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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

– Jonathan’s selection of poems by Lucille Clifton

– Unsparing Truths: On Lucille Clifton by Jordan Davis

– Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry, ed. Charles Henry Rowell

– Kevin Young

– The Committee Weighs in by Andrea Cohen

– Katharine Cristiani

– The Secret Show episode previewed at the end

Frequently mentioned names:

– Joshua Mehigan

– Shane McCrae

– A. E. Stallings

– Ryan Wilson

– Morri Creech

– Austin Allen

– Jonathan Farmer

– Zara Raab

– Ethan McGuire

– Coleman Glenn

– Alexis Sears

– JP Gritton

– Alex Pepple

– Ernie Hilbert

– Joanna Pearson

Other Ratbag Poetry Pods:

Poetry Says by Alice Allan

I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall

Versecraft by Elijah Blumov

Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed

Alice: Poetry Says

Brian: @BPlatzer

Cameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] com

Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com

Music by ETRNL

Art by Daniel Alexander Smith