Ep 271.5: The Curation Panel, Pt. 2

 

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Ep 271.5
Matthew Buckley Smith

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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

– Check out Alice’s SLEERICKETS Episode map!

– Pre-order the new book of short stories by my wife, Joanna Pearson!

– Buy Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good! Now give Brian’s book a 5-star review!

– My chapbook The Soft Black Stars is out now!

– Watch the Think Symposium talks and readings here! (Here’s a link to mine, which stars at 52:14)

– Elijah’s book Against Oblivion is out now!

– ALSCW conference 2026

– Elijah Perseus Blumov

– Versecraft

– Emily Grace

– Literary Matters

– David Starkey

– Anacapa Review

– Gunpowder Press

– CPT AndrewVisscher (Drew Visscher is a literary scholar whose work explores the intersections of literature, history, and military culture in nineteenth-century Britain. His current project examines military memoirs and periodicals as sites of knowledge production that helped shape broader transatlantic military identities. Context: I am what USMA calls a "Junior Rotator," a full-time Instructor within the English Division, temporarily "plucked" from the regular Army. My program funds an MA as a prerequisite to teach entry-level Composition and Literature at USMA as an active-duty assignment, and there are future competitive paths to AP. Whether through this program or as a retired civilian, I'm using this project to guide doctoral research down the road.)

– The United Service Journal

– Mary Finnegan

– Tamarah Rockwood

– Fiona Spring

– Forester McClatchey

– John Poch

– Dora Malech

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

– MattWall

– Steve Knepper

– Helena Feder

– David Yezzi

– Victoria Moul

– Katie Dozier & Tim Green

– George David Clark

– Tristram Fane Saunders

– Philip Metres

– Helena Feder

– Nida Sophasarun

– Alex McKeown

Other Ratbag Poetry Pods:

Poetry Says by Alice Allan

I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall

Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov

Advice from an Unknown Poet by Alice Allan & Jonathan Farmer

Alice: Poetry Says

Brian: brianplatzer [at] gmail [dot] com

Cameron: Minor Tiresias

Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com

Music by ETRNL

Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

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Ep 271: The Curation Panel, Pt. 1