SLEERICKETS

Matthew Buckley Smith
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Welcome to SLEERICKETS, a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems.

  1. 19h ago

    We’re Not Avocados, ft. Alexis & Joanna

    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 32 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some 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! – The Necklace of Harmonia, Sonnets of Thebes by Elijah Perseus Blumov, out now from Lettre Sauvage – The Drama (2026) – ContraPoints on Twilight – Liking What You See: A Documentary by Ted Chiang – Hell Is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang – Exhalation (story) by Ted Chiang – The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling by Ted Chiang – The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – Bad Neighbors by Edward P. Jones – Good Country People by Flannery O’Connor – Deadwood (2004–2006) 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 – MattWall – Steve Knepper – Helena Feder – David Yezzi – Victoria Moul – Katie Dozier & Tim Green – George David Clark – Tristram Fane Saunders – Philip Metres – Helena Feder – Nida Sophasarun – Alex McKeown Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov Advice from an Unknown Poet by Alice Allan & Jonathan Farmer Alice: In Future Posts Brian: brianplatzer [at] gmail [dot] com Cameron: Minor Tiresias Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

    We’re Not Avocados, ft. Alexis & Joanna

  2. 6d ago

    Listener Crit #13

    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 32 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some 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! 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 – MattWall – Steve Knepper – Helena Feder – David Yezzi – Victoria Moul – Katie Dozier & Tim Green – George David Clark – Tristram Fane Saunders – Philip Metres – Helena Feder – Nida Sophasarun – Alex McKeown Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov Advice from an Unknown Poet by Alice Allan & Jonathan Farmer Alice: In Future Posts Brian: brianplatzer [at] gmail [dot] com Cameron: Minor Tiresias Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

    Listener Crit #13

  3. Aug 2

    Situation Normal All F****d Up, ft. Katie Dozier

    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 32 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some 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! – Residency Review by Katie Dozier – The Poetry Space – Rattle 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 – MattWall – Steve Knepper – Helena Feder – David Yezzi – Victoria Moul – Katie Dozier & Tim Green – George David Clark – Tristram Fane Saunders – Philip Metres – Helena Feder – Nida Sophasarun Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov Advice from an Unknown Poet by Alice Allan & Jonathan Farmer Alice: In Future Posts Brian: brianplatzer [at] gmail [dot] com Cameron: Minor Tiresias Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

    Situation Normal All F****d Up, ft. Katie Dozier

  4. Jul 25

    The Giant Crab

    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 32 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some 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! – Minor Tiresias on Cesar Vallejo – In Future Posts on Lana Del Ray – The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham – The Optimists by Brian Platzer – The End of the Affair by Graham Greene – In This Novel, It’s the Student Who Shapes the Teacher’s Life by Jean Hanff Korelitz – The Kinda Sorta Real-Life Larry (My memory was slightly inaccurate. It appears this modest Wikipedia page would have existed even if Maugham hadn’t written a book kinda sorta about this guy.) – Why I Live at the P.O. by Eudora Welty – The clip in question from the Stone–Parker lecture 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 – MattWall – Steve Knepper – Helena Feder – David Yezzi – Victoria Moul – Katie Dozier & Tim Green – George David Clark – Tristram Fane Saunders – Philip Metres – Helena Feder – Nida Sophasarun Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov Advice from an Unknown Poet by Alice Allan & Jonathan Farmer Alice: In Future Posts Brian: brianplatzer [at] gmail [dot] com Cameron: Minor Tiresias Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

    The Giant Crab

  5. Jul 25

    Snake Eyes, ft. Measureless, Pt. 1

    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 32 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some 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! – Measureless by Amit Majmudar – Things My Grandmother Said by Amit Majmudar – Lettre Sauvage – The Lottery in Babylon by Jorge Luis Borges – Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote by Jorge Luis Borges 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 – MattWall – Steve Knepper – Helena Feder – David Yezzi – Victoria Moul – Katie Dozier & Tim Green – George David Clark – Tristram Fane Saunders – Philip Metres – Helena Feder – Nida Sophasarun Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov Advice from an Unknown Poet by Alice Allan & Jonathan Farmer Alice: In Future Posts Brian: brianplatzer [at] gmail [dot] com Cameron: Minor Tiresias Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

    Snake Eyes, ft. Measureless, Pt. 1

  6. Jul 11

    What You Don’t Know You Know, ft. Timothy Green, Pt. 1

    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 32 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some 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! – My essay on Macbeth in Portico – Micah Mattix’s newsletter Prufrock – Poems for Katie by Timothy Green – Rattle – Rattlecast – The Poetry Space – Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel – Voices from the Other World by James Merrill – Iain McGilchrist – James Pennebaker 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 – MattWall – Steve Knepper – Helena Feder – David Yezzi – Victoria Moul – Katie Dozier & Tim Green – George David Clark – Tristram Fane Saunders – Philip Metres – Helena Feder – Nida Sophasarun Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov Advice from an Unknown Poet by Alice Allan & Jonathan Farmer Alice: In Future Posts Brian: brianplatzer [at] gmail [dot] com Cameron: Minor Tiresias Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

    What You Don’t Know You Know, ft. Timothy Green, Pt. 1

  7. Jul 4

    A Little-Known, Much-Hated Poet

    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 32 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some 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! – Pumpkin Chucking by Stephen Scaer – The Sidewalk Steve page on the Transgender Map – Alex Pepple – Eratosphere – Say Nothing but Good by Stephen Scaer – Gold Is the Last to Leave by Stephen Scaer – Backyard Triumph by Stephen Scaer – Mentor by Stephen Scaer – Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost – 4trans by Naomi Kanakia – ContraPoints – My weird omnibus: I Reviewed 99 Recent Poetry Collections—Here’s What I Found – No by A. M. Juster – Maine LD 1735 – Stephen Scaer’s comment on Maine LD 1735 – Make Believe by Stephen Scaer – Johnson and Nietzsche on Criticism and Critics by Ethan McGuire – Ozark Elegy by Ethan McGuire 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 – MattWall – Steve Knepper – Helena Feder – David Yezzi – Victoria Moul – Katie Dozier & Tim Green – George David Clark – Tristram Fane Saunders – Philip Metres – Helena Feder – Nida Sophasarun Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov Advice from an Unknown Poet by Alice Allan & Jonathan Farmer Alice: In Future Posts Brian: brianplatzer [at] gmail [dot] com Cameron: Minor Tiresias Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

    A Little-Known, Much-Hated Poet

  8. Jun 28

    Advice from an Unknown Poet Wrap Party, Pt. 1

    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 32 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some 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! – Ep 248: The Montreal Fiasco, ft. Ernest Hilbert, Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 – Advice from an Unknown Poet 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 – MattWall – Steve Knepper – Helena Feder – David Yezzi – Victoria Moul – Katie Dozier & Tim Green – George David Clark – Tristram Fane Saunders – Philip Metres – Helena Feder – Nida Sophasarun Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov Advice from an Unknown Poet by Alice Allan & Jonathan Farmer Alice: In Future Posts Brian: brianplatzer [at] gmail [dot] com Cameron: Minor Tiresias Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

    Advice from an Unknown Poet Wrap Party, Pt. 1
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Welcome to SLEERICKETS, a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems.

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  • Creator
    Matthew Buckley Smith
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    280
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2021 Matthew Buckley Smith
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