039 There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker
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If Julia and Victoria have learned one thing from Morgan Parker’s book of poetry There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé, it is this: Beyoncé is an important member of the classical poetry canon, and her words will be taught in schools and make their mark on society for years to come; as will Morgan Parker’s. Can’t argue with facts.
Mentioned in this episode:
Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker
Morgan Parker interview on Between The Covers
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
“Poet Morgan Parker’s LA Apartment Features Great Art, Cool Books, and One Seriously Sexy Sectional” Apartment Therapy
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” by Wallace Stevens
“The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats
The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Hayley
“99 Problems” by Jay Z
The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot
Her Body & Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (Episode 013)
Enjoyed this book? Here’s what else we recommend:
Magical Negro by Morgan Parker
How to Be Drawn by Terence Hayes
I’m So Fine: A List of Famous Men & What I Had On by Khadijah Queen (Episode 007)
Life recommendations (because quarantine is just life now…)
Violet Street by Local Natives
“Local Natives” episode of You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes
Ramy Season 2
Join the party and read ahead for our next episode:
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
