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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

– Pre-order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good!

Elijah's on Jeopardy!

Selling Sunset

Resume by Dorothy Parker

The Subalterns by Thomas Hardy

Priamel

Fragment 16 by Sappho

Insomnia by Elizabeth Bishop

Zeugma

A Letter by Anthony Hecht

A Letter by Donald Justice

Irresponsible Tune by Dirty Projectors

The Fall of Rome by W. H. Auden

Aubade by Bill Coyle

Jelly Roll: a blues by Kevin Young

Elegy by Edna St. Vincent Millay

The House on the Hill by Edwin Arlington Robinson

The Freaks at Spurgin Road Field by Richard Hugo

The Great British Bake Off

Secret show notes

Rhymes Rooms by Brad Leithauser

Freddie deBoer
Funny Games (1997)

Allen Tate
Hayden Carruth

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

– Matt Wall

– Steve Knepper

– Helena Feder

Other Ratbag Poetry Pods:

Poetry Says by Alice Allan

I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall

Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov

Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed

Alice: In Future Posts

Brian: @BPlatzer

Cameron: Minor Tiresias

Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com

Music by ETRNL

Art by Daniel Alexander Smith