http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/entertainment/poetry/A special NewsHour series that couples profiles of contempory poets with reports on news and trends in the world of poetry.NewsHour with Jim LehrerA special NewsHour series that couples profiles of contempory poets with reports on news and trends in the world of poetry.en-usCopyright 2008 MacNeil/Lehrer Productions. All Rights Reserved.Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:53:48 EDTFri, 15 Aug 2008 19:53:48 EDT144144http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/newshour/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/images/rss/promo_rss.jpg NoNewsHour, Poetry, Literature, BooksNewsHour with Jim Lehreronlineda@newshour.orgNewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec08/paullosapoet_07-25.htmlFri, 25 Jul 2008 18:50:00 EDTRicardo Pau-Llosa, a prolific Miami-based poet and critic of Latin American art, remembers the colors, tastes and memories that shaped his youth and his writing, taking him back to his native Cuba. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/07/25/20080725_poet28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june08/prisonpoetry_06-16.htmlMon, 16 Jun 2008 18:45:00 EDTFor more than 30 years, poet and professor Richard Shelton has traveled to a high security prison in Arizona to run a program that encourages prisoners to write and read poetry.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/06/16/20080616_poetry28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june08/words_05-09.htmlFri, 09 May 2008 18:45:00 EDT"The Warrior" by Frances Richey is composed of 28 poems written by the poet to her son, Ben, a Green Beret who has served two tours of duty in Iraq. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Richey and her son about the collection and their unique perspectives on the war.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/05/09/20080509_poetry28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june08/poetry_04-30.htmlWed, 30 Apr 2008 18:46:00 EDT"Time and Materials" by Robert Hass won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, becoming the first book of poetry since 1983 to win both the Pulitzer and the National Book Award. Hass talks about the collection.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/04/30/20080430_hass28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june08/poetry_04-24.htmlThu, 24 Apr 2008 18:46:00 EDTTerrance Hayes is the author of three books of poetry and is a professor of Creative Writing at Carnegie Mellon University. He discusses life as a poet in Pittsburgh, "where no one is a stranger," and shares some of his work.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/04/24/20080424_poet28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june08/poetry_04-10.htmlThu, 10 Apr 2008 18:48:00 EDTMary Jo Bang is professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program at Washington University. Her fifth book, "Elegy," which won of the National Book Critics Circle Award, examines the pain and grief following the death of her son. She shares two poems from the collection.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/04/10/20080410_bang28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june08/poetry_03-03.htmlMon, 03 Mar 2008 18:45:00 EDTLi-Young Lee was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, to Chinese parents who had been exiled from China. After fleeing the regime of Indonesian President Sukarno in 1959 through Hong Kong, Macau and Japan, his family settled in the United States in 1964. He shares two poems from his recent collection.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/03/03/20080303_poetry28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june08/bishop_02-14.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2008 18:46:00 EDTThe Library of America is publishing the collected works and letters of celebrated poet Elizabeth Bishop -- marking the first time it has done so for a woman poet. Two of Bishop's friends discuss and read her work.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/02/14/20080214_bishop28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec07/ashbery_12-31.htmlMon, 31 Dec 2007 18:46:00 EDTProlific poet and writer John Ashbery has long been honored as one of the country's most important writers. Ashbery shares some of his poetry and talks to the NewsHour about his life and artistic endeavors.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/12/31/20071231_ashbery28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec07/poetry_11-21.htmlWed, 21 Nov 2007 18:46:00 EDTAt the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Professor Elizabeth Samet's upper level poetry seminar unearths the creative side of soldiers-in-training. Jeffrey Brown looks at Samet's use of poetry and her new book entitled "Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point."http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/11/21/20071121_soldier28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec07/poetry_10-25.htmlThu, 25 Oct 2007 18:48:00 EDTPoet Karen Zaborowski Duffy has been a high school English teacher for 20 years. She's been a Philadelphia Phillies fan for even longer. Although her beloved team is not in this year's World Series, she shares a poem about being at the event years ago with her daughter.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/10/24/20071024_poetry.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec07/poetry_10-22.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2007 18:45:00 EDTCopper Canyon Press, a Seattle area poetry publishing firm, started out as a small enterprise where employees bound books by hand and sold them out of their cars. Today, government and foundation grants allow the press to bring lesser-known poetry to a wider audience.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/10/22/20071022_poetry28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/insider/entertainment/july-dec07/simic_10-02.htmlWed, 03 Oct 2007 15:50:00 EDTIn August 2007, Charles Simic was named Poet Laureate of the United States. Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Simic is the author of 18 books and is a Pulitzer Prize winner. He currently writes for the New York Review of Books and is Poetry Editor of the Paris Review. He answered your questions on the state of poetry today.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/10/02/20071002_simic28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec07/simic_09-26.htmlWed, 26 Sep 2007 18:45:00 EDTCharles Simic was named Poet Laureate last month by the Library of Congress. Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, he has authored 18 books and won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer. Simic reflects on his craft.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/09/26/20070926_simic28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec07/harjo_08-23.htmlThu, 23 Aug 2007 18:47:00 EDTBorn into the Muscogee Creek Nation in Oklahoma, Joy Harjo's poetry, song and saxophone music honor the Native American spirit.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/08/23/20070823_poet28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec07/ripening_07-09.htmlMon, 09 Jul 2007 18:25:00 EDTPaul Hunter, a poet, musician, instrument-maker, teacher, and editor and publisher, has produced letterpress books and broadsides under the imprint of Wood Works Press in Seattle. He talks about his works.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/07/09/20070709_poet28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec07/picnic_07-04.htmlWed, 04 Jul 2007 18:47:00 EDTPoet Gregory Djanikian, director of the creative writing program at the University of Pennsylvania, reads a poem about how immigrants "might contribute to the great melting pot of the English language."http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/07/04/20070704_poet28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june07/prelutsky_05-11.htmlFri, 11 May 2007 18:48:00 EDTJack Prelutsky, named the first children's poet laureate by the Poetry Foundation, which also helps fund the NewsHour's poetry coverage, talks about his young readers and shares some of his works from "Good Sports."http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/05/11/20070511_prelutsky28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june07/trethewey_04-25.htmlWed, 25 Apr 2007 18:47:00 EDTNatasha Trethewey recently won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for her work about black Civil War soldiers on the Mississippi coast. She discusses the collection, as well as her personal ties to the Gulf Coast.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/04/25/20070425_poet28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june07/poetry_03-22.htmlThu, 22 Mar 2007 18:40:00 EDTPoets in the Arab world have historically been important cultural figures, and this tradition continues among Palestinians. In the second of his reports on Middle East poetry, Jeffrey Brown discusses poetry's role in Arab society with three leading Palestinian poets.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/03/22/20070322_palestinianpoets28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june07/poetry_03-21.htmlWed, 21 Mar 2007 18:28:00 EDTPoets played a major role voicing the hardships and joys during Israel's founding. Today, the poetry scene is more fractured, much like the land itself. Three prominent Israeli poets reflect on the situation. A follow-up piece will feature Palestinian poets.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/03/21/20070321_israelipoetry28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june07/young_03-01.htmlThu, 01 Mar 2007 18:24:00 EDTEmory University professor and poet Kevin Young has released a collection of poems, titled "For the Confederate Dead," about returning to the South and "wrestling with some of the demons of history and war."http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/03/01/20070301_poet28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june07/lovepoetry_02-14.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 18:45:00 EDTTwo married poets have taken a new approach to crafting their works, participating in a Web experiment that forces them to write their poems in just 15 minutes. On Valentine's Day, the husband and wife team write love poems to one another via the site.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/02/14/20070214_lovepoetry28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec06/kinnell_12-15.htmlFri, 15 Dec 2006 18:47:00 EDTPoet Galway Kinnell reads "Why Regret?" a poem from his new book about "engaging ourselves with the common acts, the ordinary things, the other creatures."http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2006/12/15/20061215_kinnell28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec06/poem_11-06.htmlMon, 06 Nov 2006 18:50:00 EDTRobert Wrigley, Professor of English at the University of Idaho, casts his vote in the county fair building in a peaceful corner of rural Idaho, but that has not enabled him to escape the anger or passion of partisanship.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2006/11/06/20061106_poem28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec06/hall_10-16.htmlMon, 16 Oct 2006 18:40:00 EDTNew U.S. poet laureate Donald Hall gives a tour of his New Hampshire farm where he has written poetry for over 30 years. He also reads poems on nature, love and loss, suggests that poetry is becoming more popular and explores the art of saying the unsayable.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2006/10/16/20061016_poet28.mp3NewsHour with Jim Lehrerhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec06/poem_09-08.htmlFri, 08 Sep 2006 18:50:00 EDTFree verse poet Lucille Clifton reads "September Songs, A Poem in Seven Days" about the days surrounding Sept. 11, 2001 which included the terrorist attacks and the birth of her granddaughter. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2006/09/08/20060908_poem28.mp3