A tireless curiosity and a hunger for adventure are two things that Joseph Ridgwell’s entire catalog and A DEEP & GORGEOUS THIRST - UNABRIDGED AUDIO have in common. Joe was nice enough to not only read a few tracks of the forthcoming drunken audio opus, but to also sit down for a free-form chat about his writing and what it was the set him off on the road to begin with. Along the way, we touch on what to do if you’ve done nothing, how to spend £4,000 in 9 days, headhunters, the Beach of the Dead, getting old, international drug trafficking and staying true to who you are, making mistakes, the eternal question, humanity in a nutshell, the Decline of the West, shitting where you eat, the vastness of America, getting out of dry counties, and my hideous face.
A Solemn and Sarcastic Trans-Atlantic Chat with Claudia Bierschenk and Hosho McCreesh
Claudia and I have Pig Ear Press and Tangerine Press in common. She’s also translating some of my work into German (hint, hint — any German publishers out there). She also reads a poem in the forthcoming A DEEP & GORGEOUS THIRST - UNABRIDGED AUDIO project.
Publishing in a Pandemic...
I joined a smattering of other writers in a chat about publishing during a pandemic over at THE COIL. The folks over at Alternating Current were kind enough to give us a platform, and as many of us are looking for new stuff to fill our eyes and earholes during these trying times, you are humbly invited to pop on over and give it a read! I talked a little about the forthcoming audio book, but mainly about compromise and the ever-shifting sands of “success” — at least by our humble standards here at the HQ.



