Ep 218: Fair Play

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 now exists. Buy it here, or leave it a rating here or hereFor more SLEERICKETS, subscribe to SECRET SHOW, join the group chat, and send me a poem for Listener Crit!Leave the show a rating here (actually, just do it on your phone, it’s easier). Thanks!Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies. They look good!SLEERICKETS is now on YouTube!For a frank, anonymous critique on SLEERICKETS, subscribe to the SECRET SHOW 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!– Danya Naroditsky– Vasyl Ivanchuk– The Dark Side of Chess– Katie Dozier– Tim Green– Rattle– The Poetry Space– Gregory Orr– Ion– Anne Carson– To my artist friends by Alice Allan– The To My Artist Friends Versecraft Episode, Part 1 & Part 2– A Sunset of the City by Gwendolyn Brooks– Next Day by Randall Jarrell– My Last Duchess by Robert Browning– Ep 81: The Eliza Effect, ft. Carmine Starnino– Crush by Richard Siken– The Poetic Principle by Edgar Allan Poe– The Day Is Done by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowFrequently 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 FederOther Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry Says by Alice AllanI Hate Matt Wall by Matt WallVersecraft by Elijah BlumovRatbag Poetics By David Jalal MotamedAlice: In Future PostsBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: Minor TiresiasMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith