Ep 237: 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 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:– 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 PoeticsAdam CurtisNight by Ellie WieselIkigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life by Francesc Miralles and Hector GarciaMarie KondoAfter Apple-Picking and Mending Wall by Robert FrostMalcolm GladwellTim FerrissJulie SteinerEgg and Dart by Matthew Buckley SmithDeceptacon by Le TigreThe touch move ruleThe Queen’s Gambit (2020)Judit’s TED talkMy Best Game Ever: Vishy Anand vs. Judit PolgarJudit Polgar tricks Magnus Carlsen in a game of blitz in the parkNigel Short vs. Judit PolgarTwo Catholic sonnets by Julie SteinerOn Noticing How Many Pro-Life Men Are Smokers by Julie SteinerJulie’s Sapphics thread on EratosphereSecret Show notesThe Sparrow by Mary Roia RussellDana GioiaWeldon KeesI Saw the TV Glow (2024)Supernatural Horror and Literature by H.P. LovecraftSecret show notesMeanjin lives!Tropical Skiing by John ForbesLimiting Poetry’s Feedback Loop by Steven SearcyEp 231: Insidious Tendencies, ft. Steven SearcyA Caveat-Filled Case for AtheismThe Via Negativa of R.S. Thomas on VersecraftNick Cave’s Red Hand Files Issue #265The Siberian unicornA Holy Dread by R. A. VillanuevaBill Hicks: Pro LifeFrequently 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 SaundersOther 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