SLEERICKETS

SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems. NB: Oops, got this out late! The reading already happened, but I think it went well! My book Midlife [https://bookshop.org/p/books/midlife-matthew-buckley-smith/20945363?ean=9781939574381] now exists. Buy it here [https://bookshop.org/p/books/midlife-matthew-buckley-smith/20945363?ean=9781939574381], or leave it a rating here [https://www.amazon.com/Midlife-Matthew-Buckley-Smith/dp/1939574382#customerReviews] or here [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203591067-midlife] For more SLEERICKETS, subscribe to SECRET SHOW [https://sleerickets.substack.com], join the group chat [https://sleerickets.substack.com/chat], and send me a poem for Listener Crit! Leave the show a rating here [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sleerickets/id1565263890] (actually, just do it on your phone, it’s easier). Thanks! Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/sleerickets?ref_id=26322]. They look good! SLEERICKETS is now on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@sleerickets]! For a frank, anonymous critique on SLEERICKETS [/sleerickets], subscribe to the SECRET SHOW [https://sleerickets.substack.com] and send a poem of no more 25 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some of the topics mentioned in this episode: – Pre-order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good! [https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brian-platzer/the-optimists/9780316576956/?lens=little-brown] – Danya Naroditsky [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Naroditsky] – Vasyl Ivanchuk [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasyl_Ivanchuk] – The Dark Side of Chess [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpZKmaKvZro] – Katie Dozier [http://www.khdpoet.com/#/] – Tim Green [https://www.timothy-green.org] – Rattle [https://rattle.com] – The Poetry Space [https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/thepoetryspace] – Gregory Orr [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Orr_(poet)] – Ion [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_(dialogue)] – Anne Carson [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Carson] – To my artist friends [https://www.literarymatters.org/16-2-allan-to-my-artist-friends/] by Alice Allan – The To My Artist Friends Versecraft Episode, Part 1 [https://versecraft.buzzsprout.com/2052683/episodes/13838530-to-my-artist-friends-part-i-feat-sleerickets] & Part 2 [https://versecraft.buzzsprout.com/2052683/episodes/13847052-to-my-artist-friends-part-ii-feat-sleerickets] – A Sunset of the City [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43318/a-sunset-of-the-city] by Gwendolyn Brooks – Next Day [https://poets.org/poem/next-day] by Randall Jarrell – My Last Duchess [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43768/my-last-duchess] by Robert Browning – Ep 81: The Eliza Effect, ft. Carmine Starnino [/sleerickets/hs9f8c7w64878nd-gc7ct-3xea4-8s9dt-watn4-yb6n5-ctcs3-s92n7-2t448-d9nax-77ke2-ns3t9-gd96y-6m87d] – Crush [https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300278576/crush/] by Richard Siken – The Poetic Principle [https://www.eapoe.org/works/essays/poetprnb.htm] by Edgar Allan Poe – The Day Is Done [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45896/the-day-is-done] by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Frequently mentioned names: – Joshua Mehigan [https://twitter.com/joshuamehigan] – Shane McCrae [https://twitter.com/akasomeguy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] – A. E. Stallings [https://twitter.com/ae_stallings?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] – Ryan Wilson [https://ryanwilsonpoetry.com] – Morri Creech [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morri_Creech] – Austin Allen [https://austinallenwriting.com] – Jonathan Farmer [https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781622884728/that-peculiar-affirmative/] – Zara Raab [http://www.versedaily.org/2022/aboutzararaab.shtml] – Amit Majmudar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Majmudar] – Ethan McGuire [https://substack.com/@ethanmcguire] – Coleman Glenn [https://twitter.com/colemanglenn?lang=en] – Chris Childers [https://callidaiunctura.substack.com/] – Alexis Sears [https://www.alexissears.com/] – JP Gritton [https://www.jpgritton.com] – Alex Pepple [https://www.ablemusepress.com/authors/alexander-pepple] – Ernie Hilbert [https://www.ernesthilbert.com] – Joanna Pearson [https://www.joanna-pearson.com] – Matt Wall [https://www.instagram.com/ihatemattwall/] – Steve Knepper [https://substack.com/@steveknepper] – Helena Feder [https://english.ecu.edu/people/faculty/helena-feder/] Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says [https://poetrysays.com] by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall [http://www.ihatemattwall.com/category/podcast/] by Matt Wall Versecraft [https://www.ohiopoetryassn.org/versecraft] by Elijah Blumov Ratbag Poetics [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-ratbag-poetics-127056250/] By David Jalal Motamed Alice: In Future Posts [https://aliceallan.substack.com] Brian: @BPlatzer [https://x.com/bplatzer] Cameron: Minor Tiresias [https://substack.com/@min0rtiresias?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=p-163850454] Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith [https://www.danielalexandersmith.com/]

