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... INTERVIEWS ...
... EXCERPTS ...
... REVIEWS ...
... PODCAST APPEARANCES ...
➪➪➪ Ep. 11.1 - Thomas Pynchon’s SHADOW TICKET ➪➪➪
Mad Method Podcast
➪➪➪ YouTube Interview with Chris Zeischegg ➪➪➪
Youtube
➪➪➪ Berlin Wall Discussion with B.R. Yeager ➪➪➪
Wake Island
➪➪➪ The Dark Room: David Leo Rice Talks Mishima & Tarkovsky ➪➪➪
Art of Darkness Podcast
➪➪➪ Podcast Interview ➪➪➪
Beyond the Zero
➪➪➪ Discussion about Drifter: Stories ➪➪➪
Wake Island
➪➪➪ Discussion about Drifter: Stories ➪➪➪
Skylight Bookstore Podcast
➪➪➪ Discussion about Drifter: Stories and Dream Geography ➪➪➪
Ghoulish
➪➪➪ Discussion about Drifter: Stories and Post-Secular Grifting ➪➪➪
Writing the Rapids
➪➪➪ A Room in Dodge City: Vol. 2 Podcast Interview with Brian Evenson ➪➪➪
Skylight Books
➪➪➪ A Room in Dodge City: Vol. 2 Podcast Interview ➪➪➪
Selected Prose
➪➪➪ Discussion on What the Book? ➪➪➪
➪➪➪ Appearance on Drinks With Tony ➪➪➪
... PRINT REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS ...
+ The Squimbop Condition +
➪➪➪ I’m Gonna Act as Though What Seems Real Is ➪➪➪
LA Review of Books
➪➪➪ The Void Is Where It’s At ➪➪➪
Zona Motel
➪➪➪ Dennis Cooper's Favorites of 2024 ➪➪➪
Dennis Cooper's Blog
➪➪➪ Holy, Undead Life: An Interview with David Leo Rice ➪➪➪
minor literature[s]
➪➪➪ THE HIDDEN DISEASE THAT MIGHT BE SECRETLY KILLING YOU ➪➪➪
Gnostic Pulp
➪➪➪ Review ➪➪➪
The TRIYOU Blog
➪➪➪ Interview ➪➪➪
Noisemaker Joe
➪➪➪ Can't Miss Indie Press Spec Fic: Sep/Oct 2025 ➪➪➪
Reactor Magazine
+ The Berlin Wall +
➪➪➪ Review of The Berlin Wall ➪➪➪
M Cody McPhail
➪➪➪ Reconstructing the Berlin Wall ➪➪➪
Harvard Magazine
➪➪➪ Nightmares in the Language of Kitsch ➪➪➪
Southwest Review
➪➪➪ Dennis Cooper's Favorites of 2024 ➪➪➪
Dennis Cooper Blog
➪➪➪ Ryan Ruby's Best Books of 2024 ➪➪➪
Granta
➪➪➪ Dave Fitzgerald Recommends ➪➪➪
X-R-A-Y
➪➪➪ Trash Alchemy & Wasteland Portals ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
➪➪➪ Berlin Wall Audio ➪➪➪
KGB Fantastic Fiction Series
➪➪➪ Review of The Berlin Wall ➪➪➪
Yarrow Paisley
➪➪➪ Review of The Berlin Wall ➪➪➪
Full Stop
➪➪➪ The Transubstantiation of the Wall: On David Leo Rice’s “The Berlin Wall" ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
➪➪➪ The Berlin Wall voted the #7 Indie Book of the 21st Century So Far ➪➪➪
Genre Punk Magazine
➪➪➪ Interview in XRAY Magazine ➪➪➪
X-R-A-Y Magazine
➪➪➪ Favorite fiction of 2024, so far ➪➪➪
Dennis Cooper's Blog
➪➪➪ prologue published ➪➪➪
Heavy Feather Review
➪➪➪ Interview w/ Thomas Kendall ➪➪➪
Dennis Cooper's Blog
➪➪➪ Books of the Month: 2024 ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
➪➪➪ Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for May and June 2024 ➪➪➪
Reactor
+ Children of the New Flesh +
➪➪➪ Review of Children of the New Flesh ➪➪➪
Kirkus Reviews
➪➪➪ Dennis Cooper Recommends Children of The New Flesh ➪➪➪
Dennis Cooper Blog
➪➪➪ Review of Children of the New Flesh ➪➪➪
Cultured Vultures
➪➪➪ Art Is the New Puberty ➪➪➪
The Baffler
➪➪➪ The Freedom to Get Weird ➪➪➪
Southwest Review
➪➪➪ Rejoinder: Children of the New Flesh with Chris Kelso and David Leo Rice ➪➪➪
Writing the Rapids
➪➪➪ MUTANT PROPHECY IN MEDIA CONTEXT ➪➪➪
Apocylypse Confidential
