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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

Derek Walcott

Ruins of a Great House by Derek Walcott

Disjecta membra

Ep 173: Swart Verse, ft. A. E. Stallings, Pt. 1

The Islander by Hilton Als

Walcott Withdraws From Poetry Professor Election by Sarah Lyall

Poetic Justice: Briton Says She Helped Taint Rival by John F. Burns

Derek Walcott, a Mighty Poet, Has Died by Hilton Als

Hilton Als: "I had this terrible need to confess, and I still do it. It’s a bid to be loved" by Emma Brockes

We Might Have to "Shut Down the Country" by David Remnick

The Gifts of John Forbes by Kath Kenny

In Memory of W. B. Yeats by W. H. Auden

Alice Munro’s Retreat by Anne Enright

André Malraux

Causeway (2022)

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

– 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