Loose Criteria

I'm Fragmenting Off here

Did we lose something or did we get something new? In this episode Adam, Dylan, and Abigail discuss fragments as a literary form, touching on; Anne Carson [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anne-carson]'s Sappho [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sappho], Maggie Nelson [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maggie-nelson], Roland Barthes [https://monoskop.org/images/b/b3/Roland_Barthes_by_Roland_Barthes.pdf], Kubla Khan [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43991/kubla-khan], Michael Crighton/James Patterson, CS Lewis, Richard Brautigan [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48577/san-francisco], Annie Ernaux, Joseph Cornell [https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/joseph-cornell-papers-5790], Sei Shonagon, Mary Oliver [https://allpoetry.com/poem/15374240-The-summer-day-by-Mary-J-Oliver], Lydia Davis, and Sheila Heti. Become a patron on patreon [https://www.patreon.com/c/samfiftyfour] for bonus content and be sure to visit us at samfiftyfour.com [https://samfiftyfour.com/], follow us on bluesky, [https://bsky.app/profile/samfiftyfour.bsky.social] instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/CxaYL5Fr1hd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==], and twitter [https://x.com/samfiftyfour1], and support us on patreon [https://patreon.com/samfiftyfour]. Issue XI out soon, submissions open for Issue XII [https://samfiftyfour.com/submit] Closing music courtesy of SculptyWorks [https://youtu.be/ib5tu2k4vBU?si=kk4IQ8YDrhGMh53R]

The Page Ought to Stay Blank

I actually take things way too seriously In this episode Adam and Dylan discuss Deleuze [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizome_(philosophy)], Whitman [https://poets.org/poem/song-myself-6-child-said-what-grass], Doty [https://poets.org/poem/what-grass-0], Nezhukumatathil [https://milkweed.org/author/aimee-nezhukumatathil], Duras [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lover_(Duras_novel)], and Eliot [https://poetryarchive.org/poem/journey-magi/]. Plus get a sneak peak of our most elusive editor who you may be hearing more from soon. Be sure to visit us at samfiftyfour.com [https://samfiftyfour.com/], follow us on bluesky, [https://bsky.app/profile/samfiftyfour.bsky.social] instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/CxaYL5Fr1hd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==], and twitter [https://x.com/samfiftyfour1], and support us on patreon [https://patreon.com/samfiftyfour]. Closing music courtesy of SculptyWorks [https://youtu.be/ib5tu2k4vBU?si=kk4IQ8YDrhGMh53R]

A True Admiration Episode

We could get into the craft of it or we can just let the story take us away. In this episode Adam and Dylan discuss the short stories of Emily Dixon from Issue I [https://samfiftyfour.com/shop/ols/products/samfiftyfour-issue-1-download], Issue V [https://samfiftyfour.com/shop/ols/products/issue-v-download], and our 2020 scary story contest [https://samfiftyfour.com/scary-story-contest-2020] as well as one published in East of the Web. [https://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/SainLiza1214.shtml] Read Lockdown Baby and the Death of Liza Minelli [https://files.captivate.fm/library/e545eef4-2ab7-45ea-8362-59329f797915/Lockdown-Baby-And-The-Death-of-Liza-Minnelli.pdf], The Jelly and the Stars [https://files.captivate.fm/library/b0ec9023-8ed0-49bd-a983-60bfbb44d718/The-Jelly-and-the-Stars.pdf], and Witch Jesus [https://files.captivate.fm/library/eb1b5fc7-11de-48b9-bc8d-c14f1de54735/Witch-Jesus-corrected.pdf]. Emily Dixon lives in London where she works in education, alongside writing and comedy. During her degree in medieval studies, she came to writing through epics and dream visions, and wondering where lost or dormant genres have gone in the twenty first century. Her writing has been published in samfiftyfour and East of the Web, and featured on BBC radio and several podcasts.  Follow Emily Dixon on Instagram. [https://www.instagram.com/emilymdxn?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==] Be sure to visit us at samfiftyfour.com [https://samfiftyfour.com/], follow us on instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/CxaYL5Fr1hd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==] and twitter [https://x.com/samfiftyfour1], and support us on patreon [https://patreon.com/samfiftyfour]. Closing music courtesy of SculptyWorks [https://youtu.be/ib5tu2k4vBU?si=kk4IQ8YDrhGMh53R]

Clearly Not Suited for an English Class

This is a poetry podcast, its not therapy. In this episode Adam and Dylan discuss their early introductions into poetry including Sonnet 18 [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45087/sonnet-18-shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-summers-day&ved=2ahUKEwihnJ7p8JmMAxV6PbkGHc3AFXEQFnoECBYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2a0Gc1xLgUem0rXtBvRCTO], Richard Brautigan [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48585/the-pill-versus-the-springhill-mine-disaster&ved=2ahUKEwi6h-L58JmMAxUzEbkGHReoKhkQFnoECEgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1zi_dJRU6Cxb4hpWSzTQkE], and Claude McKay [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44694/if-we-must-die]; plus divorce, spiritual blockages, the revelation of writing, and the American public school system Be sure to visit us at samfiftyfour.com [https://samfiftyfour.com/], follow us on bluesky, [https://bsky.app/profile/samfiftyfour.bsky.social] instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/CxaYL5Fr1hd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==], and twitter [https://x.com/samfiftyfour1], and support us on patreon [https://patreon.com/samfiftyfour]. Closing music courtesy of SculptyWorks [https://youtu.be/ib5tu2k4vBU?si=kk4IQ8YDrhGMh53R]

That There's a Shit Load of Lumium

In submitting, one edits. In this episode Adam and Dylan discuss all of Tim Wilson's work that has appeared in samfiftyfour; plus Old Man Curtis [https://files.captivate.fm/library/bbbe7e16-5ba5-4019-aef6-a04f45684a84/Tim-old-man-Curtis.pdf] and Philip K Dick. Become a patron on patreon [https://www.patreon.com/c/samfiftyfour] for more discussion and a line by line reading of Lumium. Tim Wilson Lives in the Suburbs with his wife and 3.5 sons; Tim Wilson has lived many lives, but he prefers this one; Everyone agrees that Tim Wilson married up; Tim Wilson has a cold. Follow Tim Wilson on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/timwilsonnz?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==]. Read all the poems here. [https://files.captivate.fm/library/5fb80cdd-e4d8-4128-93d0-4f13e2458519/Tim-Wilson-Total.pdf] Be sure to visit us at samfiftyfour.com [https://samfiftyfour.com/], follow us on instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/CxaYL5Fr1hd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==] and twitter [https://x.com/samfiftyfour1], and support us on patreon [https://patreon.com/samfiftyfour]. Closing music courtesy of SculptyWorks [https://youtu.be/ib5tu2k4vBU?si=kk4IQ8YDrhGMh53R]