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Podcast: Painted Bride Quarterlyâs Slush Pile
Episode: Episode 144: Itâs a Big Hair Day!
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When Marion pops up on Zoom with her curls blown out to smooth newscaster perfection, itâs a hot topic and one that offers a perfect lead-in to the first poem up for discussion, âYour Hair Wants Cuttingâ by this episodeâs featured poet, Michael Montlack. The three poems weâre considering take inspiration from the Mad Hatter character in Lewis Carrollâs Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. We discuss, Slushies, how much, if any, contextual framing is needed to guide the reader when poems refer to a character who resides in our collective imagination.
We also ta...