Mrs. Brodsky's Lament

David Collard and Kurt Luchs in Conversation

David Collard and Kurt Luchs discuss their two recent books: Collard's A Crumpled Swan: Fifty essays about Abigail Parry's 'In the dream of the cold restaurant' [https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/a_crumpled_swan/](Sagging Meniscus, June 2025) and Luchs' Tributaries: Essays & Verses Flowing From & Celebrating Favorite Poems [https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/tributaries/] (Sagging Meniscus, December 2025).

Mine

After a long hiatus, Kurt Luchs returns with another poem from his 2024 collection, Death Row Row Row Your Boat [https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/death_row_row_row_your_boat/]. This episode's poem is the second in the collection: "Mine".

A Mist in the Tree

Today Kurt Luchs begins a series of readings of poems from Death Row Row Row Your Boat [https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/death_row_row_row_your_boat/], his new collection from Sagging Meniscus. This episode's poem is the first in the collection: "A Mist in the Tree".

Guillermo Stitch's Winter Editorial

In this episode, Guillermo Stitch, Executive Editor of Exacting Clam, reads his editorial from the Winter 2023 issue [https://www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-11-winter-2023/from-the-editor/].

Mrs. Brodsky's Lament

In this brief but informative episode, the host (or a pigeon, or perhaps Mrs. Brodsky herself), having damaged the sun and been bitten by a doorbell, is led to reconsider career options.