SLEERICKETS

By: Matthew Buckley Smith
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  • Welcome to SLEERICKETS, a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems.
    © 2021 Matthew Buckley Smith
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Art Literary History & Criticism
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Episodes
  • Ep 170: New Advances in Quitting Poetry, ft. Versecraft

    Ep 170: New Advances in Quitting Poetry, ft. Versecraft
    Nov 22 2024
    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:– The Promise of Words by Laura Riding– Elijah’s notes on the essay– Beyond Poetry by Blake Smith– The Republic by Plato– On Portents by Robert Graves– No Second Troy by W. B. Yeats– Versecraft on Riding & Graves, on John Martin Finlay, on CameronFrequently 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 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
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Ep 169: Thunder & Rain

    Ep 169: Thunder & Rain
    Nov 12 2024
    SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems. NB: Oops, forgot to mention all the non-voting/protest voting listeners out there. I see you, too.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:– Leila’s recommendations:- "Dedication" by Fady Joudah, who is also American but with a personal connection to Gaza, many of whose family members have indeed been killed there: 2024 Jackson Poetry Prize Reading: Fady Joudah in Conversation With Pádraig Ó Tuama (recorded here beginning at minute 50)- "Not Just Passing" and "I Grant You Refuge" by Heba Abu Nada, who was killed in Gaza: Not Just Passing: In Honor of Heba Abu Nada - Mizna; I Grant You Refuge • Protean Magazine- "My mother once said" and "The land fights, too" by Nour Khalil Abu Shammala, writing from Gaza: My mother once said | The Electronic Intifada; The land fights, too | The Electronic Intifada- "A Request," "Right or Left," and others contained in this interview with Mosab Abu Toha, who is from Gaza and some of whose experience is also recounted here: “Forest of Noise”: Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha on New Book, Relatives Killed in Gaza & More | Democracy Now!- "It Always Starts with Words" and "Four Poems" by Olivia Elias, born in Palestine and writing from the diaspora: It Always Starts with Words - Mizna; FOUR POEMS by Olivia Elias, trans. Jérémy Victor Robert – FOUR WAY REVIEW- "Gazan Despair" and "When a Missile Lands" by Yahya Ashour, who is outside of Gaza and unable to return: Gazan Despair - Mizna; New Poetry in Translation: Yahya Ashour’s ‘When a Missile Lands’ – ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY- Poems from "Ash and Air" by Nadine Murtaja, writing from Gaza: Ash and Air: a Poetry Folio from Gaza - Mizna– Padraig O Tuama– Julie Steiner– Ep 167: Poetry Magazine, October 2024– Ceasefire Haiku by Faisal Mohyuddin– The Tea and Sage Poem by Fady Joudah– Mimesis by Fady Joudah– Forest of Noise by Mosab Abu Toha– Brian Cox’s rendition of If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer– If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer– Sunlight on the Garden by Louis MacNeiceFrequently 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
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Ep 168: What Are Houses For?, ft. James Haverty Smith

    Ep 168: What Are Houses For?, ft. James Haverty Smith
    Nov 6 2024
    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:– James Haverty Smith– Toward an Architecture by Le Corbusier– Kanye West Bought an Architectural Treasure—Then Gave It a Violent Remix by Ian Parker– Ep 167: Poetry Magazine, October 2024– My appearance on Drunk as Poet on Payday– Jason Gray– Tadao Ando– Frank Gehry– Zaha Hadid– Santiago Calatrava– Colin Rowe– Tesla Cybertruck (and the phony DeLorean logo on the one we saw)– Boston Dynamics Dogs– Paradise Lost by John Milton– Manuel Cadrecha– Cloister of Santa Maria della Pace (the perfect courtyard)– Jorge Silvetti (the professor who assigned the analysis of the Villa La Rotonda)– Villa La Rotonda (the most famous building in the world)– Donato Bramante– Andrea Palladio– Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud– Notre-Dame du Haut (Le Corbusier’s chapel in Ronchamp)– Bauhaus– Collage City by Fred Koetter and Colin Rowe– Philip Johnson– Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Frank Gehry’s building inspired by the shipyards)– Heydar Aliyev Centre (Zaha Hadid’s building dedicated to a tyrant but beloved by skateboarders)– Santa Maria de la Tourette– Villa Savoye– The Paideia School (my weird high school)– A Worn Path by Eudora Welty– Margaret Pepperdene (my mentor Jane)– The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer– John’s Mountie Boots by Marilyn Levine– Chuck Close– Louis Kahn (not Thomas Kuhn)– Thomas Kuhn (the paradigm shift guy)– John Barth (not Roland Barthes)– The Death of the Author by Roland Barthes– Donald Barthelme– The Rites & Wrongs of Janice Wills by Joanna Pearson (my wife’s YA novel)– The Daily: How Air-Conditioning Conquered the World– One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez– Dear Derrida by David Kirby – Mozart’s Requiem– The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton– Westworld (1973) by Michael Crichton– Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton– Timeline by Michael Crichton– CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George SaundersFrequently 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
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    1 hr and 29 mins

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