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Podcast: Painted Bride Quarterlyâs Slush Pile
Episode: Episode 149: A Secret (Intellectual) Boner
Description: We welcome in the new year with a full house today, Slushies, as we discuss two poems from Cal Freeman. The first poemâs title glacier reminds Kathy of this yearâs epic snowfall in Juneau, Alaska (though itâs forty inches, not forty feet, of snow). All that snow reminds Lisa of Bostonâs Vile Pile of snow that would not melt until July. Kathy deftly segues that memory back to our own slush pile. We admire Freemanâs use of sonics in âGlacial Erraticsâ and the poemâs subtle gestures towards relationship strife. We all agree weâre stealing the po...