The ever-wonderful C.W. Blackwell joins us to discuss using fiction to cultivate empathy for societal issues, the crisis of homelessness in America, and various forms of writing self-care. We also discuss his new and upcoming works River Street Rhapsody and Song of the Red Squire.

C.W. Blackwell is an American author from the Central Coast of California. His recent work has appeared with Down and Out Books, Shotgun Honey, Tough Magazine, and Fahrenheit Press. He has been a gas station pump jockey, a rock musician, and a crime analyst. He is a 2021 Derringer award winner. His debut poetry collection, River Street Rhapsody is currently available from Dead Fern Press. His fiction novellas Song of the Red Squire and Hard Mountain Clay are also forthcoming.

Preorder Song of the Red Squire here, and check out his other work here.

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