Our guest on episode 78 is poet Blake Auden, who has almost 300,000 Instagram followers and is known for speaking openly about mental health. He also has four collections of poems out in the world, and the most recent is Murmuration, which came out in October. He and I talked about what therapy and writing have in common, how he approaches social media so that it helps rather than hinders his mental health, and lots more. ***** Want to help the Brit Lit Podcast survive and thrive? Here are some painless ways. ***** Books Mentioned in this episode: Murmuration, by Blake Auden On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong Weather, by Jenny Offill Dept of Speculation, by Jenny Offill Girl, Unstrung, by Claire Handscombe This Time Next Year, by Sophie Cousens Just Haven't Met You Yet, by Sophie Cousens The Twelve Dates of Christmas, by Jenny Bayliss The Winter of Second Chances (UK)/The Season of Second Chances (US), by Jenny Bayliss On a Night Like This, by Lindsey Kelk Gifts, by Laura Barnett Black British Lives Matter, ed. Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe ***** Register for Claire's online book launch for Girl, Unstrung on 5th December here. In the US and now the UK, buy your hardbacks and paperbacks from Bookshop.org to support the podcast, as well as independent bookshops! In other countries, you can support the podcast by using this link to buy from Blackwells.com, which ships internationally at inexpensive rates. Get your first two audiobooks for just $14.99 with the code BRITLIT on Libro.fm. Help fund the podcast through this PayPal link! Buy Claire's novels, Unscripted and Girl, Unstrung. Sign up for Claire's mailing list. Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at [email protected] ***** The Brit Lit Podcast Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Website Blake Auden Website / Instagram Claire Twitter / Facebook / Blog / Novel / TikTok

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