NB: Jane! It was Jane, not Julie, who recommended the TIB essay. Sorry, Jane! SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems. My book Midlife [https://bookshop.org/p/books/midlife-matthew-buckley-smith/20945363?ean=9781939574381] now exists. Buy it here [https://bookshop.org/p/books/midlife-matthew-buckley-smith/20945363?ean=9781939574381], or leave it a rating here [https://www.amazon.com/Midlife-Matthew-Buckley-Smith/dp/1939574382#customerReviews] or here [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203591067-midlife] For more SLEERICKETS, subscribe to SECRET SHOW [https://sleerickets.substack.com], join the group chat [https://sleerickets.substack.com/chat], and send me a poem for Listener Crit! Leave the show a rating here [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sleerickets/id1565263890] (actually, just do it on your phone, it’s easier). Thanks! Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/sleerickets?ref_id=26322]. They look good! SLEERICKETS is now on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@sleerickets]! For a frank, anonymous critique on SLEERICKETS [/sleerickets], subscribe to the SECRET SHOW [https://sleerickets.substack.com] and send a poem of no more 25 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some of the topics mentioned in this episode: Pre-order Brian’s new book The Optimists! [https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brian-platzer/the-optimists/9780316576956/] The Fatima Sun Miracle: Much More Than You Wanted To Know [https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-fatima-sun-miracle-much-more] by Scott Alexander Poetry Demon Hunters [https://sleerickets.substack.com/p/poetry-demon-hunters] William James [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James] Pascal’s wager [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager] Ep 214: Serious Bad Catholic, ft. Steve Knepper [https://www.matthewbuckleysmith.com/sleerickets/f27amak4rbj4esx-d5797-rxn52-7bg5j-xft4b-g72lt-78wx6-26ec3-jnxhh-f9tgj-8mllm-56554] Night [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_(memoir)] by Elie Wiesel I Spent Years Searching for Magic—I Found God Instead [https://magazine.catapult.co/column/stories/i-spent-years-searching-for-magici-found-god-instead-tara-isabella-burton] by Tara Isabella Burton Hail Satan? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27RtJp-rhHk] (2019) Andrew Palmer [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2238483/andrew-palmer/] Thomas Aquinas [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas] Brats [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxVNQkRM5Qw] (2024) Reverse Cowgirl [https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781635901184/reverse-cowgirl/], Raving [https://www.dukeupress.edu/raving], and Love and Money, Sex and Death [https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3113-love-and-money-sex-and-death?srsltid=AfmBOoogzC-TJNIQ_-RTESCr0p2f_Z-EdlmI9f1R2c3Wk4mTJY5LckbH] by McKenzie Wark Kathy Acker [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Acker] I'm very into you: Correspondence 1995-1996 [https://www.amazon.com.au/Very-into-You-Correspondence-1995-1996/dp/1584351640] by McKenzie Wark and Kathy Acker Judith Butler [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Butler] Frequently mentioned names: – Joshua Mehigan [https://twitter.com/joshuamehigan] – Shane McCrae [https://twitter.com/akasomeguy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] – A. E. Stallings [https://twitter.com/ae_stallings?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] – Ryan Wilson [https://ryanwilsonpoetry.com] – Morri Creech [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morri_Creech] – Austin Allen [https://austinallenwriting.com] – Jonathan Farmer [https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781622884728/that-peculiar-affirmative/] – Zara Raab [http://www.versedaily.org/2022/aboutzararaab.shtml] – Amit Majmudar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Majmudar] – Ethan McGuire [https://substack.com/@ethanmcguire] – Coleman Glenn [https://twitter.com/colemanglenn?lang=en] – Chris Childers [https://callidaiunctura.substack.com/] – Alexis Sears [https://www.alexissears.com/] – JP Gritton [https://www.jpgritton.com] – Alex Pepple [https://www.ablemusepress.com/authors/alexander-pepple] – Ernie Hilbert [https://www.ernesthilbert.com] – Joanna Pearson [https://www.joanna-pearson.com] – Matt Wall [https://www.instagram.com/ihatemattwall/] – Steve Knepper [https://substack.com/@steveknepper] – Helena Feder [https://english.ecu.edu/people/faculty/helena-feder/] Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says [https://poetrysays.com] by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall [http://www.ihatemattwall.com/category/podcast/] by Matt Wall Versecraft [https://www.ohiopoetryassn.org/versecraft] by Elijah Blumov Ratbag Poetics [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-ratbag-poetics-127056250/] By David Jalal Motamed Alice: In Future Posts [https://aliceallan.substack.com] Brian: @BPlatzer [https://x.com/bplatzer] Cameron: Minor Tiresias [https://substack.com/@min0rtiresias?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=p-163850454] Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith [https://www.danielalexandersmith.com/]

SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems. My book Midlife [https://bookshop.org/p/books/midlife-matthew-buckley-smith/20945363?ean=9781939574381] now exists. Buy it here [https://bookshop.org/p/books/midlife-matthew-buckley-smith/20945363?ean=9781939574381], or leave it a rating here [https://www.amazon.com/Midlife-Matthew-Buckley-Smith/dp/1939574382#customerReviews] or here [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203591067-midlife] For more SLEERICKETS, subscribe to SECRET SHOW [https://sleerickets.substack.com], join the group chat [https://sleerickets.substack.com/chat], and send me a poem for Listener Crit! Leave the show a rating here [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sleerickets/id1565263890] (actually, just do it on your phone, it’s easier). Thanks! Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/sleerickets?ref_id=26322]. They look good! SLEERICKETS is now on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@sleerickets]! For a frank, anonymous critique on SLEERICKETS [/sleerickets], subscribe to the SECRET SHOW [https://sleerickets.substack.com] and send a poem of no more 25 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some of the topics mentioned in this episode: – Pre-order Brian’s new book The Optimists! [https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brian-platzer/the-optimists/9780316576956/] – Dracula [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/345/pg345-images.html] by Bram Stoker – Fragments from the Introduction to the Method of… [https://www.rodoni.ch/A13/valery8.pdf] by Paul Valery – Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody [https://morgensternbooks.com/book/9781952335747?ic_referral=56KoNZsPauhnMIe9NK2sZ7zrDkPAYVc4fjkGLD48VQAwM1dWWbeek_vSjcWuWpAW7ypt0h91ET08n-6QmPc7mmI4hwK-297rNI7y8Zor91ldHPrd48Gy84RgcYQchltxbt8T] – Edward Albee [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Albee] – Macbeth [https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/macbeth/read/] by William Shakespeare – David Gosselin [https://substack.com/@davidgosselin] – Hamlet and his problems [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69399/hamlet] by T. S. Eliot – The Late Night by Aaron Poochigian (in the Summer 2025 issue of 32 Poems [https://32poems.com/issues/no-45-summer-2025/]) Frequently mentioned names: – Joshua Mehigan [https://twitter.com/joshuamehigan] – Shane McCrae [https://twitter.com/akasomeguy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] – A. E. Stallings [https://twitter.com/ae_stallings?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] – Ryan Wilson [https://ryanwilsonpoetry.com] – Morri Creech [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morri_Creech] – Austin Allen [https://austinallenwriting.com] – Jonathan Farmer [https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781622884728/that-peculiar-affirmative/] – Zara Raab [http://www.versedaily.org/2022/aboutzararaab.shtml] – Amit Majmudar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Majmudar] – Ethan McGuire [https://substack.com/@ethanmcguire] – Coleman Glenn [https://twitter.com/colemanglenn?lang=en] – Chris Childers [https://callidaiunctura.substack.com/] – Alexis Sears [https://www.alexissears.com/] – JP Gritton [https://www.jpgritton.com] – Alex Pepple [https://www.ablemusepress.com/authors/alexander-pepple] – Ernie Hilbert [https://www.ernesthilbert.com] – Joanna Pearson [https://www.joanna-pearson.com] – Matt Wall [https://www.instagram.com/ihatemattwall/] – Steve Knepper [https://substack.com/@steveknepper] – Helena Feder [https://english.ecu.edu/people/faculty/helena-feder/] Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says [https://poetrysays.com] by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall [http://www.ihatemattwall.com/category/podcast/] by Matt Wall Versecraft [https://www.ohiopoetryassn.org/versecraft] by Elijah Blumov Ratbag Poetics [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-ratbag-poetics-127056250/] By David Jalal Motamed Alice: In Future Posts [https://aliceallan.substack.com] Brian: @BPlatzer [https://x.com/bplatzer] Cameron: Minor Tiresias [https://substack.com/@min0rtiresias?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=p-163850454] Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith [https://www.danielalexandersmith.com/]

SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems. My book Midlife [https://bookshop.org/p/books/midlife-matthew-buckley-smith/20945363?ean=9781939574381] now exists. Buy it here [https://bookshop.org/p/books/midlife-matthew-buckley-smith/20945363?ean=9781939574381], or leave it a rating here [https://www.amazon.com/Midlife-Matthew-Buckley-Smith/dp/1939574382#customerReviews] or here [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203591067-midlife] For more SLEERICKETS, subscribe to SECRET SHOW [https://sleerickets.substack.com], join the group chat [https://sleerickets.substack.com/chat], and send me a poem for Listener Crit! Leave the show a rating here [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sleerickets/id1565263890] (actually, just do it on your phone, it’s easier). Thanks! Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/sleerickets?ref_id=26322]. They look good! SLEERICKETS is now on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@sleerickets]! For a frank, anonymous critique on SLEERICKETS [/sleerickets], subscribe to the SECRET SHOW [https://sleerickets.substack.com] and send a poem of no more 25 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some of the topics mentioned in this episode: Meanjin [https://meanjin.com.au/] Who Killed Meanjin? [https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/16/meanjin-closure-melbourne-university-press-university-of-melbourne/] by Nick Feik Overland [https://overland.org.au/] Cordite [http://cordite.org.au/] The Idea of a Literary Review [https://thenewcriterion1926.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/eliot-the-idea-of-a-literary-review.pdf] by T. S. Eliot Last Words [https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2012/05/last-words-by-ts-eliot.html] by T. S. Eliot Literary Matters [https://www.literarymatters.org/] HEAT [https://giramondopublishing.com/heat/] Clem Christensen [https://mappingbrisbanehistory.com.au/history-location/055-clem-christensen/] Spillway [https://www.moontidepress.com/spillway] The Poetry Foundation's various podcasts [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts] Chapo Trap House [https://www.chapotraphouse.com/] David Cross [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cross] Hail Satan? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27RtJp-rhHk] (2019) The Antichrist: A Four-Part Lecture Series [https://luma.com/antichrist] by Peter Thiel Ep 208: Password to the Ghost World [https://www.matthewbuckleysmith.com/sleerickets/f27amak4rbj4esx-d5797-rxn52-7bg5j-xft4b-g72lt] On Heteropessimism [https://thenewinquiry.com/on-heteropessimism/] by Asa Seresin Frequently mentioned names: – Joshua Mehigan [https://twitter.com/joshuamehigan] – Shane McCrae [https://twitter.com/akasomeguy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] – A. E. Stallings [https://twitter.com/ae_stallings?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] – Ryan Wilson [https://ryanwilsonpoetry.com] – Morri Creech [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morri_Creech] – Austin Allen [https://austinallenwriting.com] – Jonathan Farmer [https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781622884728/that-peculiar-affirmative/] – Zara Raab [http://www.versedaily.org/2022/aboutzararaab.shtml] – Amit Majmudar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Majmudar] – Ethan McGuire [https://substack.com/@ethanmcguire] – Coleman Glenn [https://twitter.com/colemanglenn?lang=en] – Chris Childers [https://callidaiunctura.substack.com/] – Alexis Sears [https://www.alexissears.com/] – JP Gritton [https://www.jpgritton.com] – Alex Pepple [https://www.ablemusepress.com/authors/alexander-pepple] – Ernie Hilbert [https://www.ernesthilbert.com] – Joanna Pearson [https://www.joanna-pearson.com] – Matt Wall [https://www.instagram.com/ihatemattwall/] – Steve Knepper [https://substack.com/@steveknepper] – Helena Feder [https://english.ecu.edu/people/faculty/helena-feder/] Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says [https://poetrysays.com] by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall [http://www.ihatemattwall.com/category/podcast/] by Matt Wall Versecraft [https://www.ohiopoetryassn.org/versecraft] by Elijah Blumov Ratbag Poetics [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-ratbag-poetics-127056250/] By David Jalal Motamed Alice: In Future Posts [https://aliceallan.substack.com] Brian: @BPlatzer [https://x.com/bplatzer] Cameron: Minor Tiresias [https://substack.com/@min0rtiresias?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=p-163850454] Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith [https://www.danielalexandersmith.com/]

SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems. My book Midlife [https://bookshop.org/p/books/midlife-matthew-buckley-smith/20945363?ean=9781939574381] now exists. Buy it here [https://bookshop.org/p/books/midlife-matthew-buckley-smith/20945363?ean=9781939574381], or leave it a rating here [https://www.amazon.com/Midlife-Matthew-Buckley-Smith/dp/1939574382#customerReviews] or here [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203591067-midlife] For more SLEERICKETS, subscribe to SECRET SHOW [https://sleerickets.substack.com], join the group chat [https://sleerickets.substack.com/chat], and send me a poem for Listener Crit! Leave the show a rating here [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sleerickets/id1565263890] (actually, just do it on your phone, it’s easier). Thanks! Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/sleerickets?ref_id=26322]. They look good! SLEERICKETS is now on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@sleerickets]! For a frank, anonymous critique on SLEERICKETS [/sleerickets], subscribe to the SECRET SHOW [https://sleerickets.substack.com] and send a poem of no more 25 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some of the topics mentioned in this episode: – New Verse Review [https://newversereview.substack.com] – An Introduction to Byung-Chul Han [https://www.politybooks.com/blog-detail/an-introduction-to-byung-chul-han] by Steve Knepper, Ethan Stoneman, and Robert Wyllie – Red Dragonflies [https://thelampmagazine.com/issues/issue-20/red-dragonflies] by Steve Knepper – The Agony of Eros [https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262533379/the-agony-of-eros/] by Byung-Chul Han – The Burnout Society [https://www.sup.org/books/theory-and-philosophy/burnout-society] by Byung-Chul Han – Melancholia (2011) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IZGwvxhXvw&themeRefresh=1] – Nosferatu (2024) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b59rxDB_JRg] – Nosferatu (1922) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu] – Rod Dreher [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Dreher] – Alain Badiou [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Badiou] – Flannery O’Connor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannery_O%27Connor] – Georges Bataille [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bataille] – Cornel West [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_West] – Slavoj Zizek [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavoj_Žižek] – Two Years After Cormac McCarthy’s Death… [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/two-years-cormac-mccarthys-death-rare-access-to-personal-library-reveals-man-behind-myth-180987150/] by Richard Grant – Super Sad True Love Story [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/166486/super-sad-true-love-story-by-gary-shteyngart/] by Gary Shteyngart – Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_Dog] – Brazilian waxing (NSFW, I mean, come on) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_waxing] – Struggle Session [https://sesh.show] – Thomas Ligotti [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ligotti] – Against Interpretation [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54889e73e4b0a2c1f9891289/t/564b6702e4b022509140783b/1447782146111/Sontag-Against+Interpretation.pdf] by Susan Sontag – Bartleby the Scrivener [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/11231/pg11231-images.html] by Herman Melville – Martin Heidegger [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Heidegger] – Timothy Leary [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary] – The Devil at Woodstock [https://ageofmuses.substack.com/p/full-documentary-the-devil-at-woodstock] by David Gosselin – The Flying Dutchman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman] – The Birth of Tragedy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Tragedy] by Friedrich Nietzsche – Maya Venters [https://www.instagram.com/mayaventers/?hl=en] – The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion,_the_Witch_and_the_Wardrobe] by C. S. Lewis – Little Briar Rose [https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm050.html] by the Brothers Grimm – The Sad Dads of the National [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/08/the-sad-dads-of-the-national] by Amanda Petrusich Frequently mentioned names: – Joshua Mehigan [https://twitter.com/joshuamehigan] – Shane McCrae [https://twitter.com/akasomeguy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] – A. E. Stallings [https://twitter.com/ae_stallings?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] – Ryan Wilson [https://ryanwilsonpoetry.com] – Morri Creech [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morri_Creech] – Austin Allen [https://austinallenwriting.com] – Jonathan Farmer [https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781622884728/that-peculiar-affirmative/] – Zara Raab [http://www.versedaily.org/2022/aboutzararaab.shtml] – Amit Majmudar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Majmudar] – Ethan McGuire [https://substack.com/@ethanmcguire] – Coleman Glenn [https://twitter.com/colemanglenn?lang=en] – Chris Childers [https://callidaiunctura.substack.com/] – Alexis Sears [https://www.alexissears.com/] – JP Gritton [https://www.jpgritton.com] – Alex Pepple [https://www.ablemusepress.com/authors/alexander-pepple] – Ernie Hilbert [https://www.ernesthilbert.com] – Joanna Pearson [https://www.joanna-pearson.com] – Matt Wall [https://www.instagram.com/ihatemattwall/] – Steve Knepper [https://substack.com/@steveknepper] – Helena Feder [https://english.ecu.edu/people/faculty/helena-feder/] Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says [https://poetrysays.com] by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall [http://www.ihatemattwall.com/category/podcast/] by Matt Wall Versecraft [https://www.ohiopoetryassn.org/versecraft] by Elijah Blumov Ratbag Poetics [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-ratbag-poetics-127056250/] By David Jalal Motamed Alice: In Future Posts [https://aliceallan.substack.com] Brian: @BPlatzer [https://x.com/bplatzer] Cameron: Minor Tiresias [https://substack.com/@min0rtiresias?utm_source=substack-feed-item&utm_content=p-163850454] Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith [https://www.danielalexandersmith.com/]