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Lo Fi Lit

by Tyler Burn

After a nearly a decade of observing online internet literary spaces - Tyler Burn, from Tulsa Oklahoma, interviews a vast array of different artists, writers and poets. It's so odd writing about myself in third person. I feel so serious. This show isn't that serious. Just hanging out with writers. Yah.

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Episodes

  1. Conor Hultman at the 9/11 Afterparty

    Conor Hultman jumped in on the afterparty from last night's 9/11 reading. He hung out for awhile then left but apparently left his microphone on - on his phone and we heard his real feelings about us. Shout out to my good friend, Conor. The fun begins at 20:30

  2. Steve Anwyll

    Steve Anwyll is the author of Welfare (Tyrant Books 2018)

  3. Cum Punk Live!

    Kum V the Clown, the editor of Cum Punk stops by and visits the show to talk about the readings. their books, and magazine and their new place in life.

  4. Emma Burger

    emma burger is a chicago-based writer, originally from nyc. she is the author of two novels, little rich kids and spaghetti for starving girls, and the founder of gold coast editions. Her work has been published in x-ray lit, rejection letters, the metropolitan review, and elsewhere. she is an...

  5. Julia Laxer

    On this episode of lofi pod I invited Julia Laxer on to discuss her life, hobart, hospitals, health, and books and having the delusion to march onward and upward and shit

  6. Avee Chaudhuri

    Avee Chaudhuri is from Wichita, Kansas. Some of his recent stories have appeared at Southwest Review, BRUISER and Peach Fuzz. He teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

  7. Short Circuit : Aaron Burch, Evan Femino, Kelly Erin Gray and Claire Hopple

    On this episode I hosted these four fantastic readers - with Claire, Evan and Aaron returning to the program. It was Kelly Erin's first appearance on the show. I thank everyone for coming and showing up. This was an excellent lil reading, I think.

  8. Bizarre Miscreant

    Bizarre is a weirdo poet / performer who runs Bizarre Publishing House and the infamous God Pussy open mic reading series over on twitter. We recorded this way back in the day in Dec

  9. GG Roland

    GG Roland returns in this two hour action packed episode where we partake in many beverages .

  10. Katie Frank

    Katie Frank is an editor of Hobart Pulp and has been published in Hobart, Burial Mag, and muumuu house, There's extra content with Katie coming on the lofipod youtube channel.

  11. Joe Nasta

    From the hobart editorial team - Joe Nasta and I discussed the ins and outs of Hobart and writings and poetry from their own life. We discuss poetry, Walt Whitman's boys and Cletus Crow adn Ginger Jones and skinny - dipping and working on ships and fiction and many other things.

  12. Zuleyha Ozturk

    Zuleyha is the co-founder of Leavings literary magazine. Her poems have appeared in Adroit, North American Review, Salamander, Nimrod, Northwest Review, Palette, Four Way Review, CALYX, and elsewhere. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Tennessee.

  13. Kyle Hays

    Kyle Hays was a peer of mine back in 2011 - 13 . He's a fiction writer and has been published in Juked, The Seattle Review. He teaches at Tulsa Community College and we talk shop, Brandon Taylor's book 'Minor Black Figures' and philosophy on community and writing. Enjoy!

  14. Rachel Hyman

    Rachel Hyman is a software engineer and also an engineer of communities and is a cool person . Met her through the Zona Motel publication. She once ran Banango Street and Banango Lit. Which was a huge operation. She's pretty dope and was cool enough to agree to join the show. She's been published...

  15. Gion Davis - Designated Stranger

    Gion Davis is a poet and returns to talk about his new poetry book, "Designated Stranger" Also go see him read at the Publishing Genius reading happening this weekend in Baltimore.

  16. Brian Allen Carr

    Brian Allen Carr is reading this weekend at the AWP off - site events . He's a badass writer and works for the Zona Motel publication on substack, Brian is the author of Bad Foundations, Opiod, Indiana, Motherfucking Sharks, Sip, Vampire Conditions, and The Last Horror Novel in the History of the...

