Really Dead Poets Society

Episode 14 of the A Generational Thing podcast, hosted by Natalia Latham and Angela J Latham, titled "Really Dead Poets Society" was published on April 28, 2024 and runs 40 minutes.

April 28, 2024 ·40m · A Generational Thing

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Send a text Be not afraid! It’s poetry month at the pod and Nat and Ang are here to cure your BARDOLOTRYPHOBIA. The gals serve up an irreverent crash course in love poetry, from Shakespeare’s sonnets to Solomon’s songs with (almost) nothing and no one in between. Find out which of our featured really famous, really dead poets is the literary heartthrob of the ages. Discover at last why Shakespeare and Solomon sound so much alike sometimes. Along the way, just try to keep track of all the hack...

Episode Description

Be not afraid! It’s poetry month at the pod and Nat and Ang are here to cure your BARDOLOTRYPHOBIA. The gals serve up an irreverent crash course in love poetry, from Shakespeare’s sonnets to Solomon’s songs with (almost) nothing and no one in between. Find out which of our featured really famous, really dead poets is the literary heartthrob of the ages. Discover at last why Shakespeare and Solomon sound so much alike sometimes. Along the way, just try to keep track of all the hackneyed metaphors Nat and Ang use to explain things. We dare you. And be sure to stick around for the singalong.

Zero credit offered and no homework. Just a romp.

RESOURCES
Poetic Forms Writer’s Digest
Sonnets of Shakespeare
Song of Songs/Song of Solomon
Rev. Rob Christ on Song of Songs (TikTok)
Zhang Longxi “The Letter or the Spirit”
Canonization of Song of Songs (including the views of William Whiston and the Latter Day Saints)
Sharon Olds Stag’s Leap
Oscar Wilde Ave Marie Gratia Plena

Poets Mentioned in Passing
Tyler Knott Gregson
Rupi Kaur
Taylor Swift (who?)
Mary Oliver

Just for Fun
The Hair of the Head of Shakespeare
New Yorker Radio Hour Podcast: Judi Dench on Bond and Shakespeare

Transitional Music and Sound Effects:
Jon Presstone, “Fancy and Friendly” and “Renaissance Revelry”
Storyblocks, Stadium Sound Effects

AGT and Nat and Ang on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/agenerationalthingpodcast/
https://www.instagram.com/natalia_latham/
https://www.instagram.com/angelajoylatham/
Logo by Kara Joy Schrock: https://www.instagram.com/kjreliquaries/
Technical consultant, Tim Godby
Music (for regular episodes):
"Curious Documentary" by Jon Presstone (intro and transitions)
"I Feel Fire" by we20fifty (outro)

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