On this replay episode, I talk to Kathleen Rooney about finding the fun despite the end of The Great Enlightenment, the joys of mixing wit and earnestness in verse, the fun of exploring the landscapes of AWP locations despite mentally frying beneath fluorescent lights, the tactile pleasures of typewriters, and other important matters.

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Check out Kathleen Rooney’s essay on Godley and Creme’s “Cry” and Brian Salmans’s essay on E.U.’s “Da Butt” over at marchxness.com.

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The Kerouac House is re-opening its writers residency after taking a 1-year hiatus. We have also expanded the number of residencies from four to SIX per year.

If you’re interested, visit our Submittable page and send us your very best work! The submission period runs from February 1 through April 14.

On March 15, The In Boozo Veritas poetry tour continues with me reading boozy verse, with special guest Chrissy Kolaya.

That brief reading will be followed by a book discussion with Nick Geourgoudiou about Kenneth Patchen’s postmodern novel, Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer. The event takes place at the Kerouac Project of Orlando and begins at 6:30.

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