Like You Have a Choice feat. Ivan Niccolai

About this episode

Ivan Niccolai discusses his short story collection and various themes related to his upbringing and writing.

This episode, Ivan Niccolai joins us to talk about his short story collection, Like You Have a Choice. We chat about growing up in a cult, Melbourne, wogs, luxury beliefs, the unfiltered earnestness of open mic nights, loving where you lay your hat, writing craft and much more. Buy Ivan's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Like-have-choice-Ivan-Niccolai/dp/B0FLTHP5MV Follow Ivan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artificial_authenticities/ This is a free episode. On the free feed, you're only getting half the content. To get access to all our episodes, bonus shows, and other exclusive benefits, go to https://www.patreon.com/c/GettingLit This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit newmythologies.substack.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Getting Lit

Guest: Ivan Niccolai

Topics covered

• short story collection
• growing up in a cult
• writing craft
• open mic nights
• luxury beliefs

Keywords

• Ivan Niccolai
• Like You Have a Choice
• short stories
• cult
• Melbourne
• writing craft
• open mic

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Like You Have a Choice

Places: Melbourne

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