In our final podcast episode, Dr. Herman Beavers from the University of Pennsylvania talks about the role of cultural and literary studies in poetry. During his lecture he covers five poems: “Incident” by Countee Cullen; “Frederick Douglass” by Robert E. Hayden; “Miss Rosie” and “Why some people be mad at me sometimes” by Lucille Clifton; and “American History” by Michael Harper. The podcast is marked explicit for the brief discussion of “Incident”.