Season 2–Episode 6–Bill Carty

Joshua and Jeff talk to Seattle-based poet Bill Carty. Topics discussed include: writing under the joy/pressure of having two young children, the mastery of Gang Starr, growing up in Maine, and his 2019 poetry collection Huge Cloudy, long-list nominated for the 2019 The Believer Book Award in the Poetry category.

Talk: 

Playlist:

Playlist setlist

Gang Starr: Ex Girl 

Bob Dylan: Buckets of Rain

Palace Music: New Partner 

Frank Ocean: Nikes 

Tierra Whack: Black Nails

William Basinski: Cascade  

Tinariwen: Jealous Desert  

Sharon Van Etten: Afraid of Nothing 

Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer: Bach Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530: I. Vivace

 

Artwork 

Igor Grabar–Winter Morning–1907