The Cosmic Cheeto
Rafael Frumkin, Jon Baskin, Leigh Stein, Brandon Hobson, Jeannie Vanasco, Zachary Zane| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 135 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 4 days ago |
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If it's too weird for your MFA, that's probably a good thing
Welcome to the Cosmic Cheeto Author Podcast! Twice a month, you’ll hear from some of my favorite authors about the worlds they’ve built with their books.
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Wife-in-progress, defected academic, sapphic saltwater sweetie. Author of the novels THE COMEDOWN (2018) and CONFIDENCE (2023), the short story collection BUGSY (2024). Post-postmodern, unoptimized.
Founding editor of The Point
I work in book publishing and I wrote the novels SELF CARE \ud83d\udc85 and IF YOU'RE SEEING THIS, IT'S MEANT FOR YOU \ud83d\udc07
Author of The Devil is a Southpaw and other books.
Someone recently described me as “mysterious.” I’ve published three memoirs. I’m just new to social media. UPDATE (5/9/26): Let the record show that I tried social media. Maybe I'll return. Right now, it is not for me.
Author of Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto. Editor-in-Chief of BOYSLUT, a digital zine sharing nonfiction and fiction erotica from kinksters across the globe, along with the occasional thought piece.
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