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SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems. NB: Oops, forgot to mention all the non-voting/protest voting listeners out there. I see you, too.My book Midlife now exists. Buy it here, or leave it a rating here or hereFor more SLEERICKETS, check out the SECRET SHOW and join the group chatLeave 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!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– Leila’s recommendations:- "Dedication" by Fady Joudah, who is also American but with a personal connection to Gaza, many of whose family members have indeed been killed there: 2024 Jackson Poetry Prize Reading: Fady Joudah in Conversation With Pádraig Ó Tuama (recorded here beginning at minute 50)- "Not Just Passing" and "I Grant You Refuge" by Heba Abu Nada, who was killed in Gaza: Not Just Passing: In Honor of Heba Abu Nada - Mizna; I Grant You Refuge • Protean Magazine- "My mother once said" and "The land fights, too" by Nour Khalil Abu Shammala, writing from Gaza: My mother once said | The Electronic Intifada; The land fights, too | The Electronic Intifada- "A Request," "Right or Left," and others contained in this interview with Mosab Abu Toha, who is from Gaza and some of whose experience is also recounted here: “Forest of Noise”: Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha on New Book, Relatives Killed in Gaza & More | Democracy Now!- "It Always Starts with Words" and "Four Poems" by Olivia Elias, born in Palestine and writing from the diaspora: It Always Starts with Words - Mizna; FOUR POEMS by Olivia Elias, trans. Jérémy Victor Robert – FOUR WAY REVIEW- "Gazan Despair" and "When a Missile Lands" by Yahya Ashour, who is outside of Gaza and unable to return: Gazan Despair - Mizna; New Poetry in Translation: Yahya Ashour’s ‘When a Missile Lands’ – ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY- Poems from "Ash and Air" by Nadine Murtaja, writing from Gaza: Ash and Air: a Poetry Folio from Gaza - Mizna– Padraig O Tuama– Julie Steiner– Ep 167: Poetry Magazine, October 2024– Ceasefire Haiku by Faisal Mohyuddin– The Tea and Sage Poem by Fady Joudah– Mimesis by Fady Joudah– Forest of Noise by Mosab Abu Toha– Brian Cox’s rendition of If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer– If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer– Sunlight on the Garden by Louis MacNeiceFrequently 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– Alexis Sears– JP Gritton– Alex Pepple– Ernie Hilbert– Joanna PearsonOther Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry Says by Alice AllanI Hate Matt Wall by Matt WallVersecraft by Elijah BlumovRatbag Poetics By David Jalal MotamedAlice: Poetry SaysBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] comMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith