Michael Earl Craig on Shoeing Horses, Poetry, Grad School, Feedback, Raymond Carver, Family, and Creative Inheritance

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 308, my conversation with poet Michael Earl Craig. This episode first aired on August 31, 2014. Craig is originally from Dayton, Ohio. He is the author of several poetry collections, most recently Iggy Horse, which was published by Wave Books this past spring. His other collections include Woods and Clouds Interchangeable (Wave Books, 2019), Talkativeness (Wave Books, 2014), Thin Kimono (Wave Books, 2010), Yes, Master (Fence Books, 2006), Can You Relax in My House, (Fence Books, 2002), and the chapbook Jombang Jet (Factory Hollow Press, 2012). He lives in the Shields Valley, near Livingston, Montana, where he runs a full-time farrier practice. He was the 2015-2017 Poet Laureate of Montana. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, hello. What is going on out there? This is the Other People's show. I'm Brad
0:09.0	Lestey here in Los Angeles, California. How is everybody? Happy holidays. It is Friday, so it's
0:18.6	time for another flashback episode where I dig into the Other People archives and share an outtake from one of my older episodes out of the past.
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0:48.8	So today I'm going to be going back several years to August 31st, 2014. Episode 308, my conversation with
1:00.6	poet Michael Earl Craig. Michael Earl Craig is originally from Dayton, Ohio, and he is the author of several acclaimed poetry collections.
1:14.8	Most recently, a book called Iggy Horse, which was published by Wave Books just this past spring.
1:24.1	His other collections include wood and clouds interchangeable,
1:30.4	talkativeness, thin kimono, yes master, can you relax in my house,
1:40.3	and a chat book called John Bang Jet.
1:43.3	Michael Earl Craig lives in the Shields Valley near Livingston, Montana,
1:49.4	where he runs a full-time ferrier practice.
1:53.4	From 2015 through 2017, he was the poet laureate of the state of Montana.
2:00.7	An outtake from episode 308, my conversation, the Poet Laureate of the State of Montana.
2:09.8	An outtake from episode 308, my conversation with Michael Earl Craig, is coming up momentarily.
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