Tell me about a poet you admire.



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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_Clifton" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lucille Clifton</a>



<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50974/wont-you-celebrate-with-me" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">won’t you celebrate with me</a> by Lucille Clifton



<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ern_Malley_hoax" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Ern Malley hoax</a>



<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Brown" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pam Brown</a>‘s book <a href="https://vagabondpress.net/products/pam-brown-untitled" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">click here for what we do</a>



<a href="https://www.asal.org.au/awards/als-gold-medal/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The ALS gold medal</a>



Poetry Says episodes with Pam: <a href="https://poetrysays.com/ep-104-pam-brown-skeptical-optimism-in-a-post-human-age/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">104</a> (underprepared) and <a href="https://poetrysays.com/ep-175-pam-brown-returns/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">175</a> (better prepared)



<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satin_bowerbird" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The satin bowerbird</a>



<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rae_Armantrout" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rae Armantrout</a>

Tell me about a poet you admire. Show notes Lucille Clifton won’t you celebrate with me by Lucille Clifton The Ern Malley hoax Pam Brown‘s book click here for what we do The ALS gold medal Poetry Says episodes with Pam: 104 (underprepared) and 175 (better prepared) The satin bowerbird Rae Armantrout

Tell me about a poet you admire.







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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_Clifton" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lucille Clifton</a>



<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50974/wont-you-celebrate-with-me" rel="noopener noreferrer">won’t you celebrate with me</a> by Lucille Clifton



<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ern_Malley_hoax" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Ern Malley hoax</a>



<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Brown" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pam Brown</a>‘s book <a href="https://vagabondpress.net/products/pam-brown-untitled" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here for what we do</a>



<a href="https://www.asal.org.au/awards/als-gold-medal/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The ALS gold medal</a>



Poetry Says episodes with Pam: <a href="https://poetrysays.com/ep-104-pam-brown-skeptical-optimism-in-a-post-human-age/" rel="noopener noreferrer">104</a> (underprepared) and <a href="https://poetrysays.com/ep-175-pam-brown-returns/" rel="noopener noreferrer">175</a> (better prepared)



<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satin_bowerbird" rel="noopener noreferrer">The satin bowerbird</a>



<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rae_Armantrout" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rae Armantrout</a>

11. Poets

How do you promote your poetry and put yourself out there without going insane?



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<a href="https://aliceallan.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Alice’s Substack</a>



Alice’s book <a href="https://rabbitpoetry.com/shop/allan-the-empty-show" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Empty Show</a>



<a href="https://awpwriter.org/AWP/AWP/Conference-Bookfair/Overview.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The AWP conference</a>



<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uURnrX_-v6o" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Gay" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ross Gay</a>



<a href="https://atlengthmag.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">At Length</a>

How do you promote your poetry and put yourself out there without going insane? Show notes Alice’s Substack Alice’s book The Empty Show The AWP conference Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay At Length

How do you promote your poetry and put yourself out there without going insane?







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<a href="https://aliceallan.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Alice’s Substack</a>



Alice’s book <a href="https://rabbitpoetry.com/shop/allan-the-empty-show" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Empty Show</a>



<a href="https://awpwriter.org/AWP/AWP/Conference-Bookfair/Overview.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer">The AWP conference</a>



<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uURnrX_-v6o" rel="noopener noreferrer">Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Gay" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ross Gay</a>



<a href="https://atlengthmag.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">At Length</a>

10. Promotion

Why do you have such a strong need to be productive?



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<a href="https://www.merlinmann.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Merlin Mann</a>



<a href="https://fourhourworkweek.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The 4-Hour Work Week</a> by Tim Ferris



<a href="https://gettingthingsdone.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Getting Things Done</a> by David Allen



<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_cV1q02cyE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Worst Person in the World</a> (2021)



<a href="https://aliceallan.substack.com/p/yelling-at-clouds" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Yelling at clouds</a> (Alice on love hearts)

Why do you have such a strong need to be productive? Show notes Merlin Mann The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris Getting Things Done by David Allen The Worst Person in the World (2021) Yelling at clouds (Alice on love hearts)

Why do you have such a strong need to be productive?







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<a href="https://www.merlinmann.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Merlin Mann</a>



<a href="https://fourhourworkweek.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The 4-Hour Work Week</a> by Tim Ferris



<a href="https://gettingthingsdone.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Getting Things Done</a> by David Allen



<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_cV1q02cyE" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Worst Person in the World</a> (2021)



<a href="https://aliceallan.substack.com/p/yelling-at-clouds" rel="noopener noreferrer">Yelling at clouds</a> (Alice on love hearts)

06. Productivity

What do you do with the fear that you aren’t very good? 



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<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58530/berryman">Berryman</a> by W. S. Merwin



<a href="https://nightboat.org/book/proxies/">Proxies</a> by Brian Blanchfield

What do you do with the fear that you aren’t very good? Show notes Berryman by W. S. Merwin Proxies by Brian Blanchfield

What do you do with the fear that you aren’t very good? 







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<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58530/berryman" rel="noopener noreferrer">Berryman</a> by W. S. Merwin



<a href="https://nightboat.org/book/proxies/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Proxies</a> by Brian Blanchfield

01. Fear

How do you deal with the weird mix of professional and personal connection that comes along with relationships in the poetry world?



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<a href="https://sleerickets.substack.com/p/five-blade-mode-ft-jonathan-farmer" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SLEERICKETS: Five Blade Mode, ft. Jonathan Farmer</a> 



<a href="https://awp.diaart.org/poetry/87_88/bidart1.html">To the Dead</a> by Frank Bidart

How do you deal with the weird mix of professional and personal connection that comes along with relationships in the poetry world? Show notes SLEERICKETS: Five Blade Mode, ft. Jonathan Farmer To the Dead by Frank Bidart

How do you deal with the weird mix of professional and personal connection that comes along with relationships in the poetry world?







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<a href="https://sleerickets.substack.com/p/five-blade-mode-ft-jonathan-farmer" rel="noopener noreferrer">SLEERICKETS: Five Blade Mode, ft. Jonathan Farmer</a> 



<a href="https://awp.diaart.org/poetry/87_88/bidart1.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">To the Dead</a> by Frank Bidart

02. Community

Two friends try to figure out what it means to write poems and stay sane while putting one foot in a poetry world that seems to baffle us all. By Alice Allan & Jonathan Farmer.

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Two friends try to figure out what it means to write poems and stay sane while putting one foot in a poetry world that seems to baffle us all. By Alice Allan &amp; Jonathan Farmer.

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