Daniel Swain describes himself as ‘a gay man but also so much less than that.’ Self-depreciation aside, Daniel is just as funny and intriguing as the poems in his new chapbook You Deserve Every Happiness But I Deserve More. In this episode we talk about life in isolation, the absurdity of higher education, why straight men are funny/like tarantulas, self-exposure, and whether name-dropping in poems is an invitation or a way to shut readers out.

Show notes

• Bookworm podcast
• New Yorker Poetry Podcast
• Sara Ahmed: On Complaint
• Ep 91. Kate Lilley’s anti-pastoral
• Hannah Gadsby’s Douglas
• Robyn Schiff
• Jericho Brown
• George Herbert
• Wayne Koestenbaum