Ep 14: M*****f****r of the Arts

 
 

Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

– More wisdom from J. Farmer, M.F.A.

– Ben Lerner’s forthcoming poetry collection, Gold Custody

– Ben Lerner’s poem “The Lights”

– Cameron Clark’s poem “Milton with Galileo, 1638”

– Paul Fussell’s book Poetic Meter and Poetic Form

– John Hollander’s book Rhyme’s Reason

– Timothy Steele’s book All the Fun’s in How You Say a Thing

– Everything an MFA in poetry will get you! (not much)

– Kurt Vonnegut’s (real-life) book Breakfast of Champions

– Kilgore Trout’s (nonexistent) book The Barring-Gafner of Bagnialto, or This Year’s Masterpiece

– I might go on vacation…

– Borges’ story “Funes the Memorious”

– Wolfgang Iser’s article “The Reading Process: A Phenomenological Approach”

Please rate, review, and subscribe! Or just recommend the show to a friend!

Send questions, comments, and suggestions to sleerickets@gmail.com.

Music by ETRNL

Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

Previous
Previous

Ep 15: How Not to Write About Poetry

Next
Next

Ep 13: Against Hope