Archive - Dumpster Fires

Cold and Lonely in Segovia

Join me as I read alone in front of a webcam and try not to cry

Jun 11 •

Barret Baumgart

May 2025

High time the author of Dumpster Fires told the truth.

May 14 •

Barret Baumgart

Full Metal Book Jacket - Documentary Footage

Barret Baumgart discusses the "weird" roots of his nonfiction writing and reads from YUCK at Angel City Brewery, March 26, 2025.

May 7 •

Barret Baumgart

36:19

April 2025

Cosmic Bard of the California Badlands

Shoutout to Joseph—hidden secret hero of my new book YUCK

Apr 3 •

Barret Baumgart

March 2025

YUCK: Appalling Trash Literature

Weird literary nonfiction about the Joshua Tree, Yucca brevifolia, its birth and death... and ours.

Mar 20 •

Barret Baumgart

February 2025

Go Be Forgotten

An Ode to National Parks and the Giant Sequoia

Feb 27 •

Barret Baumgart

The Dark Potency of Nonfiction Prose

On "Weird Nonfiction"

Feb 1 •

Barret Baumgart

January 2025

December 2024

YŮCK Imposes Yuletide Cheer

NEWS BRIEF: Failed writer unveils critical NEW, RARE holiday consumption opportunity for qualified Americans. Click BUY NOW.

Dec 20, 2024 •

Barret Baumgart

November 2024

In a Future Far, Far Beyond the Festival

The Ridgecrest Petroglyph Festival is finished. But I have 'concepts for a plan' that maybe aren't impossible.

Nov 14, 2024 •

Barret Baumgart

5:14

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