NICO WALKER is an American author and US Army veteran who served time in prison for bank robbery. His semi-autobiographical debut novel, Cherry, was recently adapted into a film. He is married to author Rachel Rabbit White.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 36: Rachel Rabbit White)
RACHEL RABBIT WHITE is a poet, a Vice “sex scenes” columnist (formerly of Playboy and Thought Catalog), and the author of Porn Carnival: Paradise Edition. She is married to author Nico Walker.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 35: Jon Lindsey)
JON LINDSEY is the author of Body High (House of Vlad, 2021), and his work has appeared at New York Tyrant, Post Road, and Hobart. He lives in Los Angeles.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 34: Allie Rowbottom)
ALLIE ROWBOTTOM is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, Jell-O Girls. She received her BA from New York University, her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts, and her PhD in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Houston. Her work has received scholarships, essay prizes and honorable mentions from Tin House, Inprint, the Best American Essays series, the Florida Review, The Bellingham Review, the Black Warrior Review, The Southampton Review, and Hunger Mountain. She lives in Los Angeles.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 33: Garielle Lutz)
GARIELLE LUTZ’s newest book is Worsted (Short Flight/Long Drive Books, 2021). Previous books include The Complete Gary Lutz (Tyrant Books) and The Gotham Grammarian (Calamari Archive).
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 32: Montgomery Maxton)
MONTGOMERY MAXTON is a poet, writer, photographer, and mixed-media artist. Born and raised in Cincinnati, his photography has appeared on NationalGeographic.com, among other outlets, and his poetry published on numerous websites and in various print anthologies. He is the author of the poetry collections This Beautiful Bizarre (2010), Champagne (2016), and New and Selected Poems: 1999-2018. He released a graphic novel, The Manhattan Man, in 2018. In 2021 he’ll release his short novel, Moonlight on the Sunshine Roses, which he wrote in 2009, as well as his fourth poetry collection, Shipwreck. He lives in New York City.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 31: Michael Seymour Blake)
MICHAEL SEYMOUR BLAKE is a writer/illustrator living and working in New York City, where he can often be seen talking to stranger’s dogs, hanging out at cafes, and generally looking lost. He hosts the Tell Michael podcast.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 30: Henry Hoke)
HENRY HOKE is the author of The Groundhog Forever (WTAW Press, 2021), the story collection Genevieves (Subito Press, 2017), and The Book of Endless Sleepovers (Civil Coping Mechanisms/The Accomplices, 2016). Recent work appears in The Offing, Electric Literature, Hobart, Carve, and the Catapult anthology Tiny Crimes. He co-created the performance series Enter>text [enter-text.com] in Los Angeles, and has curated events at the &Now Festival, Machine Project, the Neutra VDL House, and the Poetic Research Bureau. His play, At Sundown, premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and his short film, Taking Shape, screened on HBO. Sticker, a memoir, is forthcoming from Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons. He lives in Brooklyn.