Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go?

Debut author Steven Pfau joins me this week to talk about his new hybrid memoir, Say Nephew (Catapult). The book explores the archetype of the queer uncle, as well as Pfau's relationship with his own uncle Bruce. You can find the book here.
This episode is dedicated to Elena Artemis Ivașcu, may she rest in peace. 
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This week, I catch up with novelist Maile Chapman to discuss her new work, The Spoil. During our conversation, we cover it all—lucid dreams, hypnotherapist Milton Erickson, grief, jumping spiders, and the psychic pull of Las Vegas. It's not one to miss!
You can find Maile's new book here. 
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This week, author, archivist, and former director of the Nevada State Museum Dennis McBride joins me to discuss growing up gay in 70s-era Nevada, establishing Las Vegas' first LGBTQ archive, and whether or not gay has lost its mystique. Our interview coincides with the recent designation of Vegas' gayborhood, the Fruit Loop, as a historic landmark.
If you'd like to learn more about Dennis' work, you can find his book, Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community In the Silver State, here. 
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This week, I chat with Tommy Dickinson, author of Curing Queers: Mental Nurses and their Patients, 1935-74. The book includes oral histories of both nurses who administered--and the individuals who received--treatments designed to "cure" homosexuality. 
Find Tommy's book here.
Special shoutout to Gay's The Word, the oldest LGBTQ bookstore in the UK, where I first encountered Tommy's book!
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This week, first-time author Aiden Arata shares some thoughts on trusting your vision, artifice in the 2010s, and what it even means to write about "the internet." 
Be sure to check out Aiden's new book, You Have a New Memory.
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Novelist Alejandro Heredia kicks off the new season with a delightful and deep conversation about destroying the self, late-night prowls, and the necessity of friendship.
You can find Alejandro's novel, Loca, here.
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On the season finale, we're flipping the script! Host Alex Schechter reads his new story, "Novice," and then gets interviewed by Billy Lezra, a California-based author and returning guest on the show. 
Check out Rough Cut Press, the queer digital arts journal co-founded by Billy; and read their new essay in Electric Literature.
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Puerto Rican-American poet Éric Morales-Franceschini joins me this week to talk displacement, challenging myths of the "homeland," and writing poetry on a dare. 
Buy his award-winning collection Syndrome here!
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On this week's episode, British author C.D. Rose and I discuss travel, found photographs, short stories as jeweled devices, and finding a muse in German Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin. 
C.D. Rose's newest collection of short stories, Walter Benjamin Stares At the Sea, is available here. 
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LA-based author Stephen Van Dyke pops in this week to chat about being a Huell Howser-type, growing up in Albuquerque, NM, and his upcoming public art project: "Rim of the World Road Concert."
Support the project's Kickstarter, and buy Stephen's book. 
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