It's a literary hot topics episode, baby!
We engage in some capital D Discourse, talking about how saying facts about poetry will get you sacked from your editing job, complaining about Sally Rooney's writing and complaining about complaints about Sally Rooney's writing, and the plague of Gay Sincerity.
Poetry editor fired: https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/barren-poetry-magazine-fires-editor-tweet/
Jessie Tu's Sally Rooney "review": https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/surely-there-are-better-literary-heroes-for-our-generation-than-sally-rooney-20210817-p58jfp.htmlÂ
Gay Sincerity is Scary: https://www.gawker.com/culture/gay-sincerity-is-scary