Ep 232: Mr Bones, ft. Shane McCrae

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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 – Only Sing by John Berryman, ed. Shane McCrae – New and Collected Hell by Shane McCrae – Dream Song 26 by John Berryman – Dream Song 14 by John Berryman – Dream Song 29 by John Berryman – Dream Song: For Louis MacNeice by John Berryman – A Most Marvelous Piece of Luck by Greg Williamson – Cynara by Ernest Dowson – Shadow of the Colossus – Fallout – Fallout (TV series) – Robert Frost’s original inaugural poem, Dedication – Democracy and Poetry by Robert Penn Warren – Fall of the Star High School Running Back by The Mountain Goats

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 – Tristram Fane Saunders

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

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