The publishing industry is a minefield for debut and seasoned authors alike. To help us navigate it, writer and editor Trista Edwards talks us through some common misconceptions about hybrid publishing. Trista has experience on either side of both publishing and academia. She draws from this wealth of knowledge to explain what you should know before you pick the publishing model best for you.

Join us as poet Claire Denson gives a slew of tips and tricks for getting your work published in literary journals. Claire has poetry published in or forthcoming from The Iowa Review, The Cincinnati Review, The Missouri Review, The Massachusetts Review, and elsewhere. From picking a journal that's the right fit for you to crafting a cover letter that will best showcase your work to the editors, Claire gives tons of tips and tricks to help you get your work into the literary world.

On this episode, we'll learn how to put together a meaningful and insightful author interview with our guest, Cameron Finch. Cam has worked with the editorial teams of many literary presses and has interviewed authors for The Adroit Journal, Michigan Quarterly Review, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. From reading the source material to digging deep to craft the perfect questions, Cam walks us through the process of putting together a compelling interview experience for the interviewer, interviewee, and audience alike.

On this episode, we'll be learning what makes the perfect book manuscript with our guest, Dr. Kyle McCord. Kyle is the author of seven books, has work featured or forthcoming in Boston Review, The Harvard Review, The Kenyon Review, and elsewhere, and -- perhaps most importantly for us -- he served as associate poetry editor of The Nation and currently serves as Executive Editor of Gold Wake Press and Acquisitions Director for Atmosphere Press. From packaging and presenting your manuscript with the quintessential cover letter to making sure the manuscript itself is the best it can possibly be (because, really, it's results we're looking for!), Kyle delivers a ton of practical advice in under ten minutes.