Ep 253: A Little-Known, Much-Hated Poet

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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! – Pumpkin Chucking by Stephen Scaer – The Sidewalk Steve page on the Transgender Map – Alex Pepple – Eratosphere – Say Nothing but Good by Stephen Scaer – Gold Is the Last to Leave by Stephen Scaer – Backyard Triumph by Stephen Scaer – Mentor by Stephen Scaer – Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost – 4trans by Naomi Kanakia – ContraPoints – My weird omnibus: I Reviewed 99 Recent Poetry Collections—Here’s What I Found – No by A. M. Juster – Maine LD 1735 – Stephen Scaer’s comment on Maine LD 1735 – Make Believe by Stephen Scaer – Johnson and Nietzsche on Criticism and Critics by Ethan McGuire – Ozark Elegy by Ethan McGuire

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 – MattWall – Steve Knepper – Helena Feder – David Yezzi – Victoria Moul – Katie Dozier & Tim Green – George David Clark – Tristram Fane Saunders – Philip Metres – Helena Feder – Nida Sophasarun

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

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