In this week’s show, John talks to Diane Seuss about her latest collection, Modern Poetry. With bursts of internal rhyme about thorny subjects, Modern Poetry awaits the reader with a spirit of mourning and loss and self-creation, which is, for this reader anyway, joyous.

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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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