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, check out the SECRET SHOW and join the group chatLeave 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!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– Fugitive/Refuge by Philip Metres– The ALSCW Conference, where I’ll be reading with Mary Jo Salter and Christopher Childers– The Will to Believe by William James– 90 North by Randall Jarrell– Done on This Side by Joshua Mehigan– My poem Creed for Atheists– Sunday Morning by Wallace Stevens– The Cleveland reading– White Noise by Emma Cline– My sight, which was my power, now blurs by Arseny Tarkovsky, trans. Philip Metres– Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction by Wallace Stevens– A High-Toned Old Christian Woman by Wallace Stevens– The Auroras of Autumn by Wallace Stevens– Jesus and the woman taken in adultery– Padraig O Tuama– St. John ChrysostromFrequently 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– Alexis Sears– JP Gritton– Alex Pepple– Ernie Hilbert– Joanna PearsonOther Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry Says by Alice AllanI Hate Matt Wall by Matt WallVersecraft by Elijah BlumovRatbag Poetics By David Jalal MotamedAlice: Poetry SaysBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] comMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith