The queens play a round of Step Your Poetry Up before poet-voicing porn dialogue.

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Here are links to some of the poems we mention:

Amy Lowell, "Patterns"
Robinson Jeffers, "Credo"
H.D., "Sea Rose"
Sara Teasdale, "Moonlight"
An essay on Hart Crane's "The River"
Robert Duncan, "My Mother Would Be a Falconress"
Theodore Roethke, "In a Dark Time"
Robert Creeley, "The Rain"
James Dickey, "The Sheep Child"
Galway Kinnell, "The Bear"
Stanley Kunitz, "Father and Son"

We make reference to the poet C. Dale Young--visit him online here.

If they wanted only to hold you, the queens could hold you prisoner in this tribute to America's most recent Nobel Laureate.

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"Happiness" from Descending Figure
Part 9 of "Marathon" in Meadowlands
"Adult Grief" in The Triumph of Achilles
"Lost Love" in Ararat
"New World" in Ararat
"Averno" from Averno
"Winter Morning" in Triumph of Achilles
"Crossroads" in A Village Life

Here are some remembrances of Glück published in The Paris Review.

Another terrific tribute appeared in Los Angeles Review of Books, collecting memories by Paul Tran, Katie Peterson, Spencer Reese, Eliza Gonzalez, and Richie Hofmann.

Listen to Glück read "Crossroads."

The queens get Bossy Rossy before they compare thee to a summer's eve.

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Ross Gay is a Leo who has authored four books of poetry: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding, and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. In addition to his poetry, Gay has released three collections of essays—The Book of Delights was a New York Times bestseller; Inciting Joy; and The Book of (More) Delights. Visit Ross Gay’s website here.

Ross Mathews is a Libra born Sept. 24, 1979. He’s appeared on numerous shows, and is currently a co-host on The Drew Barrymore Show and a judge on the panel of RuPaul’s Drag Race. He is also the author of two books: Name Drop and Man Up! And with his husband, Dr. Wellinthon Garcia-Mathews, who has a PhD in education and education policy. Visit Ross Mathews’s website here.

The Ross Gay poems we mention in the episode are:
“Sorrow Is Not My Name”
“Ode to the Puritan in Me”
"Poem to My Child, If Ever You Shall Be"
“Thank You”
"Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude”
"Opera Singer"

André Leon Talley was known for his love of bespoke black tie and colourful, couture kaftans – which he often wore together for red carpet events. Check out his top 10 fashion moments from Elle Magazine.

Drew Barrymore had a spit take with Ross Mathews (check it out here) and with Leslie Jones (check it at the 3:45 mark)

Ross Gay does love basketball. Read “Have I Even Told You Yet About the Courts I’ve Loved?” in LitHub.

You can follow Joy Behar on Instagram at @joyvbehar, and see the spat between RuPaul and Behar here.

Read Sonnet 18, “Shall I Compare Thee…” here or watch the fabulous Harriet Walter perform the poem here.

Watch this clip from 1969’s The Gay Deceivers to learn the difference between peonies and marigolds.

Gottmik’s RuPaul’s Drag Race roast appeared in “The Nice Girls Roast” not one dedicated just to Ross Mathews. You can watch Gottmik’s jokes here (hit the 8:45 mark). If you do want to watch the RPDR roast of Mathews, you can