January 2010 | Word Riot

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INTERVIEWS

An Interview With Jeffrey Lewis by David F. Hoenigman An Interview With t. kilgore splake by David F. Hoenigman

Reviewed by John Madera

With all of the almost necrophilic releases of famous writers’ unpublished works (the recent posthumous publication

Mention Upper Peninsula poet/photographer t. kilgore splake [lower case by choice] and a lot of words come to mind: talented,

Jeffrey Lewis

Jeffrey Lewis was raised in New York City and is a maker of comic books, tragi-comic folk

When Rock n’ Roll Was A Teenager

When rock n’ roll was a teenager,Great Balls Of Firewas throwing punchesat a

Listen to a podcast of Ryan Dilbert’s “Eyes Turned Skywards”

While supposed to be studying for her American History exam,

I’m not sure why I started running, not even sure when. I just know that one morning,

An excerpt from the memoir Junkie Love

I haven’t seen Becky in a month. Snowstorms wrack the Northeast as I

Listen to a podcast of Patrick Allen Carberry’s “A Happier Tree”

The man knows almost nothing about trees. He tries