Research for the next Socialized Recluse interview…

From the Parenthetical Archives: my February SOCIALIZED RECLUSE conversation with Alison Gaylin, featuring a reading from her upcoming novel, THE COLLECTIVE (November can’t get here soon enough).

New: UNFLATTENING creator Nick Sousanis joins me on THE SOCIALIZED RECLUSE to discuss his work, his process, and the joys and pains of drawing 500 babies. Also: Bertrand Russell and Batman.

Meanwhile, on THE GROUND LOOP: building creative homes, evolution, experimenting, and fucking up – this week’s randomly selected and frequently-asked question that I’ve never been asked: “What the hell is he building in there?”

Encore: reminders to myself, proving them - and probably myself - wrong, and breathing: this week’s frequently asked question that I’ve never been asked, “Why do you write?”

New, on THE GROUND LOOP: Purpose, breath, depressive episodes, Rilke, Sting, reminders to myself, and more in this week’s attempt to answer another randomly selected and frequently asked question that I’ve never been asked, “Why do you write?”

New: Antique malls, challenges, exorcisms, and faith in my own taste collide in this week’s frequently asked question that I’ve never been asked: “What do you look for in a potential project?”

New, on THE GROUND LOOP: power outages, cast iron, Fiestaware OCD, paprika, DIRT 5, and more in this week’s frequently asked question that I’ve never been asked: What’s your omelette recipe?

This week’s attempt at answering a frequently-asked question that I’ve never been asked: What do you wish you had known about having Type One Diabetes before you left the hospital?

Encore: this week’s attempt at answering a frequently asked question I’ve never been asked: What’s up with your obsession with fountain pens? + a second listener query, uninterrupted by barking dogs.

New: THE GROUND LOOP, my weekly mini-pod thing where I answer a frequently asked question that I’ve never been asked, returns with What haven’t you tackled, creatively, that you’d like to try? - and my first listener query.

ICYMI: award-winning journalist & novelist Wallace Stroby joined me this week on THE SOCIALIZED RECLUSE to discuss his latest novel, the unforgettable HEAVEN’S A LIE, as well as suitcases of money, the void after - and the false starts that follow - “The End,” and more.

NEW: Novelist and award-winning journalist Wallace Stroby joins me on THE SOCIALIZED RECLUSE to discuss his latest, the spellbinding HEAVEN’S A LIE - as well as grief, the process of processing, reading, and what, to him, constitutes a good writing day.

ENCORE: Elizabeth Joan Kelly joined me this week on THE SOCIALIZED RECLUSE to discuss the latest Orca, Attack! - punctuation critical - album, C.M.S.O., (and share a track), the existential dread of Philip Glass’s music, and doing the work.

New, at Parenthetical Recluse: my weekly pod where I answer frequently asked questions that I’ve never been asked returns with THE GROUND LOOP, Ep0002 - Why has it been so long since you released anything major?

New, at Parenthetical Recluse: debuting my weekly mini-podcast, The Ground Loop, in which I attempt to answer a frequently asked question I’ve never been asked. This week: Why are you doing this to yourself and to us?