Ep 238: AWP 2026

SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems. Make a one-time donation (not tax-deductible)For more SLEERICKETS, subscribe to SECRET SHOW!Leave the show a rating here!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] comSome of the topics mentioned in this episode:– Order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good!– Now give Brian’s book a 5-star review!– My chapbook The Soft Black Stars is out now!– I’m reading this Saturday, March 14, at 6:00 p.m. at the Mettlesome Theater in Durham, NC– Brian’s appearance on The Gist– The Mysterious Case of Gothic Verse Narratives by Brian Brodeur– Pre-order Sixteen Games of Hide and Seek by Stephen Bass and Steve Teare!– Sofia Kavlin Castaneda of Unsent Letterbox– Rosanna Oh– Sonnet 130– One Art by Elizabeth Bishop– Poetry by Joseph Harrison– Moira Egan– Joe Osterhaus– Robert Schreur– Sunil Iyengar– The Same City by Terrance Hayes– Maps by James Baker Hall– Michael Theune– Kim Noriega– Kim Addonizio– Poetry Says Ep 294. The American Ecstatic– Dan Kois– The Martin Chronicles– Lauren Wethers– Reclaiming Jane– Jordan Kisner– Thresholds– The Critic and Her Publics– Michele MosesFrequently 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 Feder– David Yezzi– Victoria Moul– Katie Dozier & Tim Green– George David Clark– Tristram Fane Saunders– Philip MetresOther Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry Says by Alice AllanI Hate Matt Wall by Matt WallVersecraft by Elijah Perseus BlumovRatbag Poetics By David Jalal MotamedAlice: In Future PostsBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: Minor TiresiasMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith