Not Fit for Composition

By: August Smith Eleanor Eli Moss Marcus Khoury
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  • Join August, Eleanor, and Marcus, as we take an acerbic look at the worst excesses of the contemporary poetry landscape: celebrity poetry books, influencer vanity projects, the finest verse of instagram, the flarf, the slam, the alt lit, all of it—we’ll be reading the cream of the crop of the lowest of the brow.
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Episodes
  • Episode 005: Jewel Thieves (w/ Bob Sykora)

    Episode 005: Jewel Thieves (w/ Bob Sykora)
    Jun 14 2024

    Our first guest episode! We welcome dear friend and poet-colleague Bob Sykora to the podcast, where we talk about his upcoming book, Ivanka Trump's quatrain, grade school poems, the relevance of journals, and 90s folk-pop artist Jewel's book of poetry, "A Night Without Armor," published in 1998 by It Books. Jewel discussion starts at ~33:00 and boy did we have lots to say.


    Songs:

    "NFFC Theme"

    "Ste. Helene (demo)" - Still Submarine

    "Sun Goes Down (benjamin remix)" - Plum Wooer

    "Intuition" - Jewel

    "WITFIN" - EVIL MTN

    "Rainbow Signs" - mewithoutYou


    Preorder Bob's book: https://www.gameoverbooks.com/store/p/utopians-in-love

    Eleanor's latest: https://issuu.com/bryantuniversity/docs/blr2024-layout-final/44

    August's new songs: https://plumwooer.bandcamp.com/album/sun-goes-down-ithryn-luin

    Marcus's band insta: https://www.instagram.com/stillsubmarine/
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Episode 004: Donna Ashworth, Coworker Poet

    Episode 004: Donna Ashworth, Coworker Poet
    May 2 2024

    It's normie time. We talk about: ranking art forms (truncated convo), "coworker music," 2 viral poems about Gaza ("The Jesus Fridge" and "There's Laundry to Do and a Genocide to Stop"), and "Wild Hope" by bestselling/viral Scottish poet Donna Ashworth.


    Songs:

    "NFFC Theme"

    "Maples Ablaze (demo)" - Plum Wooer

    "The crudest thing Scarlett's ever said" - Hans Geiger

    "Window" - Donna M Ashworth


    August's poem: https://metatron.press/digipub/shopping-complex/

    Eleanor's newsletter: https://fanghoneyy.substack.com/

    Marcus's band: https://stillsubmarine.bandcamp.com/
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Episode 003: Drake's "Poetry" "Book"

    Episode 003: Drake's "Poetry" "Book"
    Mar 14 2024

    Due to technical difficulties, this episode is woven together from two separate recordings. So just pretend the jarring cuts aren't there. In this one: August performs an opening monologue about Taylor Swift and AWP; we chat about Josh Brolin's Dune poems; and we're brought to the brink of insanity by "Titles Ruin Everything: A Stream of Consciousness" by Drake and Kenza Samir.


    Songs:

    "NFFC Theme"

    "Mario Kart 8 Theme" - Atsuko Asahi, Soyo Oka

    "Wii Shop Bling" - ToonLink/Nosquist

    "Angel Wings (demo)" - Woe Spiral

    "Floriane Theme" - EVIL MTN


    Eleanor's newsletter: https://fanghoneyy.substack.com/

    Marcus's band: https://stillsubmarine.bandcamp.com/

    August's website: https://augustsmith.net/
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    1 hr and 1 min

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