Writing The Rapids

Writing The Rapids

A writer curated discussion podcast and audio literary magazine

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June 18, 2025

Joe is rejoined by Thomas Moore to talk about We'll Never Be Fragile Again, nostalgia, infatuation, and more.

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Ben Niespodziany joins joe to talk about organizing your work, surprising yourself with your work, his new press, and so much more.

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Pizama Press

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Paul Cunningham rejoins joe to talk about gas stations, influencer culture, flarf (no, really), and so much more.

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Sociocide at the 24/7
Fall Garment
The House of the Tree of Sores 

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Joe is joined by Joe Koch to talk surrealism, writing the senses, deities of place in deep space, and more.

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Joe is rejoined by Shane Jesse Christmass to talk about the reissue of Latex, Texas, its redesign, editing like a movie, paying attention to what you're feeling when you write, and more!

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Latex, Texas

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Joe is joined by Michael Tichy to talk weird westerns, american expansion, masculinity, and more.

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Behind Every Tree, Beneath Every Rock
The Winnowing Draw

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Joe is rejoined by Charlene Elsby and they talk about people who aren't bothered by criticism, how language in the workplace changes your brain, names starting with the letter D, and more.

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Meghan Lamb rejoins Joe to talk about her new book Mirror Translation, traveling, culture shock, the enslaving potential of politeness, and more!

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Mirror Translation

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Joe is joined by Sara Century to talk relationship problems, Scream, horror, and so much more.

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Scream Zine
A Small Light & Other Stories
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Joe is joined by Thomas Moore to talk about fantasy vs reality, editing as part of the creative process, dark humor, and more.

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Joe is rejoined by Sam Richard to talk about his new short story collection The Still Beating Heart of a Dead God, ordering short story collections, iterating on ideas, Dark Internet, and more.

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Weirdpunk Books 

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Joe is rejoined by Charlene Elsby and they talk about she feels about her writing over time, absurdity and dark comedy, challenging writing, and more.

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Joe is rejoined by Olivia Cronk to talk about her new book Gwenda, Rodney, hybrid works, ekphrasis, erratic spacing, and so so much more.

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Joe is joined by Anna Poletti to talk about her new book hello, world?, kink, Hungary, power structures, and so much more.

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hello, world?
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Robert Kloss rejoins Joe to talk his new book The Genocide House, America, smooshing ideas together, and more.

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Joe is joined by Laura Paul to talk about her new book Film Elegy, mentoring under Amy Halpern, playing with text and images, and more!

“Amy was a unique individual. Immensely talented, funny, and hard-working, she was probably the most outgoing and helpful student of our generation.
Gone, but not forgotten. Amy was and is utterly unforgettable.”

-Alex Cox, director of Repo Man

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Joe is rejoined by Sam Richard to talk about Weirdpunk Books' anthology of sword and sorcery Profane Altars, as well as the companion zine Profane Sorcery. They also talk about the link between fantasy and horror, the practice of editing anthologies, and more!

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Weirdpunk Books 

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Joe is rejoined by Rick Claypool to talk about his new book Skull Slime Tentacle Witch War, the difference between fungi and slime molds, absurd books, and so much more.

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Skull Slime Tentacle Witch War

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Joe is joined by Derek Fisher to talk about his book Night Life, his forthcoming collection Container, exerting one's will onto art, cityscapes, and so much more.

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Joe is rejoined by Persephone Erin Hudson to talk about the first two acts of Aprostate Crater, tender transgression, serialized fiction, comic books, and so much more.

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