Aaron Smith

Deep country cut: “A Man Holdin’ On (To a Woman Lettin’ Go). Ty Herndon. 1998 Single. Album: Big Hopes.

Sometimes I think there are two kinds of people in the world: those who want a toaster and research the best toaster for all the various reasons that one researches a toaster, and then there are people like me whose only requirement is that the toaster be red.

I Know You Know: Diane Seuss On “Ballad,” Negative Capability, and the Duende Christ was laid out in a glass coffin, like Snow White. I visited and re-visited him. He looked so much like my father on his deathbed.

This is an essay on my poem "Ballad," Keats's notion of Negative Capability, and Lorca's Duende, with a prompt and a link to the original poem. I'm happy to share it with you.

Absolutely.

@biancatherosestone.bsky.social posted this poem by Franz Wright on FB. I can’t stop thinking about it. I even gave it to my shrink because it articulates something I’ve been trying to explain to him for years.

Queer joy is always subversive. Tomorrow on the podcast, we're delivering some queer chuckles.

But if you also need a brick to throw, Stonewall style, we've got you there too.