Hello! Welcome to another episode of Slush Pile! This episode is chock full of laughs and language exploration. After discussing Jason’s impressive performance in the weight room the gang rolls right into the introductions. Afterwards Kathleen goes balls to the wall and presents an interesting question for our listeners. Painted Bride Quarterly’s Slush Pile has started a poll to determine the names we will call our listeners. After discussing the options, we throw the choice back at you. After the madness that is our editors initial discussion we begin the discussion of two pieces by David Rock labled “Just Gravy” and “Driving through Idaho”.
David Rock has work appearing in The Carolina Quarterly, The Laurel Review, The Bitter Oleander, The Chattahoochee Review, Image, New American Writing, and other journals. An Idaho native, he teaches Spanish and international studies at Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg.
The first piece was interrupted by the barbaric yawp of Marion Wrenn’s beloved cat, Emi knows good poetry! The gang goes into depth with Rock’s amazing use of metaphors in “Just Gravy” and his excellent use of sound.
The second piece “Driving through Idaho” was luckily devoid of a cat-astrophe. The editors discuss the way the poem captures the spirit of a long ride. After some debate among the editors they move to a vote. Will these pieces make the cut? Slushies or Peeps? Stay tuned in and find out!
Episode 104: Accents and Human Remains
Episode 103: Strange Complicities and Confessions
Episode 102: Aging Tantric Pornstars
Episode 101: The Anti-Efficiency Episode
Episode 100: A Steady Lub Dub
Episode 99: Greek Mythos and Labyrinths
Episode 98: The Skin is Where the Body Stops
Episode 97: Navigating Dirtbags & Oracles
Episode 96: Larissa‘s Philly Hoagie Mouth
Episode 95: Sweet! Poems by Hillary Adler
Episode 94: Two Authors, One Episode
Episode 93: Go Away & Come Home
Episode 92: American Literature
Episode 91: Daydream Believer
Episode 90: Je Recuse! The Poems of Charlie Clark
Episode 89: Bloomwards & Eggsome
Episode 88: Life on Screen, or “Podcats”
Episode 87: “The Speaker is Clearly a French Fry”
Episode 86: Sonograms, Vanity & Truman Capote
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