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Lance Larsen: Rattle Chapbook Prize Winner & Secretary of the Invisible Thing | Rattlecast 360

Sep 22, 2026 · 1 hr 49 min · 15 segments

Lance Larsen joins Timothy Green on The Rattlecast to celebrate Secretary of the Invisible Thing, one of the three winners of the 2026 Rattle Chapbook Prize. A former Poet Laureate of Utah, Larsen is…

Lance Larsen joins Timothy Green on The Rattlecast to celebrate Secretary of the Invisible Thing, one of the three winners of the 2026 Rattle Chapbook Prize. A former Poet Laureate of Utah, Larsen is the author of six full-length poetry collections, including Making a Kingdom of It, What the Body Knows, and Genius Loci. His poems have appeared in Poetry, The New York Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, The Southern Review, and elsewhere, and his honors include a Pushcart Prize and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. In this episode, we’ll read from Secretary of th...

Lance Larsen joins Timothy Green on The Rattlecast to celebrate Secretary of the Invisible Thing, one of the three winners of the 2026 Rattle Chapbook Prize. A former Poet Laureate of Utah, Larsen is…

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Speakers: Lance LarsenGuestTimothy GreenHostKatie DozierHostDick WestheimerPanelistRyan McCartyGuestSuzanne RegéGuestTina DeniclawGuestSally MillsGuestJeff StumpoGuestJared CampbellGuestJonathan SmithGuestDavid PitcherGuestLou WattsGuest

Top entities: Lance Larsen×47 Ryan McCarty×8 Quail eggs×4 David Bowie×2 Billy Collins×2

Prompt Lines: Foxes, Mountain Lions, and Community1:12:44 – 1:23:13

Timothy GreenHost

1:12:44

And we're back.

Timothy GreenHost

1:12:44

Thanks so much for your patience.

Timothy GreenHost

1:12:46

I'm here with our creative editor, prompts editor, and my wife, Katie Dozier.

Timothy GreenHost

1:12:50

How you doing, Katie?

Katie DozierHost

1:12:51

I'm doing great.

Katie DozierHost

1:12:51

I really love that discussion, especially with Lance talking about his obsession with short poems.

Katie DozierHost

1:12:57

I can relate.

Timothy GreenHost

1:12:58

Yeah, yeah, definitely.

Timothy GreenHost

1:12:59

But surprising.

Timothy GreenHost

1:13:00

But surprising.

Timothy GreenHost

1:13:01

Lance writes like chunky boys, you know? I know, he

Katie DozierHost

1:13:03

does.

Katie DozierHost

1:13:03

He does.

Katie DozierHost

1:13:04

The page and a half is where I would clock him in at.

Timothy GreenHost

1:13:06

Yeah.

Katie DozierHost

1:13:07

Imagine if he didn't feel that way, though.

Katie DozierHost

1:13:08

Yeah.

Timothy GreenHost

1:13:08

yeah definitely all right so the prompt for this week was to let me scroll down to it it was to this write a poem about a specific wild animal include as many tactile um details as possible so what'd you do katie

Katie DozierHost

1:13:26

i took us back to london oh

Timothy GreenHost

1:13:28

nice okay love london we get a great time there

Katie DozierHost

1:13:31

Chief Mourner The fox rode himself into their picnic right in Highgate Cemetery.

Katie DozierHost

1:13:37

Two men on a bench eating from steel bento boxes.

Katie DozierHost

1:13:41

It could have been any year for the fox.

Katie DozierHost

1:13:43

The em dashes on graves had always been covered in moss.

Katie DozierHost

1:13:46

His tail, the lit tip of a match.

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Prompt Lines: Foxes, Mountain Lions, and Community1:12:44 – 1:23:13

Timothy GreenHost

1:12:44

And we're back.

Timothy GreenHost

1:12:44

Thanks so much for your patience.

Timothy GreenHost

1:12:46

I'm here with our creative editor, prompts editor, and my wife, Katie Dozier.

Timothy GreenHost

1:12:50

How you doing, Katie?

Katie DozierHost

1:12:51

I'm doing great.

Katie DozierHost

1:12:51

I really love that discussion, especially with Lance talking about his obsession with short poems.

Katie DozierHost

1:12:57

I can relate.

Timothy GreenHost

1:12:58

Yeah, yeah, definitely.

Timothy GreenHost

1:12:59

But surprising.

Timothy GreenHost

1:13:00

But surprising.

Timothy GreenHost

1:13:01

Lance writes like chunky boys, you know? I know, he

Katie DozierHost

1:13:03

does.

Katie DozierHost

1:13:03

He does.

Katie DozierHost

1:13:04

The page and a half is where I would clock him in at.

Timothy GreenHost

1:13:06

Yeah.

Katie DozierHost

1:13:07

Imagine if he didn't feel that way, though.

Katie DozierHost

1:13:08

Yeah.

Timothy GreenHost

1:13:08

yeah definitely all right so the prompt for this week was to let me scroll down to it it was to this write a poem about a specific wild animal include as many tactile um details as possible so what'd you do katie

Katie DozierHost

1:13:26

i took us back to london oh

Timothy GreenHost

1:13:28

nice okay love london we get a great time there

Katie DozierHost

1:13:31

Chief Mourner The fox rode himself into their picnic right in Highgate Cemetery.

Katie DozierHost

1:13:37

Two men on a bench eating from steel bento boxes.

Katie DozierHost

1:13:41

It could have been any year for the fox.

Katie DozierHost

1:13:43

The em dashes on graves had always been covered in moss.

Katie DozierHost

1:13:46

His tail, the lit tip of a match.

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