Ep 164: The Quiet Part
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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
– The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot
– The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
– My ill-advised poem Overheard at a Reading, from the new issue of 32 Poems
– Translation by Roy Fuller
– A Colleague Confesses by Carl Dennis
– Poetry Says Ep 283. Tool time
– Ep 163. How Racist Is Creative Writing?, ft. Alexis Sears & Joanna Pearson
– Victoria’s essay referencing SLRKTS
– Ep 161. Handbook for the Recently Deceased Poet
– Ep 111. Obvious Boobies, ft. Ashley Anna McHugh, Pt. 1
– Secret Show Ep 110. Water Power!
– The Simpson Season 6, Ep 18: A Star Is Burns
– When Defending Your Writing Becomes Defending Yourself by Matthew Salesses
– Self-Portrait of the Artist as an Ungrateful Black Writer by Saeed Jones
– Ethan’s excellent graphs of the last 10 winners of 10 big poetry prizes
– Send your literary conference blind items to SLEERICKETS [at] GMAIL [dot] COM !
– Secret Show Ep 94. Who’s Winning the Poetry Prizes?
– The Most Precious Substance on Earth by Shashi Bhat
– MFA vs. POC by Junot Diaz
– VIDA: Women in Literary Arts
– SLEERICKETS Ep 5: Ars Foetica
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Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed
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