ELLE NASH is the author of Animals Eat Each Other (Dzanc Books, 2018), a novel hailed by Publishers Weekly as a “complex, impressive exploration of obsession and desire,” and Nudes (Short Flight/Long Drive, 2021), a story collection. She is a founding editor of Witch Craft Magazine and a fiction editor at both Hobart and Expat Literary Journal. Her latest book, Gag Reflex, is forthcoming from CLASH Books.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 68: Jim Ruland)
Jim Ruland is the author of the award-winning novel Forest of Fortune and the short story collection Big Lonesome. He is the co-author of Do What You Want (with Bad Religion), My Damage (with Keith Morris, founding member of Black Flag, Circle Jerks and OFF!), and Giving the Finger (with Scott Campbell, Jr. of Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch.) His latest book, Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise & Fall of SST Records, will be published in April. He lives and works in San Diego, California.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 67: Laura Minor)
LAURA MINOR won the 2020 John Ciardi Poetry Prize. Her debut book of poems, Flowers As Mind Control, is on BkMk Press/University of Arkansas Press. She was also a finalist for the 2019 National Poetry Series and the winner of the 2019 ILA’s Rita Dove Poetry Award. She’s currently hoping for the best.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 66: Sara Lippmann)
SARA LIPPMANN is the author of Jerks (forthcoming from Mason Jar Press) and Lech (forthcoming from Tortoise Books). Her story collection, Doll Palace (originally published by Dock Street Press, and long-listed for the 2015 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award) has just been reissued by 7.13 Books. She currently teaches with Jericho Writers, and lives with her husband and children in Brooklyn, NY.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 65: KKUURRTT)
KKUURRTT is glad you read his thing. His novel Good at Drugs is available now on Back Patio Press. He can be found on Twitter at @wwwkurtcom.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 64: Adam Soldofsky)
ADAM SOLDOFSKY is the author of Memory Foam (Disorder Press), recipient of the American Book Award. His cartoon series, “Signs and Wonders,” appears regularly at maudlinhouse.net. His novella Telepaphone, with illustrations by Axel Wilhite, is out from Maudlin House.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 63: Laura Theobald)
LAURA THEOBALD is the author of three books of poetry—Salad Days (Maudlin House, 2021), Kokomo (Disorder Press, 2019), and What My Hair Says About You (Metatron, 2017)—plus three chapbooks. She’s an English PhD candidate at UGA in Athens and received an MFA from LSU, where she was the editor of New Delta Review. In her spare time she designs books for small press publishers. She’s on Twitter and Instagram as @lidleida.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 62: Rax King)
RAX KING is the James Beard Award-nominated author of Tacky (Vintage, 2021) and host of the podcast Low Culture Boil. She lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her toothless Pekingese.