Ep 229: Art Sex Drugs Food

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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

– Pre-order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good! – Let me know if you’d like a review copy of my forthcoming chapbook The Soft Black Stars: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Sarah Jessica Parker Literary Matters New Verse Review Youth (2015) The Great Beauty (2014) Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks Philip Roth The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker

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