Multi-hyphenate poetic talent Jackson McCarthy streams in to local loser from Wellington to talk about his new book Portrait.

Damien Levi does his due diligence and pulls some of his favourite lines to chat about, as well as getting into pop music, blonde boys, Toni Morrison, and perk butts wrapped up like presents, among other engaging topics.

Some links you may be interested in from this episode include ⁠one to purchase ⁠Portrait, Paula Green's chat with Jackson on NZ Poetry Shelf, and Jackson on ⁠Instagram⁠.

Books mentioned:

• Portrait by Jackson McCarthy
• The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
• Lucky Creatures by Joseph Trinidad
• Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
• Distinction by Pierre Bourdieu
• No Name in the Street by James Baldwin
• What to Wear by Jenny Bornholdt
• How to Be Happy Though Human: New and Selected Poems by Kate Camp
• Mixed Feelings by Maddie Ballard
• The New Animals by Pip Adam
• kluge by Pip Adam

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Other notable figures mentioned:

James Tate, James Brown, Dougal McNeill, Frank O'Hara, Anthony Zemke, Toni Morrison, Charlie Rose, Kura Forrester, Graham Tipene, Edward Glissant, Simon Frith, Cadence Chung, Chris Tse, Keira Batten Coogan.

Damien can be found on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠.

The local loser theme song is composed by Karen Hu.