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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

– Order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good!Now give Brian’s book a 5-star review!

– My chapbook The Soft Black Stars is out now!

– I’ll be doing the Rattlecast this Monday, April 13, at 8:00 p.m. US Eastern! Check it out!

– Does it help to be religious? by Victoria Moul

– Along the Road by Winslow Homer

– Sea Legs by Andrew Wyeth

– La toilette de Diane by Antonin Merci

– The Martyrdom of St. Catherine of Alexandria by Mattia Preti

– Rock Bottom by Joan Mitchell

– Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut at Ronchamp by Le Corbusier

– Austin by Ellsworth Kelly

– Churchgoing by Philip Larkin

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

– David Yezzi

– Victoria Moul

– Katie Dozier & Tim Green

– George David Clark

– Tristram Fane Saunders

– Philip Metres

Other Ratbag Poetry Pods:

Poetry Says by Alice Allan

I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall

Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov

Advice from an Unknown Poet by Alice Allan & Jonathan Farmer

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