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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

–  The last episode of Poetry Says

– The Paradise Lost episode of Poetry Says, Pt. 1 & Pt. 2

– The Iron Lyre by Elijah Blumov

– The New Versecraft Substack

– The Iron Lyre Playlist on YouTube and Spotify

– Why So Serious? by Alex Ross

– Aunt Imogen by E. A. Robinson

– Brian Brodeur’s piece on E. A. Robinson

– When I Mean I by Jonathan Farmer

– The episode with Alan Shapiro

– The episode with Naomi Kanakia

– The manifesto episode

– A Dress Rehearsal for the Truth by Alan Shapiro

– The Futurist Manifesto

– American History X (1998)

Frequently mentioned names:

– Joshua Mehigan

– Shane McCrae

– A. E. Stallings

– Ryan Wilson

– Morri Creech

– Austin Allen

– Jonathan Farmer

– Zara Raab

– Matt Wall

– Amit Majmudar

– Ethan McGuire

– Coleman Glenn

– Chris Childers

– 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