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!

Niall Campbell

– 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

– Ep 204: Darkness Audible

Jay Caspian Kang

– Freddie deBoer

Hell House (2001)

– Roko’s Basilisk

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

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

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