season 3 episode 7 - poetry concentrate

in this hyper-condensed episode, Ben Purket and i talk poetic urgency, sticking it out for that long-form writing, and THE KICKASS READING HE'S GOING TO DO WITH VU TRAN IN CHICAGO ON APRIL 20TH! https://www.semcoop.com/event/reading-ben-purkert-and-vu-tran where to find Ben: benpurket.com twitter - @benpurket For the Love of Endings - https://fourwaybooks.com/site/for-the-love-of-endings/ other things mentioned: The Trees The Trees by Heather Christle - http://www.octopusbooks.net/books/the-trees-the-trees Darkness Sticks to Everything by Tom Hennen - https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=%7BCAB804E4-560B-4D2A-B7C5-0C08B963FDDD%7D Jorie Graham - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jorie-graham Calamities by Renee Gladman - https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/calamities Maggie Nelson - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maggie-nelson Mary Ruefle - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-ruefle Wave Books - https://www.wavepoetry.com/ Dragonfish by Vu Tran - http://www.vutranwriter.com/