Tom Miller on Taking Creative Risks and How All Poets Suck But Him

About this episode

Jonathan Ball interviews poet Tom Miller about his book and the evolving role of poetry in media.

Jonathan welcomes poet Tom Miller to the podcast to talk about his latest book, All Poets Suck But Me: Why Am I Sad , and about poetry's evolving place within the larger media landscape. Join Jonathan's Patreon page for free at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠staystrange.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Subscribe to the Stranger Fiction YouTube channel at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠strangertv.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Purchase books & comics available from Stranger Fiction at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠strangerfiction.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan

Guest: Tom Miller

Topics covered

• creative risks
• poetry
• media landscape

Keywords

• All Poets Suck But Me
• poetry
• book discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Products: All Poets Suck But Me: Why Am I Sad

Books & works: Taking Creative Risks, All Poets Suck But Me: Why Am I Sad

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