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Poetry & Things | Joseph Massey
The Pens and Poison Podcast EP 6
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Joseph Massey
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35:11
Reflections on My High School Reunion
On Private Schools, Social Climbing, and the Elites
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All About Audiobooks | B.J. Harrison
The Pens and Poison Podcast EP 5
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Representations of Telepathy in Literature | Alex Moffett
The Pens and Poison Podcast EP 4
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48:41
The English Alliterative Tradition | Eric Weiskott
The Pens and Poison Podcast EP 3
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What Happened to the English Major?
Students Are Fleeing the Humanities. English Departments Did This to Themselves.
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Bilingual Poetry | Jean Pierre Rueda
The Pens and Poison Podcast EP 2
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Jean-Pierre Rueda
45:31
The Decline of the Humanities | Yan Margolin
The Pens and Poison Podcast EP 1
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April 2025

Q&A with Liza Libes
Get to know the face behind Pens and Poison
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The Definitive List of 100 Poems to Read Before You Die
And 10 Overrated Poems You Can Skip
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In Defense of the College Essay
Students dread the application essay. Critics think it’s an exercise in fakery. Here’s why it’s worth preserving — and how to save it.
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Sign Up to Beta-Read My Newest Novel, The Leverkühn Quartet
I wrote a novel about a violinist. Here’s how you can be the first to read it.
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