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SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems.
My book Midlife now exists. Buy it here, or leave it a rating here or here
For more SLEERICKETS, check out the SECRET SHOW and join the group chat
Leave the show a rating here (actually, just do it on your phone, it’s easier). Thanks!
Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies. They look good!
SLEERICKETS is now on YouTube!
Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
– Out of Order by Alexis Sears
– Bright and Tender Dark by Joanna Pearson
– 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
– Stephanie Macias
– The Humpty Dance by Digital Underground
– Wyatt Prunty
– Caki Wilkinson
– Jonathan Heinen
– Tim Robinson
– There There by Tommy Orange
– Questlove
– VIDA: Women in Literary Arts
– SLEERICKETS Ep 5: Ars Foetica
– Jerry Saltz
– Curvy Wife Guy
– Widespread Bias Found in Home Appraisals by Debra Kamin
– Sherman Alexie’s introduction to the 2015 Best American Poetry
– The Unquiet Grave
– Daniel Handler
– Jacqueline Woodson
– Citizen by Claudia Rankine
– Pretendians
– Heartbreak Ghazal by Alexis Sears
– MFA Draft
– Do ghazals work in English? by Victoria Moul
Frequently mentioned names:
– Joshua Mehigan
– Shane McCrae
– A. E. Stallings
– Ryan Wilson
– Morri Creech
– Austin Allen
– Jonathan Farmer
– Zara Raab
– Amit Majmudar
– Ethan McGuire
– Coleman Glenn
– Alexis Sears
– JP Gritton
– Alex Pepple
– Ernie Hilbert
– Joanna Pearson
Other Ratbag Poetry Pods:
Poetry Says by Alice Allan
I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall
Versecraft by Elijah Blumov
Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed
Alice: Poetry Says
Brian: @BPlatzer
Cameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] com
Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com
Music by ETRNL
Art by Daniel Alexander Smith
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SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems.
My book Midlife now exists. Buy it here, or leave it a rating here or here
For more SLEERICKETS, check out the SECRET SHOW and join the group chat
Leave the show a rating here (actually, just do it on your phone, it’s easier). Thanks!
Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies. They look good!
SLEERICKETS is now on YouTube!
Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
– Out of Order by Alexis Sears
– Bright and Tender Dark by Joanna Pearson
– 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
– Stephanie Macias
– The Humpty Dance by Digital Underground
– Wyatt Prunty
– Caki Wilkinson
– Jonathan Heinen
– Tim Robinson
– There There by Tommy Orange
– Questlove
– VIDA: Women in Literary Arts
– SLEERICKETS Ep 5: Ars Foetica
– Jerry Saltz
– Curvy Wife Guy
– Widespread Bias Found in Home Appraisals by Debra Kamin
– Sherman Alexie’s introduction to the 2015 Best American Poetry
– The Unquiet Grave
– Daniel Handler
– Jacqueline Woodson
– Citizen by Claudia Rankine
– Pretendians
– Heartbreak Ghazal by Alexis Sears
– MFA Draft
– Do ghazals work in English? by Victoria Moul
Frequently mentioned names:
– Joshua Mehigan
– Shane McCrae
– A. E. Stallings
– Ryan Wilson
– Morri Creech
– Austin Allen
– Jonathan Farmer
– Zara Raab
– Amit Majmudar
– Ethan McGuire
– Coleman Glenn
– Alexis Sears
– JP Gritton
– Alex Pepple
– Ernie Hilbert
– Joanna Pearson
Other Ratbag Poetry Pods:
Poetry Says by Alice Allan
I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall
Versecraft by Elijah Blumov
Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed
Alice: Poetry Says
Brian: @BPlatzer
Cameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] com
Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com
Music by ETRNL
Art by Daniel Alexander Smith
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