Michael Elias #363

Joe Donohoe is the author of Get In The Cab. We discuss all things San Francisco, his years driving a taxi, his magazine Specious Species, literary history of San Francisco and Los Angeles, and so much more. Subscribe to DuShane.substack.com Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4 p.m. on 92.9FM Los Gatos, 101.9FM Santa Cruz, and 91.1FM Portland on Pirate Cat Radio.

Dan Denton is the author of The Seven Stages of Middle-Class life: An American Fable. We chat about being open with our life struggles, how Dan went from homeless and addicted to become a writer and sober, the literary life in Toledo, Ohio, and so much more. I’m teaching a free creative writing workshop at the Los Feliz Branch Library at 6pm on November 4th and December 2nd. If you’d like early reminders of these types of events subscribe to DuShane.substack.com. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4 p.m. on 92.9FM Los Gatos, 101.9FM Santa Cruz, and 91.1FM Portland on Pirate Cat Radio.

Jim Ruland is the author of Mightier Than The Sword. He’s also co-author of autobiographies with Bad Religion and Keith Morris. Novel Writing Workshop with Tony DuShane starts Oct. 22nd for five weeks. We’ll meet every Thursday night, all information to register is here. Jim and I chat traveling to China, James Joyce, his book tour to Santiago with Bad Religion, and so much more. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4 p.m. on 92.9FM Los Gatos, 101.9FM Santa Cruz, and 91.1FM Portland on Pirate Cat Radio.

Adam Wilson is the author of Fail Sons: A Novel. We chat the road trip that inspired his new novel, the cult of baseball, Little Miss Sunshine, and so much more. Novel Writing Workshop with Tony DuShane starts Oct. 22nd for five weeks. We’ll meet every Thursday night, all information to register is here. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4 p.m. on 92.9FM Los Gatos, 101.9FM Santa Cruz, and 91.1FM Portland on Pirate Cat Radio.

Marianne C. Bohr is the author of When Paris Whispers: A Novel. We chat how to approach a novel vs. a memoir, graveyards in Paris, and marrying her high school sweetheart. Novel Writing Workshop with Tony DuShane starts Oct. 22nd for five weeks. We’ll meet every Thursday night, all information to register is here. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4 p.m. on 92.9FM Los Gatos, 101.9FM Santa Cruz, and 91.1FM Portland on Pirate Cat Radio.

James Elkins is the author of Stories, Like Illnesses. It’s book one in his five book series on Unnamed Press. We discuss Infinite Jest, writing one novel in your career, how he structures his huge novel project, and so much more. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4 p.m. on 92.9FM Los Gatos, 101.9FM Santa Cruz, and 91.1FM Portland on Pirate Cat Radio.

Karl Koweski is the author of Mister Joe’s Pirates. We chat about olden times when he was a writer for Cherry Bleeds, why he stopped writing for seven years, living in Alabama, and so much more. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4 p.m. on 92.9FM Los Gatos, 101.9FM Santa Cruz, and 91.1FM Portland on Pirate Cat Radio.

Susan Coll is the author of Word Salad. We chat about two-book deals, teaching lawyers how to write fiction, how to stay calm during a book release, and so much more. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4 p.m. on 92.9FM Los Gatos, 101.9FM Santa Cruz, and 91.1FM Portland on Pirate Cat Radio.

Michele McDannold is the publisher of Roadside Press. We chat how to start a press, working with authors, the literary scenes in Ohio and Pittsburgh, and so much more. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4 p.m. on 92.9FM Los Gatos, 101.9FM Santa Cruz, and 91.1FM Portland on Pirate Cat Radio.

Michael Elias is the author of Bender’s L.A. He’s also the creator of the TV series Head of the Class and has a long list of TV and film credits. We chat specifically about The Head of the Class episode that was filmed in the USSR in 1988, as well as our mutual admiration for Henry Miller, and his new novel Bender’s L.A. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Tuesday at 4 p.m. on 92.9FM Los Gatos, 101.9FM Santa Cruz, and 91.1FM Portland on Pirate Cat Radio.