James quizzes Aaron on his literary loves through the song titles of Cher. Then the homosexuals play Knockout: The Contemporary Poets Edition.

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1) Dorianne Laux. The poem we reference in What We Carry is called "The Lovers"

2) Timothy Liu "In the Outhouse" from Burnt Offerings (Copper Canyon, 1995; ISBN 1556591047)

3) Word of Mouth: An Anthology of Gay American Poetry (Talisman House, July 1, 2000; ISBN: 1584980060)

4) Marie Howe

5) Cher and the Elephant

6) Tim Dlugos was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and grew up in Arlington, Virginia. From 1968 to 1970, he was a Christian Brother at LaSalle College in Philadelphia. He left LaSalle and moved to Washington, DC, where he participated in the Mass Transit poetry readings. In the late 1970s, he moved to New York City and was active in the Lower East Side literary scene, where he was a contributing editor to Christopher Street magazine and on the Poetry Project staff. After learning that he was HIV positive, Dlugos studied at Yale University Divinity School to become an Episcopalian priest. He died of AIDS-related complications in 1990.

A Fast Life: The Collected Poems of Tim Dlugos edited by David Trinidad (Nightboat Books, May 10, 2011;  ISBN: 0984459839)

8) Linda Gregg: "Asking for Directions"

9) Louise Gluck: "Marina"

10) "Hate Poem" by Julie Sheehan

11) James calls Cher's "Main Man" a B-side, but it was actually released as a single for the album Cher. The B-side was "Hard Enough Getting Over You."