Season 11, Episode 237 A Bit Much with guest Lyndsay Rush

Our guest this week, Lyndsay Rush, says her work is for the "poetry curious." Her debut collection of poetry, titled A BIT MUCH, was published several weeks ago and is already a USA Today bestseller. She is a comedy writer who is also a branding professional who hadn't given a lot of thought to poetry until the pandemic. She started writing poems and posting to her personal instagram. When she felt like her family and friends couldn't take another poem, she started a Insta account dedicated to her poetry @Maryoliversdrunkcousin. One of her poems ("A Bit Much") went viral.

Her poems are short, often funny, sometimes raw, and she never wants to be too earnest. Her one rule is that it must end with a punch. This poet uses her skills at carefully chosen words from her professional life to create verse about love and self acceptance. She also often uses crazy headlines in the news as a prompt to make meaning in a topsy-turvy world.Books Mentioned In This Episode:

1- A Bit Much by Lyndsay Rush

2- Instructions for Traveling West by Joy Sullivan

3- A Five Start Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Meg Longley @ohlongley - Meet Me at the Museum by Ann Youngson

4- Weyward by Emilia Hart

5- I Miss You When I Blink: Essays by Mary Laura Philpott

6- I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

7- The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

8- Pets in the City: True Tales of a Manhattan House Call Vet by Dr. Amy Attas

Media mentioned—

1- The Wild Robot (2024)

2- Saltburn (Prime Video, 2023)

3- Wuthering Heights: Hollywood's worst case casting decisions -
www.bbc.com/culture/article/202…t-casting-decisions

4- A Room With a View (1985)

5- Downton Abbey (2010)