Ep 236: Listener Crit #9
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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
– 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
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
Queen of Chess (2026)
how i be revising by Brandon Taylor
Coming down in Ohio by Dave Smith
Ep 234: Midlife Show-and-Tell, ft. Katie Dozier
Contrapoints Tangent: Liminal Spaces
Secret show notes
Tropical Skiing by John Forbes
Limiting Poetry’s Feedback Loop by Steven Searcy
Ep 231: Insidious Tendencies, ft. Steven Searcy
A Caveat-Filled Case for Atheism
The Via Negativa of R.S. Thomas on Versecraft
Nick Cave’s Red Hand Files Issue #265
A Holy Dread by R. A. Villanueva
Frequently mentioned names:
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
