127 episodes

Dive into this lit podcast hosted by Mallory Smart, where authors explore the synergy between music and their writing. Brace yourself for offbeat interviews where writers discuss their individual styles, get lost in unpredictable anecdotes, and how music transforms their creative process. New episodes airing every Saturday.

Textual Healing with Mallory Smart Mallory Smart

    • Arts
    • 5.0 • 23 Ratings

Dive into this lit podcast hosted by Mallory Smart, where authors explore the synergy between music and their writing. Brace yourself for offbeat interviews where writers discuss their individual styles, get lost in unpredictable anecdotes, and how music transforms their creative process. New episodes airing every Saturday.

    Lowercase Lit Reading-Live At The Whistler

    Lowercase Lit Reading-Live At The Whistler

    Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing

    The Whistler: 2421 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

    Emily Capers (1:10): Emily Capers is a Midwestern mixed girl, who writes to begin conversations around identity by experimenting with form and genre. In Between My Bodies (Long Day Press) is her first chapbook. She currently lives in Chicago with her beautiful partner and dog, Millie.

    Dmitry Samarov (5:54): Dmitry Samarov paints and writes in Chicago. He is the author and illustrator of six books. He sends out a newsletter every Monday. An absurd amount of his work is collected at his website, which is seventeen years old now.

    Mallory Smart (14:14): Mallory Smart is a Chicago-based writer and Editor-in-Chief of Maudlin House. Some people even call her The Only Living Girl In Chicago. Mallory is also the host of Textual Healing and cohost of That Horrorcast. Her latest book, I Keep My Visions To Myself, is out now from With an X Books.

    Kyle François (17:38): Kyle François is a writer, musician, and educator in Chicago. He was raised in rural Iowa. He plays in the band Gold Dust and wrote the foreword to the 2024 edition of Arno E. Schmidt's The Accomplished Muskrat Trapper.

    Joshua Bohnsack (25:47): Joshua Bohnsack's work has appeared in AGNI, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and others. He is the publisher of Long Day Press. He grew up on a farm and moved to Chicago.

    God’Aryan (32:30): God’Aryan is a producer; singer, songwriter and music artist based in Chicago. Inspired by artists like Frank ocean, paramore, and Charli xcx they make pop, hip hop, and alternative music. There music focuses on themes of vulnerability, relationships, and the struggles of being an artist in our current age.

    Aug Stone (38:56): Aug Stone is a writer, musician, & comedian. His 2023 novel, T_he Ballad Of Buttery Cake Ass, was one of Vulture’s Best Comedy Books Of The Year. Aug is also author of the memoir Nick Cave’s Bar and the comedy novel Off-License To Kill_, and his journalism has appeared in The Quietus, The Comics Journal, Under The Radar, and many more sites and magazines. Aug was a founding member of H Bird and The Soft Close-Ups, and has played in countless other bands. He performs comedy as absurdist stream-of-consciousness raconteur, Young Southpaw.

    Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/

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    Take a look at Mallory’s other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/

    beats by God’Aryan

    • 53 min
    Off The Record with Jeff Alessandrelli: All The Looks Of Love Were Staged

    Off The Record with Jeff Alessandrelli: All The Looks Of Love Were Staged

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    Jeff Alessandrelli is most recently the author of the novel And Yet (Future Tense Books, 2024). His work has previously been published in The American Poetry Review, Fence, New American Writing, Lit Hub, BOMB, Gulf Coast, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere. In addition to his writing, he also directs and co-edits the nonprofit book press/record label Fonograf Editions. He’s at https://jeffalessandrelli.net/.

    Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/

    Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844

    Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing

    Take a look at Mallory’s other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/

    beats by God’Aryan

    • 16 min
    Sam Berman: Tree God

    Sam Berman: Tree God

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    Sam Berman is a short story writer who lives in Chicago and works at LakeFront Medical with Nancy, Andrew, and Patrick. All terrific coworkers. He has had work published in Forever Magazine, Joyland, Expat Press, Maudlin House, the Northwest Review, The Masters Review, Vlad Mag, HAD, Hobart, CRAFT, Dream Boy Book Club, and Rejection Letters. He was selected as the runner-up in The Kenyon Review’s 2022 Nonfiction Competition as well as a finalist for the 2022 & 2023 Halifax Ranch Prize. This year he has nominations pending for the Pushcart Prize and a Best American Short Story nomination. He has forthcoming work in Back Patio Press, X-Ray and The Idaho Review, among many others. In addition to his writing, Sam is also the Director of Storyfort, a literary festival held during Treefort Music Fest every March in Boise, Idaho.

    Website: www.sam-berman.com

    Twitter: @Taylorbabe411

    Instagram: @sugarcainberman

    Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/

    Rate us on Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844

    Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing

    Take a look at Mallory’s other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/

    beats by God’Aryan

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Off The Record with Sam Berman: Meanwhile I’ll Be Here

    Off The Record with Sam Berman: Meanwhile I’ll Be Here

    Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing

    Sam Berman is a short story writer who lives in Chicago and works at LakeFront Medical with Nancy, Andrew, and Patrick. All terrific coworkers. He has had work published in Forever Magazine, Joyland, Expat Press, Maudlin House, the Northwest Review, The Masters Review, Vlad Mag, HAD, Hobart, CRAFT, Dream Boy Book Club, and Rejection Letters. He was selected as the runner-up in The Kenyon Review’s 2022 Nonfiction Competition as well as a finalist for the 2022 & 2023 Halifax Ranch Prize. This year he has nominations pending for the Pushcart Prize and a Best American Short Story nomination. He has forthcoming work in Back Patio Press, X-Ray and The Idaho Review, among many others. In addition to his writing, Sam is also the Director of Storyfort, a literary festival held during Treefort Music Fest every March in Boise, Idaho.

    Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/

    Rate us on Apple Podcasts:
    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844

    Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing

    Take a look at Mallory’s other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/

    beats by God’Aryan

    • 9 min
    Jillian Luft: Embrace Your Inner Scumbag

    Jillian Luft: Embrace Your Inner Scumbag

    Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing

    Jillian Luft is a writer and Florida apologist. Her debut novel, Scumbag Summer, is set for publication on June 20th via House of Vlad Press. You can read more of her work at **jillianluft.com. **

    Twitter: @JillianLuft

    Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/

    Rate us on Apple Podcasts: 
    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844

    Follow us on Twitter: @PodHealing

    Take a look at Mallory’s other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/

    beats by God’Aryan

    • 1 hr 57 min
    Off The Record with Jillian Luft: Feel I'm On Top Again

    Off The Record with Jillian Luft: Feel I'm On Top Again

    Become a Patron of Textual Healing: https://www.patreon.com/textualhealing

    Jillian Luft is a writer and Florida apologist. Her debut novel, Scumbag Summer, is set for publication on June 20th via House of Vlad Press. You can read more of her work at jillianluft.com.

    Check out past episodes of Textual Healing on our website: https://textualpodcast.com/

    Rate us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/textual-healing-with-mallory-smart/id1531379844

    Follow us on Twitter: @podhealing

    Take a look at Mallory’s other work on her website: https://mallorysmart.com/

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    God'Aryan**

    • 9 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
23 Ratings

23 Ratings

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Your favorite writer’s mosh pit preferences…

Take a voyeuristic look into a writer’s playlists, guilty pleasures, middle school dance memories, and mosh pit preferences. And learn something rad about writing along the way!

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A podcast to disappear into.

Lose yourself in this engaging, thoughtful, deviously playful, wonderfully hosted podcast filled with illuminating guests who are writing works that are worth more than just your time, they’re worth your friends’ and family’s time too.

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Fantastic podcast

These guys rock!!!

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