Discussing the Lit Blitz: J.S. Absher's "Mad Poet Passes"

Discussing the Lit Blitz: J.S. Absher's "Mad Poet Passes"

Annaliese discusses the poem “Mad Poet Passes” with J.S. Absher. We discuss how he employed the various poetic tools, and how the series this poem is a part of can speak truth in ways that people often avoid.

Read “Mad Poet Passes” - https://www.mormonlitlab.org/post/mad-poet-passes-by-j-s-absher

J.S. Absher recommends:

Rainer Maria Rilke
Elias Canetti

The Ruin of Kasch by Roberto Calasso - https://amzn.to/3JWfS6E (commission link)

W.H. AudenW.B. YeatsElizabeth BishopMarianne MooreConstantine P. CavafySeamus Heaney

Find J.S. Absher online:

“Patient Doe Escapes the Asylum and Goes on the Town” - https://issuu.com/eastcarolina/docs/2023-nclr-online-winter/88

https://www.jsabsherpoetry.com/

This interview was produced in coordination with the Mormon Lit Lab Podcast.

Audio editing: Liz Busby

Website - https://www.mormonlitlab.org/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mormonlitlab/

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