The queens put the "arch" in "archive" and rediscover some favorite poetry blasts from the past.

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Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.
James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.

Listen to a reading Scott Cohen gave with poet Tom Weatherly at St. Mark's Poetry Project in 1968. Read his poem "Coke" from a 1971 issue of The Paris Review.

David Henderson was raised in Harlem and helped to found the Black Arts Movement. Henderson’s books include Neo-California (North Atlantic Books, 1998) and De Mayor of Harlem (E. P. Dutton, 1970). His first poetry collection, Felix of the Silent Forest, was published by Diane di Prima for Poets Press in 1967 with an introduction by Amiri Baraka. Read 3 of his poems here, or check out his Poem-A-Day selection (from Dec. 19, 2024) here.

Also, check out David Henderson reading his poems with comment in the Recording Laboratory, May 3, 1978

Carter Ratcliff's books on art include examinations of John Singer Sargent, Robert Longo, Jackson Pollock, and Andy Warhol. He won a Guggenheim for his fine art scholarship, and his articles and criticism have appeared widely in such magazines as Art in America, ARTnews, and Artforum. Check out his novel, Tequila Mockingbird and this poem from The Baffler.

Read more about Iris Rifkin-Gainer here and watch an interview with her regarding her work in dance therapy. Read a poem of hers here too.

Read Edwin Denby's bio as well as three poems here.

David Denby is indeed an American journalist and reviewed films until 2014 for The New Yorker.

The queens talk literary confidantes; then we discuss the pros and pitfalls of poetic friendships.

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Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.
James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.

NOTES:

Read a bit more about Spencer Williams's Tranz, including from the poem "Laramie" in the book, here.

Watch this reading celebrating the Transgender Day of Visibility, featuring some poets from our episode, including Amir Rabiyah and Stephanie Burt. Rabiyah's first book, Prayers for My 17th Chromosome, is available through Sibling Rivalry Press.

Here is "Queer Facts About Vegetables" by Oliver Baez Bendorf.

Read Jameson Fitzpatrick's poem "How to Feel Good" (and scroll for an essay by the poet).

Read Cameron Awkward-Rich "Lucille's Roaches" and visit the poet's website at https://www.cawkwardrich.com/

Read Joshua Jennifer Espinoza's sonnet from the episode.

Watch Espinoza read from her first book, I Don't Want to Be Understood, with guest D.A. Powell.

Read Taylor Johnson's "Trans is Against Nostalgia" and order Inheritance (Alice James).

Read Stephanie Burt's "Inside Out Stephanie" and check out the Breaking Form interview with Stephanie about the anthology she edited, Super Gay Poems.

Subhaga Crystal Bacon's "Crossings" appears in Transitory (Boa Books; purchase it here). Check out Bacon's website.

Read torrin a. greathouse's "There’s No Trace of the Word “Transgender” in Adrienne Rich’s Biography"

Anthologies:

Troubling the Line

We Want it All

Subject to Change

The queens talk literary confidantes; then we discuss the pros and pitfalls of poetic friendships.

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Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.
James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.

NOTES:

Check out Toni Morrison's 1987 eulogy for James Baldwin in the New York Times.

We read from Fran Lebowitz's remembrance of her friend Toni Morrison, printed in the Paris Review.

If you haven't already, read Brenda Hillman's "Male Nipples"

Read "The Curious Friendship of Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell" from The Atlantic.

Check out this exploration of the dynamics in literary friendships published in Esquire.