  17. Jillian Luft

    Jillian Luft is an excellent writer and person - author of Scumbag Summer by House of Vlad. She now works for Zona Motel and writes about Trash TV. She's putting on a reading this week with Alexandra Naughton and Shy Watson down in Baltimore

  18. ZH Gill

    On today's episode ZH Gill joined the show to discuss all things "Burial Magazine" and his movies and his writings along with comics and graphic novels. Enjoy the show! Z.H. has been on several readings I've held in the past so it felt cool to just sit down and shoot the shit with him

  19. Jennifer Espinoza

    Jennifer Espinoza comes on the show and we talk about poetry, ghosts and writing and Beachsloth and Erin Taylor, She has five new poems up on lofimag.com Badass conversation. Follow her substack - @jenespinoza twitter @sadqueerlife instagram @sadqueerlife Buy her book - I Don't Want To Be Understood

  20. Madeline Blair - Sabr Tooth Tiger Magazine

    I've copy/pasted this from the Sabr Tooth Tiger website : Madeline Blair is the mastermind behind Sabr Tooth Tiger Magazine. A poet, editor, and award-winning filmmaker from Chicago, IL, she received her BA in Creative Writing from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her poems appear or are...

  21. Claire Hopple

    Claire Hopple is a writer currently living in Asheville, who works and edits for Zona Motel. Claire Hopple is the author of five books. Her fiction has appeared in Wigleaf, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Peach Mag, Forever Mag, and others. She’s the fiction editor at XRAY. She grew up in the woods of...

  22. Kirstie Mackenzie

    Kirstie Mackenzie 's new novel ' Better to Beg ' is out now - published by Jillian Luft's Sweet Trash Press. She's a great writer and person. This was a great interview!!

  23. Sebastian Castillo

    Sebastian has returned to discuss Fresh, Green Life. We spoil the entire book . So read the book first.

  24. Austin Islam Calls In #2

    Past guest and Alt Lit icon - Austin Islam Calls in again.

  25. That Lit Podcast #1 : Alexandra Naughton and Jesse Prado

    That Lit Podcast was a podcast from 2014 hosted by Alexandra Naughton . Otherwise this would've been considered lost media. Alexandra sent this over to me to put up on the stream. I met Jesse Prado back at ctchfest. On this episode Jesse has plans to see X-Men : Days of Future Past. Visit Jesse…

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  26. Alexandra Naughton and Ctch : That Lit Podcast

    What would've been a lost episode is now not . Back in the day poet Alexandra Naughton hosted a series of podcasts with her friends called 'That Lit Podcast' in 2014. On this episode she chats with a previous guest of the show - Ctch They speak on magazines, disorganization and ghosts! Enjoy

  27. Hell Yeah Brunch

    Rachelle Toarmino, Aidan Ryan, Gion Davis, Julianne Neely, Joshua Thermidor, Tim Livingston, and Spencer Williams all read today on a reading to celebrate Hell Yeah. Several of us including Rachelle Toarmino were pregnant and we held a brunch to celebrate her new poetry book, Hell Yeah by Third…

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  28. Rudy Johnson

    Rudy Johnson returns to show for a third time, to promote and discuss his new book, Kill Rudy Johnson. Pig Roast Publishing is putting it out. Or has. You can pick it up on their website. Check it out!

  29. Zac Smith

    Zac Smith and Cav return to the show; however, Cav never showed up. Zac Smith and I recorded a show by ourselves. It was a fine lackadaisical back and forth. We ended up with a two hour heavy and intense back and forth thing. Everything Is Totally Fine was published by Muumuu house. We speak…

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  30. Relax and Rewind Reading

    On episode 108. I present the audio from the reading held on November 4th - Jillian Luft, Jennifer Ostopovich, Kirstie Mackenzie, Claire Hopple. Alexandra Naughton, J.L. Moultrie and Z.H. Gill read this evening. Everyone read shorter pieces than usual and I asked everyone to come in with a couple...

