Ep 201: I Am My Shelf of Books, ft. Brad Leithauser, Pt. 1

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Ep 201

Matthew Buckley Smith

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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

– The Old Current by Brad Leithauser

– Rhyme’s Rooms by Brad Leithauser

– Forty-Five Years On by Brad Leithauser

– Anthony Hecht

– A. E. Housman

– Charlotte Mew

– Marianne Moore

– Katsushika Hokusai

– John Crowe Ransom

– Robert Frost

– John Milton

– Iron John: A Book about Men by Robert Bly

– Elizabeth Bishop

– Chidiock Tichborne

– Richard Kenney

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

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Art by Daniel Alexander Smith