PopPoetry
Pop culture meets poetry: explainers, author interviews, book reviews, & exercises for the creative mind and writers of all kinds. Written by Caitlin Cowan.
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- Sep 17, 2026
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Reality Still Bites (opens the original)
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How I Write: “This Book Is Too Long, This Book Will Never Be Long Enough” (opens the original)
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All That Glitters: David Duchovny Can Write (opens the original)
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Christopher Nolan's Odyssey Is Epic, but His Estimation of Poetry's Place in Our Culture Is Minuscule. (opens the original)
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I've Got Some Bad News: The Ralph Fiennes Odyssey Adaptation Is... OK. (opens the original)
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This is PopPoetry’s Epic Summer Odyssey: We’re looking back at silver screen adaptations of Homer’s famous poem in the run-up to the film event of 2026: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. Subscribe to get each weekly installment of the series delivered to your inbox.Upgrade to a paid subscription to become a part of the PopPoetry<a href="https://open.substack.com/cha
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