  31. J.L. Moultrie

    Poet J.L. Moultrie joined the show today. He lives in Detroit, MI. J.L, has been published in Hobart, Post-Pop Lit, Bruiser Mag,

  32. Elizabeth Ellen

    Jennifer Ostopovich interviews Elizabeth Ellen. The two are writers. Elizabeth Ellen is the author of Person/a, American Thighs and many other stories and things. She's the head honcho editor person over at Hobart.

  33. Conor Hultman

    Conor Hultman is a writer and critic and bookseller out of New York. He's from Mississippi. He lives with Minki from Expat. He's read John Padula's book, too. Another time he reviewed a book from Tyrant Books, once. Is a fan of Marie Calloway's book, What Purpose Did I Serve In Your Life

  34. Kat Giordano

    Kat Giordano is a writer out of Philly. They used to edit Philosophical Idiot. Recently they published their third book, Thumbsucker.

  35. Walter Mackey - Screaming Sea Horse

    Walter Mackey is a seriously awesome writer out of Newfoundland Canada . Met him in one of Lucy K Shaw's workshops. He talks about the early alt lit scene.

  36. Austin Islam Calls In

    Got a call from a past guest, Austin Islam.

  37. Alexandra Naughton

    Alexandra Naughton is a well known and notable alt - lit poet . She knows all the famous alt-lit kiddos like Paul Hanson Clark and even ctch! Wow. She operates "Be About It Press" and came onto the podcast to promote her latest book 'Sick of Being Inside Myself' published by House of Vlad.

  38. Carmen, August Smith and Eleanor Eli Moss

    Carmen E Brady, August Smith and Eleanor Eli Moss joined in for the 100th episode of the show. We celebrate and discuss many topics including anime and things like that. Like ctchfest 2017.

  39. Juliet Escoria

    Juliet Escoria is the author of "You Are The Snake", "Juliet the Maniac", "Black Cloud" and "Witch Hunt" She's from San Diego. And she's the founder of Zona Motel along with Mesha Maren.

  40. Mike Topp

    Mike Topp is an iconic writer, humorist, and poetry guy . There's so much to say. I found him through twitter and Chelsea Martin's Universal Error podcast. From Mcsweeney's to X-Ray Lit and beyond. Find his tweets at @miketopp Here are some of his books i unearthed in an interview he did on X-RAY...

  41. Ashley Obscura

    Check out my first episode with Ashely Obscura from a few years ago in the archive. She still operates and runs the amazing Metatron Press. She currently runs a substack called 'Codex Obscura' and under that venue(?) posts an ongoing / continuous poem called 'Drinking From The Same Dream.' It's…

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  42. Linden

    Linden operates and hosts response_pod over on youtube and spotify. Linden is David's husband. Linden is a writer and has been published on Burial Magazine. Check this out!

  43. Lake Markham

    Lake is the author of Lo Siento. He's going on a book tour soon . Check out Lake Markham dot net for more info.

  44. David - response_pod

    David Gladfelter joined the show today. He's a writer. He's a host of the controversial and hit literary podcast Response_Pod. David is gay. And Jewish. Lives in Detroit. Takes care of his husband.

  45. Mesha Maren

    On this episode of Lo Fi Lit, I invited Mesha Maren onto the show to discuss her involvement with Zona Motel - a literary brotherhood on substack. For people who adore, admire and are all about talking about cool ass books. So okay, she's written three novels - Shae, Perpetual West and Sugar Run....

  46. Ivan Genc

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

  47. Moon and Mouth

    The mysterious user behind the twitter profile of @Moonandmouth, who wishes to remain anonymous - came on the show under the risk of assassination and ruin to discuss their latest book "Cataclysm Moves Me : I regret to Say" We hung out in Austin, Texas after this episode was recorded - so yeah....

  48. Shelby Hartness

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

  49. D.T. Robbins

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

  50. Naomi Falk

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

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

After a nearly a decade of observing online internet literary spaces - Tyler Burn, from Tulsa Oklahoma, interviews a vast array of different artists, writers and poets. It's so odd writing about myself in third person. I feel so serious. This show isn't that serious. Just hanging out with writers. Yah.

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