Ep 205: Ascending Orders of Meaninglessness
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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
– I Teach Creative Writing. This is What A.I. Is Doing to Students by Meghan O’Rourke
– The Death and Life of the Straight White Man’s Novel by Marc Tracy
– I’ve got some poems in the terrific new issue of Poetry London!
– Mark Leidner’s interview with Hilary Plum
– ChatGPT Gave Instructions for Murder, Self-Mutilation, and Devil Worship by Lila Shroff
– Brad Listi’s interview with Jessa Crispin
– Ep 195: The White Guy Publishing Vortex, ft. Ethan McGuire, Pt. 1 & Pt. 2
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Other Ratbag Poetry Pods:
Poetry Says by Alice Allan
I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall
Versecraft by Elijah 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