➪➪➪ Recommended New Books on Filmmaking ➪➪➪
The Film Stage
➪➪➪ Desktop Surgery ➪➪➪
Daily Grindhouse
➪➪➪ Children of the New Flesh Review ➪➪➪
Nick Hudson Industries
➪➪➪ Best of the Year List ➪➪➪
Tor Nightfire
➪➪➪ Review ➪➪➪
IZ Digital
+ The New House +
➪➪➪ The New House Recommended ➪➪➪
Atlas Minor
➪➪➪ Indeterminacy is what keeps us alive and makes us real ➪➪➪
minor literature[s]
➪➪➪ Review ➪➪➪
Heavy Feather Review
➪➪➪ July 2022 Book Preview ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
➪➪➪ Podcast Interview ➪➪➪
Beyond the Zero
➪➪➪ Risking Chaos: Marcus Pactor Chats with David Leo Rice ➪➪➪
Heavy Feather Review
➪➪➪ A Burrowing Transcendence ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
➪➪➪ Playlist for The New House ➪➪➪
Large Hearted Boy
➪➪➪ Can You Be an Outsider Artist If You Crave Mainstream Recognition? ➪➪➪
Electric Lit
+ The PornME Trinity +
➪➪➪ The PornME Trinity, 2nd Edition ➪➪➪
The Opiate
➪➪➪ The Parable of Rod-On Gribby: A REVIEW ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
➪➪➪ PornMe Trilogy 2nd Edition Review ➪➪➪
Heavy Feather Review
➪➪➪ Interview with Lindsey Lerman ➪➪➪
Ligeia Magazine
➪➪➪ The PornME Trinity Interview ➪➪➪
The Opiate
➪➪➪ The PornME Trinity on Vol.1 Brooklyn's February 2020 Book Preview ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
+ A Room in Dodge City Vol. 2 +
➪➪➪ DODGE CITY 2 Interview ➪➪➪
LA Review of Books
➪➪➪ DODGE CITY 2 Interview ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
➪➪➪ DODGE CITY 2 Playlist ➪➪➪
➪➪➪ DODGE CITY 2 Interview ➪➪➪
Heavy Feather Review
➪➪➪ Dodge City Two Book Preview ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
➪➪➪ Audio Excerpt from Dodge City: Vol. 2 ➪➪➪
KGB Bar
+ A Room in Dodge City +
➪➪➪ Dodge City Interview ➪➪➪
The Weird Fiction Review
➪➪➪ Dodge City is the Weirdest Book You've Read ➪➪➪
Reddit
➪➪➪ Dodge City Interview ➪➪➪
The Thoughtful Dog
➪➪➪ Dodge City Interview ➪➪➪
The Harvard Crimson
➪➪➪ Dodge City Interview ➪➪➪
The Transmitter
➪➪➪ Dodge City Interview ➪➪➪
Shelf Awareness
➪➪➪ Dodge City Review ➪➪➪
The Opiate
+ Drifter: Stories +
➪➪➪ Drifter Virtual Release Event with Tobias Carroll ➪➪➪
Work Bookstore
➪➪➪ 10 Must-Read Books of 2021 ➪➪➪
Southwest Review
➪➪➪ That Weird and That Good ➪➪➪
Southwest Review
➪➪➪ Best of 2021 ➪➪➪
Dennis Cooper's Blog
➪➪➪ Interview ➪➪➪
Ligeia
➪➪➪ Interview ➪➪➪
The Brooklyn Rail
➪➪➪ The Sterile is the Opposite of the Seedy ➪➪➪
The Believer
➪➪➪ Interview ➪➪➪
Fifteen Questions
➪➪➪ Interview with Matthew Spellberg ➪➪➪
Skylight Books Podcast
➪➪➪ Interview with Paul K. ➪➪➪
Wake Island
➪➪➪ Interview with Joe ➪➪➪
Writing the Rapids
+ Angel House +
➪➪➪ Angel House Interview ➪➪➪
The Believer
➪➪➪ Angel House Interview ➪➪➪
Heavy Feather Review
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE is one of Dennis Cooper's Favorite Books of 2019! ➪➪➪
➪➪➪ Six Ridiculous Questions ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE Discussion with Patrick McGrath ➪➪➪
McNally Jackson SoHo
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE Discussion with Jeff Jackson ➪➪➪
Park Road Books in Charlotte
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE Discussion with Matthew Spellberg ➪➪➪
Broadside Bookshop
