“You didn’t know you would need this poem”

Harryette Mullen and Chet’la Sebree on hidden histories, the plagues we live through, and (ahem) “dick’s tight hat band.” Mentioned in this episode: “Elliptical” from Sleeping With the Dictionary by Harryette Mullen Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey Olio by Tyehimba Jess The Age of Phillis by Honorée Fannone Jeffers “Hotter Than July” from Regaining Unconsciousness by Harryette Mullen and Hotter Than July by Stevie Wonder “Elegy for What Once Slept in a Cage” from Teeth Never Sleep by Ángel García