even As We Speak: Two Novellas.
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with Doug Cooper, author of Outside In.
Deanne Stillman's acclaimed book, Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West, an LA Times "best book of the year" and winner of the California Book Award silver medal for nonfiction, is soon to be available in audio. This new edition features a star-studded cast of narrators, including Anjelica Huston, Frances Fisher, Wendie Malick, Richard Portnow, John Densmore (the drummer in the Doors), and James Morrison. Here is a short excerpt of John Densmore's section.
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in discussion with Antonia Crane, author of Spent.
Tom Stern, author of Sutterfeld, You Are Not A Hero talks art, creativity, and Errol Morris with Rob Clayton of the Clayton Brothers.
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with Robert Vaughan.
Deanne Stillman's acclaimed book, Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West, an LA Times "best book of the year" and winner of the California Book Award silver medal for nonfiction, is soon to be available in audio. This new edition features a star-studded cast of narrators, including Anjelica Huston, Frances Fisher, Wendie Malick, Richard Portnow, John Densmore (the drummer in the Doors), and James Morrison. Here is a short excerpt of Richard Portnow's section.
Bridget Foley, author of Hugo & Rose, talks writing with Ted Kosmatka, author of The Flicker Man!
Cynthia Weil, legendary songwriter and author of I'm Glad I Did, in discussion with the iconic Tony Orlando.
Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Game of Words, in discussion with Sara Lippmann, author of Doll Palace.
Story guru, screenwriter, documentary producer, adj. professor, consultant, and author of DO STORY: How to tell your story so the world listens (Do Book Co.) in discussion with Scott Harrison, founder and CEO of charity: water.
Deanne Stillman's acclaimed book, Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West, an LA Times "best book of the year" and winner of the California Book Award silver medal for nonfiction, is soon to be available in audio. This new edition features a star-studded cast of narrators, including Anjelica Huston, Frances Fisher, Wendie Malick, Richard Portnow, John Densmore (the drummer in the Doors), and James Morrison. Here is a short excerpt with Frances Fisher's reading of Chapter Eight.
A brief excerpt from the upcoming Fight Club prequel vinyl audiobook Expedition by Chuck Palahniuk featuring music by Rob Campanella (Brian Jonestown Massacre), available for preorder now at rarebirdbooks.com, and released as an official companion to Dark Horse's Fight Club 2 ten-comic maxiseries and Doubleday's Make Something Up. Preorder yours today!
Cynthia Weil, songwriter and author of I'm Glad I Did, in discussion with American producer and vocalist Steve Tyrell.
Legendary songwriter and author of the new novel I'm Glad I Did (Soho, 2015) in conversation with Brooks Arthur.
Deanne Stillman's acclaimed book, Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West, an LA Times "best book of the year" and winner of the California Book Award silver medal for nonfiction, is soon to be available in audio. This new edition features a star-studded cast of narrators, including Anjelica Huston, Frances Fisher, Wendie Malick, Richard Portnow, John Densmore (the drummer in the Doors), and James Morrison. Here is a short excerpt from Anjelica Huston's introduction.
Lee Matthew Goldberg, author of Slow Down, in conversation with Margot Berwin, author of Hothouse Flowers and the Nine Plants of Desire and Scent of Darkness.