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE Reading and Q&A ➪➪➪
with Patrick McGrath, at McNally Jackson SoHo
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE Reading and Q&A with Jeff Jackson ➪➪➪
Charlotte, NC, 12.4.19
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE Reading and Q&A ➪➪➪
Broadside Bookshop, Northampton, MA, 10/2/19
➪➪➪ Dream-sharing Workshop with Matthew Spellberg ➪➪➪
University of Toronto 2/6/2020
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE Radio Interview in Brattleboro, feat music with Teddy Martin ➪➪➪
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE Interview ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE Short Film ➪➪➪
by Rob Rice
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE is an SPD Bestseller! ➪➪➪
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE Interview ➪➪➪
LIT
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE Playlist ➪➪➪
Largehearted Boy
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE Interview ➪➪➪
DAAD
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE Excerpt ➪➪➪
Big Other
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE Excerpt ➪➪➪
Heavy Feather Review
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE Featured in Vol. 1 Brooklyn's 6/19 Book Preview ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE Recommended in The Harvard Gazette ➪➪➪
The Harvard Gazette
➪➪➪ ANGEL HOUSE Featured in Entropy's June & July 2019 Book Preview ➪➪➪
Entropy
➪➪➪ Electric Literature's 2017 Indie Book Preview ➪➪➪
➪➪➪ Author Profile ➪➪➪
DAAD
➪➪➪ Dodge City Featured ➪➪➪
Snowflakes in a Blizzard Blog
➪➪➪ Brian Evenson's Most Anticipated Small Press Books of 2017 List ➪➪➪
Big Other
➪➪➪ Dream-sharing Workshop with Matthew Spellberg ➪➪➪
Cabinet Magazine
+ Wake Island +
➪➪➪ Transmissions: Wake Island ➪➪➪
X-R-A-Y
... STORIES ...
➪➪➪ Jakob as Biographer ➪➪➪
Propagule
➪➪➪ Jakob as Messiah ➪➪➪
Always Crashing
➪➪➪ Jakob as Worm ➪➪➪
LIT Magazine
➪➪➪ Jakob as Nazi Hunter ➪➪➪
Always Crashing
➪➪➪ The Museum of Leaving My Room ➪➪➪
ergot.
➪➪➪ Jakob at Mass MoCA ➪➪➪
Always Crashing
➪➪➪ Tom and The Talking Chocolate Bar ➪➪➪
Ligea
➪➪➪ Sanity House ➪➪➪
Ligea
➪➪➪ Sanity House Live Reading ➪➪➪
On Selected Prose
➪➪➪ ULTRA MAX ➪➪➪
Selected Prose
➪➪➪ Sandman Crescent ➪➪➪
The Rupture
➪➪➪ The Painless Euthanasia Roller Coaster ➪➪➪
Catapult
➪➪➪ A Room in Dodge City Volume 3 ➪➪➪
A Novel in Monthly Installments
➪➪➪ Lazy Eye Stories ➪➪➪
A Graphic Novel in Collaboration with Kayla E.
➪➪➪ The Brothers Squimbop ➪➪➪
The Fanzine
➪➪➪ The Brothers Squimbop in Europe ➪➪➪
The Rupture
➪➪➪ The Brothers Squimbop in Hollywood ➪➪➪
Heavy Feather Review
➪➪➪ Squimbop Fever ➪➪➪
Heavy Feather Review
➪➪➪ The Brothers Squimbop in Kansas ➪➪➪
Southwest Review
➪➪➪ The Brothers Squimbop in Dodge City ➪➪➪
Southwest Review
➪➪➪ The Last Testament of Professor Squimbop ➪➪➪
Mitos Magazine
➪➪➪ Jell-o ➪➪➪
DIAGRAM
➪➪➪ Seed Room ➪➪➪
Hobart
➪➪➪ The Meadows ➪➪➪
The Collagist
➪➪➪ Jonathan Edwards, Rabbi ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
➪➪➪ Atheism ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
➪➪➪ Circus Sickness ➪➪➪
Cosmonaut's Avenue
➪➪➪ The Harmless Slaughter ➪➪➪
The Weird Fiction Review
➪➪➪ Regression Pills ➪➪➪
