Aminatou Sow, writer and co-host of the popular podcast "Call Your Girlfriend," talks with Gwen and Frank about poetry, the mental treadmill of the Internet, and her childhood best friend: the librarian.

Book Recommendations

Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry by Imani Perry

Magical Negro by Morgan Parker

If They Come for Us by Fatimah Ashgar

Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell hooks

Also mentioned:

Microsoft Encarta '95

PEN15

"won't you celebrate with me" by Lucille Clifton

"Final Notations" by Adrienne Rich can be found in her collection, An Atlas of the Difficult World