Ep 241: A Serious House

NB: Advent wreath, obviously. One probably shouldn’t set fire to an advent calendar.

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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

– Order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good!Now give Brian’s book a 5-star review! – My chapbook The Soft Black Stars is out now! – I’ll be doing the Rattlecast this Monday, April 13, at 8:00 p.m. US Eastern! Check it out! – Does it help to be religious? by Victoria Moul – Along the Road by Winslow Homer – Sea Legs by Andrew Wyeth – La toilette de Diane by Antonin Merci – The Martyrdom of St. Catherine of Alexandria by Mattia Preti – Rock Bottom by Joan Mitchell – Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut at Ronchamp by Le Corbusier – Austin by Ellsworth Kelly – Churchgoing by Philip Larkin

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 – Victoria Moul – Katie Dozier & Tim Green – George David Clark – Tristram Fane Saunders – Philip Metres

Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov Advice from an Unknown Poet by Alice Allan & Jonathan Farmer Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed

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