It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a UFO! No, it's a new episode of the Books Are Scary podcast! This week, the earthlings known as Emmy and Allie discuss Robert Hayden's "Unidentified Flying Object", a poem about aliens, creepy drunk guys, town gossip, and the mysterious disappearance of a woman named Mattie Lee. The gals talk Modernism, aged Victorian ideals, unreliable narrators, and more! Grab your tin-foil hats and tune in!

In our next episode, we will cover "Caring for Plants" by Hye-young Pyun, which can be found here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/10/caring-for-plants

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Find the reading for today's episode here: https://www.everseradio.com/unidentified-flying-object-by-robert-hayden/