The Life and Times of Jack Gilbert: Have a Something Day

This week, in honor of (belated) National Poetry Month, we present to you the adorable and magnificent life of Jackie's favorite dead poet, Jack Gilbert, who beat out at least three other poets for this honor due to being Not Boring or Racist. Rachel has an important announcement you will wait a long time for. Bekah's favorite poet is Howard Stern. Jackie edits a Wikipedia page repeatedly and then gives up. Nikita is here in spirit but not in form.Topics include: Clerical errors, circus hijinks, an autosomal dominant family history of falling from great heights, Sean Lennon, bhangra dancing, being forced to try out for a musical, Allen Ginsberg not liking Allen Ginsberg's poetry, angels dictating poems to mere mortals, Beat poets blowing it, a thorax exoskeleton designed for European adventure, ants in saucepans, hairs in avocado plants, maybe being married and maybe not, the importance of not having a nothing day, and of course, weird porn that no one had to make but made anyway. Sources:Jack Gilbert - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_GilbertThe Ghost Inside: A Profile of Jack Gilbert - by Sarah Manguso https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/68485/the-ghost-insideThe Jack Gilbert Papers: Emory University Librarieshttps://archives.libraries.emory.edu/repositories/7/resources/2748Jack Gilbert - Poets.orghttps://poets.org/poet/jack-gilbert#tabbed-contentMy Mother Taught Me: A Poet’s Misadventures in Erotica - by Dan Piepenbringhttps://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/02/18/my-mother-taught-me/#more-82843Jack Gilbert, The Art of Poetry No. 91, interviewed by Sarah Fay - The Paris Reviewhttps://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5583/the-art-of-poetry-no-91-jack-gilbertA Review of Refusing Heaven by Jack Gilbert - by Sarah Mangusohttps://www.thebeliever.net/jack-gilberts-refusing-heaven/The 'Stubborn Gladness' of Elizabeth Gilbert's Favorite Poet - by Joe Fasslerhttps://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/11/the-stubborn-gladness-of-elizabeth-gilberts-favorite-poet/281158/?gift=UUEirFtRmMpatJDRb4kN01vcMB3hTEFChlmfUCvfgh8Jack Gilbert, American Poet, Dies at 87 - by David Haglundhttps://slate.com/culture/2012/11/jack-gilbert-dead-poet-was-87.html Poet Jack Gilbert’s time of triumph and loss - by John Pennerhttps://www.latimes.com/books/la-xpm-2012-nov-12-la-et-jc-jack-gilbert-20121112-story.htmlJack Gilbert dies at 87; unconventional poet knew fame and obscurity - by John Pennerhttps://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jack-gilbert-20121114-story.htmlJack Gilbert, a Poet Whose Words Transformed Lives, Is Dead at 87 - by Bruce Weberhttps://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/books/jack-gilbert-a-poet-off-the-literary-grid-dies-at-87.html ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★