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SLEERICKETS

SLEERICKETS

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

© 2021 Matthew Buckley Smith Art Literary History & Criticism
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  • Ep 224: Broadway Omnibus

    Ep 224: Broadway Omnibus
    Dec 6 2025
    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:– Pre-order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good!– In Future Posts– Minor Tiresias– & Juliet by Max Martin and David West Read– Chicago by John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Bob Fosse– Six by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss– Beetlejuice the Musical by Eddie Perfect– Little Bear Ridge Road by Samuel D. Hunter– Steppenwolf Theatre Company– Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeFrequently 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 YezziOther 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
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Ep 223: Dowsing Rods & Decoder Rings

    Ep 223: Dowsing Rods & Decoder Rings
    Nov 26 2025
    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:– Pre-order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good!– Ep 222: Poetry Voice Classic, ft. Jonathan Farmer & Ep 172: Five Blade Mode, ft. Jonathan Farmer– Graves by Hayden Carruth– How to Read the Odyssey by Ryan Wilson– The Odyssey, trans. Robert Fitzgerald– The Aeneid, trans. Robert Fitzgerald– Seth Bernardete– Failed Essay on Privilege by Elisa Gonzalez– Next Day by Randall Jarrell– A Sunset of the City by Gwendolyn Brooks– Secret Show Ep 168: A Real ChillFrequently 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 YezziOther 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
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Ep 222: Poetry Voice Classic, ft. Jonathan Farmer

    Ep 222: Poetry Voice Classic, ft. Jonathan Farmer
    Nov 21 2025
    NB: The first time I refer to Gonzalez, I say the wrong last name, because I am dumb. Sorry, Eliza! Sorry, also, for everything else. 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:– Pre-order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good!Louise GluckEliza GonzalezLouise Gluck's Nobel lectureLionel ShriverEp 207: Wild Ernestness on Ernest HemingwayAgainst Remembrance: On Louise Gluck by Eliza GonzalezEducation of the Poet by Louise GluckPoetry Says Ep. 294 The American Ecstatic Ep 166: Three Bird Mafia on the Order of the Third BirdThe Uneasy Friendship of Poets by Matthew Buckley SmithRobert Macfarlane's blurb for Jorie GrahamSecret show notesSong in the Grass by Kate Faganpraise song by Nate MarshallPraise Song for the Day by Elizabeth AlexanderChristian WimanThe Defense of Poesy by Sir Philip SidneyRipostes by Michael Robbins The Optimist by Joshua Mehigan I want the ketchup fightsEp 14: M*****f****r of the Arts on what an MFA in poetry gets youHEATEp 48: Crying Emoji, Fire Emoji, ft. Amit MajmudarThe New American Poetry 1945-1960 edited by Donald AllenNew Ohio Review's cover artworkThe Cows on Killing Day by Les MurrayQuadrantFrequently 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 YezziOther 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
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    1 hr and 4 mins
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