A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long Allusions

Literary and Philosophical References

• Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass (28)
• Alfred North Whitehead (28)
• C.S. Lewis, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (46-50)

Pop Culture References

• JFG sign (4): Giovanni's grandparents' house in Knoxville would have been sandwiched between the sign pictured here, off the Gay Street Bridge, and the sign atop the JFG building in Old Knoxville, in the opposite direction.
• WLAC (9): the radio station based in Nashville, Tennessee
• Nat King Cole (13)
• Matt Dennis (13)
• June Christy (13)
• Ella Fitzgerald (13)
• Sarah Vaughan, "Black Coffee" (14)