S1E10 -Las Vegas Bootlegger: Noah Cicero and The Idea of Authenticity

In this episode, we talk to Noah Cicero about his latest book: Las Vegas Bootlegger: Empire of Self-Importance from Trident Press. We also get into lit topics like the way Bruce Springsteen makes us feel, Smokey and the Bandit, and driving in the desert. Noah Cicero is 40-years-old, grew up in a small town near Youngstown, Ohio. He has lived in Eugene, Oregon, Grand Canyon, Arizona, Seoul, South Korea and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has a movie made of his first book called The Human War which won the 2014 Beloit Film Festival award for Best Screenplay. He has books translated into Turkish, Kurdish and Spanish. His first book of poetry Bipolar Cowboy was voted one of the best books on Goodreads in 2015. He has many short stories, articles, and poems published at such places as Thought Catalog, 3AM Magazine, Wales Review, and Amphibi.us. Support Textual Healing with Mallory Smart by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/textual-healing