We’re happy to present the very first episode of Mixtape, Barrelhouse’s monthly podcast on the independent literary scene.  Each month, we’ll talk to writers, editors, publishers, artists, pretty much whoever will talk to us about what’s happening in indie lit. Like This American Life, but without all the high production values and famous writers with interestingly whiny voices.

Our first episode focuses on Baltimore. As any John Waters fan knows, when things happen in Baltimore, they often happen in wonderfully eccentric ways. This month we’re talking with writer Michael Kimball about his project “Michael Kimball Writes Your Life Story on a Postcard,” and publishing genius and proprietor of Publishing Genius Press Adam Robinson.

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Episode One: Baltimore

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Thanks! And Links!

Thanks to Adam and Michael for speaking with us, and thanks to Josh Maday for reading his poem, The Everyday Juggernaut, and to Mike Ingram for reading the Barrelhouse Postcard Life Story. Here are links to the stuff we’re talking about in this episode:

Publishing Genius

IsReads

Michael Kimball Writes Your Life Story on a Postcard

Michael Kimball

If you have suggestions for Mixtape, please put them in the comments section below. We have to get cracking soon, so we’d love to hear what you have to say.