The Weird Fiction Review
➪➪➪ The Dead Mall ➪➪➪
The Opiate
➪➪➪ Architecture ➪➪➪
Emanata #4
➪➪➪ Swimming School ➪➪➪
Identity Theory
➪➪➪ Normal Stigmata ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
➪➪➪ PornMe ➪➪➪
The Opiate
➪➪➪ PornMe2: Gribby in Space ➪➪➪
The Opiate
➪➪➪ The Hate Room ➪➪➪
The New Haven Review
➪➪➪ Gmunden ➪➪➪
The Collagist
➪➪➪ Living Boy ➪➪➪
Black Clock
➪➪➪ In The Cabin Up On Stilts ➪➪➪
Black Clock
➪➪➪ Out On The Coast ➪➪➪
The Rumpus
➪➪➪ On the Murder of Nicola Teensmah ➪➪➪
Nat. Brut
➪➪➪ Joey in Vermont ➪➪➪
Opiate
➪➪➪ Eric's Towing ➪➪➪
The New Haven Review
➪➪➪ Housesitter ➪➪➪
Birkensnake
➪➪➪ Egon's Parents ➪➪➪
The Last Magazine
➪➪➪ Jack & Emily Texas Roadside Incident ➪➪➪
Identity Theory
➪➪➪ Night Surgeon / Arm Neighbor: A Bicoastal Romance ➪➪➪
Literati Quarterly
➪➪➪ At First I Tried to be Someone ➪➪➪
Pithead Chapel
➪➪➪ Lazy Eye Excerpt ➪➪➪
Nat. Brut
➪➪➪ Ainsworth Gym ➪➪➪
The Bad Version
➪➪➪ A Visit from Transmission Man Marks the Beginning of the End ➪➪➪
The Bad Version
➪➪➪ Drifter Jim ➪➪➪
The Harvard Advocate
➪➪➪ Dawson's Creaak ➪➪➪
The Havard Crimson
... ESSAYS ... ARTICLES ...
➪➪➪ The Feast of Fools | On Carnival, Imagination, and Heresy in the Age of the Trickster ➪➪➪
Southwest Review
➪➪➪ “I’ve Been Scared of Those Monkeys All My Life” | On Lynch, Oz, and the Enduring Power of Both ➪➪➪
Southwest Review
➪➪➪ On Seediness, Undead Literature, and Reengaging w/ the American Mythic ➪➪➪
Medium
➪➪➪ Unworkable Equilibrium: Thoughts on How Reality Seems in 2020 ➪➪➪
Medium
➪➪➪ Unworkable Equilibrium 2: Auditing the Unworkable Equilibrium ➪➪➪
Medium
➪➪➪ Basement Boys ➪➪➪
The Believer
➪➪➪ Interview with Mariana Enriquez ➪➪➪
Literary Hub
➪➪➪ On Fernando A. Flores' Valleyesque ➪➪➪
Southwest Review
➪➪➪ On My Bookshelf ➪➪➪
The Coil
➪➪➪ On My Influences ➪➪➪
Entropy
➪➪➪ Interview with Nick Drnaso ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
➪➪➪ On Steve Erickson's Shadowbahn ➪➪➪
The Believer
➪➪➪ Farewell to My Mentor: An Appreciation of Jack Ketchum ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
➪➪➪ On The Unholy Family in American Horror Film (in The Fanzine) ➪➪➪
The Fanzine
➪➪➪ Blake Butler Interview ➪➪➪
The Believer
➪➪➪ On D. Foy's Patricide ➪➪➪
Entropy
➪➪➪ Podcast About Matt Bell ➪➪➪
Shelf Media
➪➪➪ On Not Reading David Ohle ➪➪➪
Electric Literature
➪➪➪ Radix Media Interview ➪➪➪
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
➪➪➪ My Pieces for The Millions ➪➪➪
The Millions
➪➪➪ On Matthew Stokoe (in The Believer) ➪➪➪
The Believer
➪➪➪ On D. Foy's Made to Break ➪➪➪
Los Angeles Review of Books
➪➪➪ Neutral Milk ➪➪➪
Salon
➪➪➪ On Takashi Miike's Visitor Q ➪➪➪
Entropy
➪➪➪ On Jack Ketchum ➪➪➪
HTML Giant
➪➪➪ On Nick Antosca ➪➪➪
HTML Giant
➪➪➪ On Matt Bell ➪➪➪
HTML Giant
➪➪➪ On Adam Princee ➪➪➪
The Rumpus
➪➪➪ The Dim Interior ➪➪➪
➪➪➪ On Composer and Musician Ben Cosgrove ➪➪➪
Harvard Magazine
➪➪➪ Country Noir Article ➪➪➪
➪➪➪ On Michael Cisco ➪➪➪
Rain Taxi
➪➪➪ On Christopher Narozny ➪➪➪
Rain Taxi
➪➪➪ An Interactive Personality Test I Designed for Simon Pummell's Film Brand New-U ➪➪➪
➪➪➪ A film I worked on about German mental patient Daniel Paul Schreber ➪➪➪
➪➪➪ A book about Oedipus and the Sphinx I helped translate from the German ➪➪➪