Ep 154: Cleveland Roundtable
NB: OK, so the names I couldn’t remember in the intro were as follows:
LM is how we all consistently refer to Literary Matters because we are so cool.
James is James Matthew Wilson, who comes up toward the end of the conversation, when I continually complain about him and Ryan and Elijah gently defend him.
Armen is Armen Davoudian, who requires no defense because everybody loves him.
Elisabeth is Elisabeth Clark, David’s wife and Managing Editor of 32 Poems.
Warren is Robert Penn Warren.
See notes below for more.
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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
– The YouTube footage of the big Cleveland reading/conference/shouting match: Pt. 1 & Pt. 2
– In Ghostlight by Ryan Wilson
– Newly Not Eternal by George David Clark
– Some Problems with Autobiography by Brian Brodeur
– The last issue of Literary Matters
– The continuation of 32 Poems
– The Sentence by Morri Creech—and my review of same
– Little Boats, Unsalvaged by Dave Smith
– The nightmarish putto from the Ligotti-esque hotel where I stayed on Brian Brodeur’s recommendation.
– JMW (see Nota Bene)
– Catholic Imagination Conference
– Contemporary Catholic Poetry
– The Contemporary Poetry Review
– The Vision of the Soul by James Matthew Wilson
Frequently mentioned names:
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: Poetry Says
Brian: @BPlatzer
Cameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] com
Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com
Music by ETRNL
Art by Daniel Alexander Smith
