“Some people haven’t read a poem since high school,” says poet C. Russell Price in this episode. They’re probably right, but the new book “Oh, You Thought This Was a Date? Apocalypse Poems” should bring people back for all the right reasons (sex, drugs, rock and roll, the end of the world, deeply personal reflections, wordplay and a wicked sense of humor).

Russell talks about a career in poetry, the apocalypse, the musical “Easter eggs” in the poems, LGBTQIA issues and how music and poetry work together. Russell also reads two poems from the book during the episode, which was super cool.

Worth noting: I end the episode with a FLARF! I wasn’t even aware as I was doing it.

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