RAVI MANGLA is the author of the novels The Observant (Spuyten Duyvil) and Understudies (Outpost19). He lives in Rochester, NY.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 84: Jordan Castro)
JORDAN CASTRO is the author of The Novelist: a Novel (Soft Skull Press, 2022) and two poetry books. He is from Cleveland, Ohio.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 83: Kelby Losack)
KELBY LOSACK is the author of several novels, the latest of which is Letting Out the Devils. One half of the Agitator podcast with J. David Osborne. He lives with his wife and son in Gulf Coast Texas.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 82: Jennifer Robin)
JENNIFER ROBIN is the author of Death Confetti (Feral House, 2016) and Earthquakes in Candyland (Fungasm, 2019) and the chapbook Even Snowflakes Heal and You Can Download Skin (Ladybox, 2016). Robin’s July 2022 release on Far West, You Only Bend Once with a Spoonful of Mercury, is a collection of dreams written for a live audience on social media. Her book of vignettes about American barbarism, selling boots to foot fetishists, and the joyless chewing of Thanksgiving turkey, DESTROY NOTHING (the most important thing) will be released by Future Tense in 2023.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 81: Garth Miró)
GARTH MIRÓ is a writer based in New York City. He is the author of The Vacation (Expat Press, 2022). His stories have appeared in Litro, Sundog Lit, X-R-A-Y, and Maudlin House, among others. He was a semifinalist for North American Review’s 2021 Kurt Vonnegut Prize. He currently works as a handyman.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 80: Lindsay Temple)
LINDSAY TEMPLE is a multidisciplinary artist and writer. Her first book, Cornucopia, is available now through Expat Press.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 79: Kurt Eisenlohr)
KURT EISENLOHR is a writer and visual artist living precariously in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Stab the Remote (Far West, 2021) and Meat Won’t Pay My Light Bill (Future Tense, 2000).
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 78: Graham Irvin)
GRAHAM IRVIN lives in Philadelphia. His writing has been in Hello America Lit, HAD, Joyland, and other places. Liver Mush (Back Patio Press) is his first book.