I talk with Amit Majmudar (What He Did in Solitary; The Map and the Scissors; Black Avatar and Other Essays) about Sir Walter Raleigh's "The Lie." We talk about the poem's range and skill; specificity and particularity; whether lying has become more common or not; and origin stories. Afterward, Amit invents several new poetic forms.

Additional mentions:

• "Sir Walter Raleigh to His Son"
• Don Paterson's poem "The Lie"
• Raleigh's "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd"
• Anna Beer's biography Patriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Raleigh
• Montaigne's essay "Of Giving the Lie"
• Acre Books and The Cincinnati Review
• Hanuman