s7ep6 - sensitivity to failure ft. Steven Seidenberg
in which poet, photographer, and philosopher Steven Seidenberg talk about his book, Coda, along with the imperialism of American culture, where/how poetry can and does exist under capitalism, and some best practices when it comes to giving readings
where to find Steven:
website - https://www.stevenseidenberg.com/
audio books link - https://www.stevenseidenberg.com/audiobooks
insta - @steven.seidenberg
other things referenced:
Jean de Meun - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Meun
Miguel de Cervantes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes
Italo Calvino - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo_Calvino
Anne Carson - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anne-carson
Jorge Luis Borges - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Borges
Samuel Beckett - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beckett
Fernando Pesoa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Pessoa
New Narrative Movement - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Narrative
Li-young Lee reading a selection of his poetry - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/li-young-lee#tab-poems
Søren Kierkegaard - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard
The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Confidence-Man
30 Sept 2026
s7ep5 - so...poetry? reviews Soseki Natsume's Collected Haiku and The Economy Press's Haiku Pamphlet Series
in which host mychael zualuf ostensibly reviews Soseki Natsume's Collected Haiku and The Economy Press's Haiku Pamphlet Series (but really mostly just waxes poetic about haiku in general)
other things referenced:
Soseki Natsume's Collected Haiku translated by Erik Lofgren - https://www.tuttlepublishing.com/japan/soseki-natsumes-collected-haiku-9784805318454
The Economy Press's Haiku Pamphlet Series translated by Anthony Opal - https://theeconomypress.com/HAIKU-PAMPHLET-SERIES
Masaoka Shiki and the Origins of Shasei - https://thehaikufoundation.org/juxta/juxta-2-1/masaoka-shiki-and-the-origins-of-shasei/
The Haiku Handbook by William J. Higginson and Penny Harter - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/563541/the-haiku-handbook-25th-anniversary-edition-by-william-j-higginson-and-penny-harter-foreword-by-jane-reichhold/9781568365404
26 Jun 2026
s7ep4 - breaking into poetry! ft. Tyler Mendelsohn
in which writer Tyler Mendelsohn and i talk the intersection between poetry and lyric(al) essays, the writer's trust in the reader/the reader's trust in the writer, and the tools in the toolbox that can help build a poem
where to find Tyler:
website - https://tylerkmendelsohn.com/
insta - @tyler_k_m
other things referenced:
expressive therapy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressive_therapies
Butch Gardens - https://www.instagram.com/grlpwrbaltimore/?hl=en
The Haiku Handbook by William J. Higginson - https://www.strandbooks.com/the-haiku-handbook-25th-anniversary-edition-how-to-write-teach-and-appreciate-haiku-9781568365404.html
Why Poetry by Matthew Zapruder - https://matthewzapruder.com/books/why-poetry/
Conversations and Connections conference - https://www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/556691/confessions-of-the-fox-by-jordy-rosenberg/
In Place of This by Dayana S. Stetco and Shannon R. Miller - https://akinogapress.com/books/inplaceofthis
The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723320/paul-austers-the-new-york-trilogy-by-paul-auster-the-graphic-adaptation-by-paul-karasik-lorenzo-mattotti-and-david-mazzucchelli/
On Being Ill by Virginia Woolf - https://thenewcriterion1926.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/woolf-on-being-ill.pdf
The Glass Essay by Anne Carson - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48636/the-glass-essay
Bluets by Maggie Nelson - https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/bluets
Birds of America by Lorrie Moore - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/116790/birds-of-america-by-lorrie-moore/
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/36526/house-of-leaves-by-mark-z-danielewski/
Let Me Count the Ways by Tomas Q. Morin - https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496226495/let-me-count-the-ways/
How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones - https://www.mahoganybooks.com/9781501132742
Poetry as Spellcasting by Destiny Hemphill, Lisbeth White, and Tamiko Beyer - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710524/poetry-as-spellcasting-by-tamiko-beyer/
Go Ahead in the Rain by Hanif Abdurraqib - https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477316481/
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