Show Notes
NB: The first time I refer to Gonzalez, I say the wrong last name, because I am dumb. Sorry, Eliza! Sorry, also, for everything else.
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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode: – Pre-order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good! Louise Gluck Eliza Gonzalez
Louise Gluck's Nobel lecture
Lionel Shriver
Ep 207: Wild Ernestness on Ernest Hemingway
Against Remembrance: On Louise Gluck by Eliza Gonzalez Education of the Poet by Louise Gluck Poetry Says Ep. 294 The American Ecstatic Ep 166: Three Bird Mafia on the Order of the Third Bird The Uneasy Friendship of Poets by Matthew Buckley Smith Robert Macfarlane's blurb for Jorie Graham
Secret show notes Song in the Grass by Kate Fagan praise song by Nate Marshall Praise Song for the Day by Elizabeth Alexander
Christian Wiman The Defense of Poesy by Sir Philip Sidney Ripostes by Michael Robbins
The Optimist by Joshua Mehigan I want the ketchup fights Ep 14: M*****f****r of the Arts on what an MFA in poetry gets you HEAT Ep 48: Crying Emoji, Fire Emoji, ft. Amit Majmudar The New American Poetry 1945-1960 edited by Donald Allen New Ohio Review's cover artwork The Cows on Killing Day by Les Murray Quadrant
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
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NB: Right, right, right, actually “nights” and “ignites” don’t make a true rhyme but rather an identical rhyme.
SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems.
SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems.
NB: Yes, yes, yes, of course I meant to mention Putin. Putin also, yes.
SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems.