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- *UNLOCKED* #10 Ben Lerner's The Hatred of Poetry
**Get a taste of what’s behind the paywall with this *UNLOCKED* episode of Heavy Bored #10 Ben Lerner’s The Hatred of Poetry**
A long and winding breakdown of Lerner’s personal essay and reflection on the craft of poetry. Strap in for this one, as we go over every bit of space in this essay and tell you why it’s wrong.
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*Buy the Books*The Hatred of Poetry by Ben Lerner: https://amzn.to/45zHPYO
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner: https://amzn.to/475ztux
Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner: https://amzn.to/45Ct4Vg
10:04 by Ben Lerner: https://amzn.to/45xJlKV
More Books by Ben Lerner: https://amzn.to/47EisYi
“Lerner and His Firefly” by Mark Halliday: https://pleiadesmag.com/sneak-preview-mark-halliday-on-ben-lerners-the-hatred-of-poetry/
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3 hr 17 min - #19 Jonathan Culler's Theory of the Lyric
Andrew gives Sophie Covid through Skype while they discuss lyric poetry and all of its glory. Sophie helps Andrew learn how to read big words he can’t pronounce. And both cough loudly into the microphone every few minutes as an artistic choice. Topics include what’s the point of lyric poetry? the problem with academic writing, why no one reads poems, the futility of loving poetry, and more.
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Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Culler: https://amzn.to/4oDUGC3
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2 hr 20 min - #18 Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn
The final part of the Twilight Saga has Sophie becoming pro child brides while Andrew mansplains vampire pregnancy. Both become pro-life and consider converting to the Mormon faith. All while speculating about vampire erections–size, girth, temperature, texture. Topics include Book vs Movie, the structure of romance, bad endings, vampire sex, CGI babies, and more.
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3 hr 10 min - #17 Stephenie Meyer's Eclipse
Part 3 of the continuing Twilight Saga kicks off with Andrew wanting it to be over because he’s a man, while Sophie is seduced by some hot, wet talking. Both become sympathetic to rigorous Mormon-style abstinence-only sex education while reading about sexual assault from werewolves and vampires. Topics include emo culture, high school, men vs women, why scholarship is in the toilet, and more.
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2 hr 29 min - #16 Stephenie Meyer's New Moon
Andrew and Sophie get a bad case of Twilight Fever while being nostalgic for the emo era in Part 2 of the continuing Twilight Saga. Sophie gets in touch with her Mormon side while Andrew becomes homoerotically fixated on Taylor Lautner’s physique. Topics include the emo era, performative self-harm, Romeo and Juliet, the problems with film adaptations, Pauline Kael’s theories on “Trash Art” and why they’re correct, and more.
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2 hr 36 min - #15 Stephenie Meyer's Twilight
The Twilight Saga gets the Heavy Bored treatment Part 1. We go through the first novel in the series while discussing why pop fiction sells more copies, book vs movie, the issues with young adult genre books, and what makes a romance book a romance book?
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New Moon by Stephenie Meyer: https://amzn.to/4lwHxYG
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer: https://amzn.to/3JkxIQb
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2 hr 1 min - #14 The Essential W. S. Merwin
Merwin’s long career is discussed along with his fuckability, his tendency to be vague, line breaks, overpraising famous writers' more mediocre works and the existential questions–what is the point in composing a poem or harsh literary criticism?
*LINKS*
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Summer Doorways: A Memoir by W. S. Merwin: https://amzn.to/4oDUTVR
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2 hr 35 min - #13 John O'Hara's BUtterfield 8 (free sample)
The famous novel about the great depression in New York and the infamous character Gloria Wanderous is discussed while going into what a reputation does for a book, the dramatic devices at work in the text, and the praising of books leading to them being overblown.
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BUtterfield 8 by John O’Hara (Vintage edition): https://amzn.to/45jEiz0
Ten North Frederick by John O’Hara: https://amzn.to/45p0DeE
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10 min - #12 Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass
Sophie and Andrew get terribly bored reading this classic American masterpiece. Topics include transcendentalism, free verse, the limits of the line and page, Whitman and his impact, and more!
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*Buy the Books*Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (1855 edition): https://amzn.to/4fG9yM8
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (Deathbed edition): https://amzn.to/3HdGCyo
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1 hr 26 min - #11 Iceberg Slim's Pimp (free sample)
The iconic autobiographical novel is discussed with its many vivid depictions of pimp life in the early 20th century and its raw descriptions of sex, drugs, and jail.
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Trick Baby by Iceberg Slim: https://amzn.to/45DvCSO
Long White Con by Iceberg Slim: https://amzn.to/3HpiN6J
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About Heavy Bored
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Heavy Bored is a writing and literature podcast hosted by poet and writer Andrew Wittstadt as he speaks with guests about all things books, poetry, art, and culture. Join Heavy Bored on
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