Poets Watching TV

Poets Watching TV: What Hot Ones Has Taught Me About Fear & Creativity

What can a chicken-wing based internet talk show teach us about writing? A list of spicy takeaways from food media's most bingeable show.

Feb 15, 2023 • Caitlin Cowan

Poets Watching TV: Neil Gaiman’s Knowledge of Folklore Contributes to One of The Sandman’s Best Scenes

Shapeshifting as Poetry and Other Myths

Nov 9, 2022 • Ennis Rook

Poets Watching TV: More Lessons in Creativity from Bo Burnham's Inside Outtakes

One man's trash is another man's trash. But it reminds you what the treasure really looks like.

Jun 23, 2022 • Caitlin Cowan

Poets Watching TV: 10 Things This Poet (Re)Learned from Bo Burnham’s Inside

The genre-bending comic's Netflix special made a huge splash last year and was recently honored with a Grammy in addition to its other accolades. It's…

Apr 27, 2022 • Caitlin Cowan

Poets Watching TV: 6 Tips on the Creative Life from Bake-Off Imitator All That Glitters

Though it feels like a less-charming little brother to the Great British Bake-Off, HBO Max's All That Glitters still has lessons to teach us about life…

Jan 19, 2022 • Caitlin Cowan

Poets Watching TV: Don't Let AHS Fool You—Talent and Creativity Don't Have a Relationship

Don't take the black pill! Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk's long-running horror anthology series wants you to believe in the Haves and the Have-Nots when it…

Oct 27, 2021 • Caitlin Cowan

Poets Watching TV: Binging with Babish's Andrew Rea Knows Imitation Is Not the Sincerest Form of Flattery

The star of the popular YouTube cooking show recreates dishes found on film, in video games, and on TV. But once his experiment in imitation is over, he…

Sep 8, 2021 • Caitlin Cowan

Poets Watching TV: What Bob Ross Taught Me About "Indication"

Some Happy Little Creativity Tips

May 18, 2021 • Caitlin Cowan

Poets Watching TV: Alinea and the Poetry Game

Up Your Creative Quotient & Watch the Tube Like an Artist

Apr 6, 2021 • Caitlin Cowan

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