Ep 227: A Particularly Scottish Conversation, ft. Niall Campbell
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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
– Pre-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
– The Island in the Sound by Niall Campbell
– What if it’s not writer’s block? by Niall Campbell
– Is poetry a career? by the North Sea Poets
– Letter 1 by Niall Campbell
– The long game by Don Paterson
– Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig
– Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
– Poetry Should Be a Great Deal of Trouble: Don Paterson interviewed by Caitlin Doyle
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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
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