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. SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems. My book Midlife now exists. Buy it here, or leave it a rating here or hereFor more SLEERICKETS, subscribe to SECRET SHOW, join the group chat, and send me a poem for Listener Crit!Leave the show a rating here (actually, just do it on your phone, it’s easier). Thanks!Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies. They look good!SLEERICKETS is now on YouTube!For a frank, anonymous critique on SLEERICKETS, subscribe to the SECRET SHOW and send a poem of no more 25 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– Pre-order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good!Louise GluckEliza GonzalezLouise Gluck's Nobel lectureLionel ShriverEp 207: Wild Ernestness on Ernest HemingwayAgainst Remembrance: On Louise Gluck by Eliza GonzalezEducation of the Poet by Louise GluckPoetry Says Ep. 294 The American Ecstatic Ep 166: Three Bird Mafia on the Order of the Third BirdThe Uneasy Friendship of Poets by Matthew Buckley SmithRobert Macfarlane's blurb for Jorie GrahamSecret show notesSong in the Grass by Kate Faganpraise song by Nate MarshallPraise Song for the Day by Elizabeth AlexanderChristian WimanThe Defense of Poesy by Sir Philip SidneyRipostes by Michael Robbins The Optimist by Joshua Mehigan I want the ketchup fightsEp 14: M*****f****r of the Arts on what an MFA in poetry gets youHEATEp 48: Crying Emoji, Fire Emoji, ft. Amit MajmudarThe New American Poetry 1945-1960 edited by Donald AllenNew Ohio Review's cover artworkThe Cows on Killing Day by Les MurrayQuadrantFrequently 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 YezziOther Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry Says by Alice AllanI Hate Matt Wall by Matt WallVersecraft by Elijah Perseus BlumovRatbag Poetics By David Jalal MotamedAlice: In Future PostsBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: Minor TiresiasMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith
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