Good Clean Boys, ft. Nida Sophasarun

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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

– Order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good!Now give Brian’s book a 5-star review!

– My chapbook The Soft Black Stars is out now!

Novice by Nida Sophasarun

An Incomplete Mentorship by Rachel Jamison Webster

Ellen Bryant Voigt

Advice from an Unknown Poet Ep 05. Bad Advice

Ep 244: Possible Horrible Truth, Pt. 1

Nida’s poem Violent Femmes

Corniche by Les Murray

Secret show notes

Dead Poets Society (1989)

Paterson (2016)

A Quiet Passion (2016)
Yasujiro Ozu
Last Chance U (2016)
Friday Night Lights
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Reality Bites (1994)
Matthew’s essay Where the Money Is

The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Film Quarterly

Frequently 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

– Chr…