Ep 239: Listener Crit #10

 

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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

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My chapbook The Soft Black Stars is out now!

– A conversation Alice & I had for Poetry London!

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

– George David Clark

Tristram Fane Saunders

– Philip Metres

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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