Hermetic Angelology: An Interview with Ryan Wilson

Topics discussed in this episode include:-The MFA Program at the University of St. Thomas-My episode on Ryan’s poem “Disobedience”-"How to Think Like a Poet" by Ryan Wilson-Wiseblood Books-New editions of Dryden and Pope soon come!-“The Catholic Writer Today” by Dana Gioia-David Rothman-New Verse Review’s St. Thomas issue-“A Season in Hell” by Arthur Rimbaud-“Pure and Impure Poetry” by Robert Penn Warren-The Fugitives, Agrarians, and New Critics-“The Waste Land” by T.S. Eliot-“Dante” by T.S. Eliot-“The World’s Body” by John Crowe Ransom-“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot-“From Ritual to Romance” by Jessie Weston-“Proteus Bound” by Ryan Wilson-“El Desdichado” by Gerard de Nerval-“An Archaic Torso of Apollo” by Rainer Maria Rilke-Joyce’s “Ulysses” and the mythic method-Aestheticism and Theophile Gautier-Negative Capability-Blake, Picasso, and derangement-Four Roses whiskey (sponsor me!)-“Rob Roy,” by Sir Walter Scott-“For the Highway Medians” by Matthew Buckley Smith-“To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick-A hypostatic, moral exegesis of the Odyssey-The Aeneid as tragedy-“Imitations” by Robert Lowell-Plutarch’s “Lives”-“Annus Mirabilis” by John Dryden-Dryden vs. Pope-Pope’s “Ode On Solitude” and “Essay On Man”-“Heorot” by Ryan WilsonSupport the showVISIT MY WEBSITE HERE.BUY VERSECRAFT MERCH HERE.VISIT THE VERSECRAFT SUBSTACK HERE.Please subscribe, rate, and review! Thanks so much for listening.You can leave me a tip, support the podcast, or request a commission here! TikTok:  @versecraftSend me a note at: [email protected] favorite poetry podcasts for: Sharp thoughts and cutting truths (Matthew): Sleerickets  Lovely introspection and sensitive reflection (Alice): Poetry Says The landscape of Ohioan poetry (Jeremy): Poetry Spotlight  Supported in part by The Ohio Poetry AssociationArt by David Anthony KlugList of the most common metrical feet: Iamb: weak-STRONG (u /)Trochee: STRONG-weak (/ u)Anapest: weak-weak-STRONG (u u /)Amphibrach: weak-STRONG-weak (u / u)Dactyl: STRONG-weak-weak (/ u u)Cretic: STRONG-weak-STRONG (/ u /)Pyrrhic: weak-weak (u u)Spondee: STRONG-STRONG (/ /)