SLEERICKETS

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

  1. Literary Matters 18.2

    2일 전

    Literary Matters 18.2

    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! – On Marriage by Victoria Moul – Literary Matters 18.2 – Not the Greatest Time to Be a Poet, ft. Horace & Friends, Part 1 & Part 2 – Handbook for the Recently Deceased Poet – A dolphin for the Dutch; or, is there any verse culture without occasional poems? by Victoria Moul – Merrily We Roll Along by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth – The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky – Rachel Getting Married (2008) – Glee (2009–2015) – Sinners (2025) 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 – George David Clark – Tristram Fane Saunders – Philip Metres 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 Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed Alice: In Future Posts Brian: @BPlatzer Cameron: Minor Tiresias Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

    1시간 28분
  2. Not the Greatest Time to Be a Poet, ft. Horace & Friends, Pt. 1

    4월 19일

    Not the Greatest Time to Be a Poet, ft. Horace & Friends, 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 25 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! – I’ll be doing the Rattlecast this Monday, April 13, at 8:00 p.m. US Eastern! Check it out! – Kronos by Joshua Mehigan – Does it help to be religious? by Victoria Moul – Horace & Friends by Victoria Moul – Poems Beautiful and Useful, ed. Victoria Moul – Poetry, Poetics, Poesia by Tamarah Rockwood – The Rattlecast went well, I think! – Church Going by Philip Larkin – Ep 241: A Serious House – The Poet’s Vision by Ryan Wilson – As I Prefer Them Well Cooked Through (from the French of Valérie Rouzeau) trans. Victoria Moul – A Deer Comes to Mind by Simon Armitage – The Birth of the Sonnet (from the French of Nicolas Boileau) trans. Elijah Perseus Blumov – Ken Gordon – My chapbook’s hatred-filled Goodreads page 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 – George David Clark – Tristram Fane Saunders – Philip Metres 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 Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed Alice: In Future Posts Brian: @BPlatzer Cameron: Minor Tiresias Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

    55분
  3. A Serious House

    4월 11일

    A Serious House

    NB: Advent wreath, obviously. One probably shouldn’t set fire to an advent calendar. 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] 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! – I’ll be doing the Rattlecast this Monday, April 13, at 8:00 p.m. US Eastern! Check it out! – Does it help to be religious? by Victoria Moul – Along the Road by Winslow Homer – Sea Legs by Andrew Wyeth – La toilette de Diane by Antonin Merci – The Martyrdom of St. Catherine of Alexandria by Mattia Preti – Rock Bottom by Joan Mitchell – Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut at Ronchamp by Le Corbusier – Austin by Ellsworth Kelly – Churchgoing by Philip Larkin 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 – George David Clark – Tristram Fane Saunders – Philip Metres 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 Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed Alice: In Future Posts Brian: @BPlatzer Cameron: Minor Tiresias Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

    1시간 10분
  4. AMA #3, Pt. 1

    4월 2일

    AMA #3, 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 25 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! Timothee Chalamet's statements on ballet and opera, and on not having children All Fours by Miranda July Heart the Lover by Lily King Night by Elie Wiesel Schopenhauer Cocktail Hour on Versecraft Reference Back by Philip Larkin Donald Justice Atmosphere in Eight Lines by Maryann Corbett Down in the Valley by Joshua Mehigan Done on This Side by Joshua Mehigan Poetry Says Ep 242. with Joshua Mehigan The Sponge by Joshua Mehigan on VersecraftSecret show notes Poetry Says Ep 219. This is scripture Blues in Dallas, Old College Try, Going to Georgia, and This Year by The Mountain Goats (also No Children for Timothee) Thomas Hardy Edwin Arlington Robinson Black Books: I Love Books guy Black Sparrow Press Faber Literary Matters HEAT New Verse Review Image Journal London Review of Books 32 Poems no more poetry Everybody wants to waste your time by Drew Gooden Wildflower and Barley by Hozier 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 – George David Clark – Tristram Fane Saunders – Philip Metres Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed Alice: In Future Posts Brian: @BPlatzer Cameron: Minor Tiresias Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

    1시간 21분
  5. INTRODUCING Advice from an Unknown Poet

    3월 26일

    INTRODUCING Advice from an Unknown 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 25 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some of the topics mentioned in this episode: – Advice from an Unknown Poet – Berryman by W.S. Merwin – Proxies by Brian Blanchfield 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 – George David Clark – Tristram Fane Saunders – Philip Metres Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed Alice: In Future Posts Brian: @BPlatzer Cameron: Minor Tiresias Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

    45분
  6. Listener Crit #10

    3월 21일

    Listener Crit #10

    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] 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! – A conversation Alice & I had for Poetry London! 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 – George David Clark – Tristram Fane Saunders – Philip Metres Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed Alice: In Future Posts Brian: @BPlatzer Cameron: Minor Tiresias Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

    1시간 25분
  7. AWP 2026

    3월 13일

    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] 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! – 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 Moses 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 – George David Clark – Tristram Fane Saunders – Philip Metres Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed Alice: In Future Posts Brian: @BPlatzer Cameron: Minor Tiresias Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

    57분
  8. If it doesn’t taste good, you can’t serve it

    3월 3일

    If it doesn’t taste good, you can’t serve it

    SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems. My book Midlife now exists. Buy it here, or leave it a rating here or here For 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: – Order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good! – My chapbook The Soft Black Stars is out now! – Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)Queen of Chess (2026) Poetry Says Ep 296. Gena Rowlands Poetics Adam Curtis Night by Ellie Wiesel Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life by Francesc Miralles and Hector Garcia Marie Kondo After Apple-Picking and Mending Wall by Robert Frost Malcolm Gladwell Tim Ferriss Julie Steiner Egg and Dart by Matthew Buckley Smith Deceptacon by Le Tigre The touch move rule The Queen’s Gambit (2020) Judit’s TED talk My Best Game Ever: Vishy Anand vs. Judit Polgar Judit Polgar tricks Magnus Carlsen in a game of blitz in the park Nigel Short vs. Judit Polgar Two Catholic sonnets by Julie Steiner On Noticing How Many Pro-Life Men Are Smokers by Julie Steiner Julie’s Sapphics thread on EratosphereSecret Show notes The Sparrow by Mary Roia Russell Dana Gioia Weldon Kees I Saw the TV Glow (2024) Supernatural Horror and Literature by H.P. Lovecraft Secret show notes Meanjin lives! Tropical Skiing by John Forbes Limiting Poetry’s Feedback Loop by Steven SearcyEp 231: Insidious Tendencies, ft. Steven Searcy A Caveat-Filled Case for Atheism The Via Negativa of R.S. Thomas on Versecraft Nick Cave’s Red Hand Files Issue #265 The Siberian unicorn A Holy Dread by R. A. Villanueva Bill Hicks: Pro Life 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 Other Ratbag Poetry Pods: Poetry Says by Alice Allan I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall Versecraft by Elijah Perseus Blumov Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed Alice: In Future Posts Brian: @BPlatzer Cameron: Minor Tiresias Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Music by ETRNL Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

    1시간 12분
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Welcome to SLEERICKETS, a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems.

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  • 제작진
    Matthew Buckley Smith
  • 방송 연도
    2021년 - 2026년
  • 에피소드
    269
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    © 2021 Matthew Buckley Smith
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