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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

– Pre-order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good!

– Let me know if you’d like a review copy of my forthcoming chapbook The Soft Black Stars: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com

– Only Sing by John Berryman, ed. Shane McCrae

– New and Collected Hell by Shane McCrae

– Dream Song 26 by John Berryman

– Dream Song 14 by John Berryman

– Dream Song 29 by John Berryman

– Dream Song: For Louis MacNeice by John Berryman

– A Most Marvelous Piece of Luck by Greg Williamson

– Cynara by Ernest Dowson

– Shadow of the Colossus

– Fallout

– Fallout (TV series)

– Robert Frost’s original inaugural poem, Dedication

– Democracy and Poetry by Robert Penn Warren

– Fall of the Star High School Running Back by The Mountain Goats

Frequently 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

– Tristram Fane Saunders

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