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Lisa Ampleman on Jorie Graham's "The Way Things Work"

Lisa Ampleman on Jorie Graham's "The Way Things Work"

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In this space and Taylor Swift-centric episode, I talk with Lisa Ampleman (Mom in Space) about Jorie Graham's poem "The Way Things Work" (The Dream of the Unified Field). Lisa has to sway me on this poem a bit. We chat about faith, infertility, and Rube Goldberg machines. Then Lisa shares her fantastic poem "Tenuous Blueprint" and I gush. Afterward, we play a game I call "My Very Elegant Mother Just Sat Upon Nine Porcupines" (Justice for Plato!). This episode is brought to you by Taylor Swift.

Also mentioned:

  • Andrew Chaiken's A Man on the Moon
  • Space wallpaper (not Lisa's)
  • Jorie Graham's To 2040
  • Lucie Brock-Broido
  • Attacks on IVF
  • Pluto (it's red!)
  • Voyager
  • The Webb telescope
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