This episode’s reading carries a content warning for discussion of online harassment. If you would like to skip the reading, fast forward to timestamp 0:17:25 from the start of the reading.
This time around, it’s my absolute delight to welcome to the show Brandon O’Briend (@therisingtithes)! Brandon reads from their story, “Content is Cuisine,” before we launch into a wonderful conversation about the intersection of poetry and game design, how recipes and poems are alike, and how H. P. Lovecraft was accidentally kinda hip-hop.
Things we mention in this episode:
The Moon Wants Me To Leave You
Can You Sign My Tentacle?, by Brandon O’Brien
Lovecraft’s cat (CW: racial slurs)
Sarah Gailey’s Personal Canons Cookbook
“Trust the Process,” by Hilary B. Bisenieks
Friends at the Table (of course)
“Call ACab,” by Sam Stone
“Spit on a Stranger,” by Nickel Creek
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