Ep 223: Dowsing Rods & Decoder Rings

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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode: – Pre-order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good! – Ep 222: Poetry Voice Classic, ft. Jonathan Farmer & Ep 172: Five Blade Mode, ft. Jonathan Farmer – Graves by Hayden Carruth – How to Read the Odyssey by Ryan Wilson – The Odyssey, trans. Robert Fitzgerald – The Aeneid, trans. Robert Fitzgerald – Seth Bernardete – Failed Essay on Privilege by Elisa Gonzalez – Next Day by Randall Jarrell – A Sunset of the City by Gwendolyn Brooks – Secret Show Ep 168: A Real Chill

Frequently mentioned names: – Joshua Mehigan – Shane McCrae – A. E. Stallings – Ryan Wilson – Morri Creech – Austin Allen – Jonathan Farmer – Zara Raab – Amit Majmudar – Ethan McGuire – Coleman Glenn – Chris Childers – Alexis Sears – JP Gritton – Alex Pepple – Ernie Hilbert – Joanna Pearson – Matt Wall – Steve Knepper – Helena Feder – David Yezzi

Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed

Alice: In Future Posts Brian: @BPlatzer Cameron: Minor Tiresias Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith