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.Online NewsHourA special NewsHour series that couples profiles of contempory poets with reports on news and trends in the world of poetry.en-usCopyright 2009 MacNeil/Lehrer Productions. All Rights Reserved.Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:02:55 ESTFri, 27 Nov 2009 20:02:55 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/newshour/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/images/rss/promo_rss.jpg NoNewsHour, Poetry, Literature, BooksOnline NewsHouronlineda@newshour.orgOnline NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/11/weekly-poems-keith-waldrop-2009-national-book-award-winner.htmlMon, 23 Nov 2009 15:13:00 ESTKeith Waldrop won the 2009 National Book Award for "Transcendental Studies," a trilogy of collage poems. The two poems below are from "Transcendental Studies."http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/art/20091123_waldrop_full.mp306:53Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/11/weekly-poem-storm.htmlMon, 16 Nov 2009 09:51:00 ESTKwame Dawes is director of the South Carolina Poetry Initiative and the University of South Carolina Arts Institute, where he also teaches as distinguished poet in residence.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/poetry/dawes_storm28.mp301:52Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/11/weekly-poems-a-double-from-the-mets-poet.htmlMon, 02 Nov 2009 12:20:00 ESTFrank Messina, also known as the "Mets Poet," is the author of four books of poetry, including "Full Count: The Book of Mets Poetry," released in April, and "Disorderly Conduct," published in 2002.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/art/20091102_messina.mp301:23Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/10/weekly-poem-the-golden-window.htmlMon, 26 Oct 2009 11:38:00 ESTJim Harrison has published more than 30 collections of poetry and prose. "In Search of Small Gods" is his twelfth book of poems.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/poetry/harrison_golden_window.mp301:00Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec09/alexie_10-22.htmlThu, 22 Oct 2009 18:48:00 ESTAuthor Sherman Alexie talks about his new book of poetry called "Faces" and his new short story collection, "War Dances."http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/10/22/20091022_alexie.mp305:22Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/10/poet-laureate-kay-ryan-pushes-verse-for-community-colleges.htmlThu, 22 Oct 2009 13:38:00 ESTKay Ryan came into office as an "unlikely" poet laureate, she has said, living a quiet life in California, working away on her refined, compact verse. Now in her second term as the 16th U.S. poet laureate, she has decided on a project to share with the nation.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/art/20091022_ryan.mp308:09Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/10/weekly-poem-ode-to-mix-tapes.htmlMon, 19 Oct 2009 11:04:00 ESTSherman Alexie is a Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian born on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Wash. He is the author of several novels and collections of short fiction and poetry, including "Face" and "War Dances," published this year.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/poetry/alexie_ode_to_mix_tapes.mp301:22Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/10/weekly-poem-domestique.htmlMon, 12 Oct 2009 12:11:00 ESTHeather McHugh was among the recipients of the so-called "Genius Award" (i.e. the 2009 MacArthur Fellowship).http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/poetry/mchugh_domestique.mp301:00Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/10/weekly-poem-if-a-person-visits-someone-in-a-dream-in-some-cultures-the-dreamer-thanks-them.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2009 11:03:00 ESTJean Valentine has published 11 books of poetry and is also the editor of "The Lighthouse Keeper: Essays on the Poetry of Eleanor Ross Taylor." Last month, she won the 2009 Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/art/20091005_valentine.mp301:55Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:48:00 ESTAlbert Goldbarth discusses his writing, his toy collection and his latest book of poetry, "To Be Read in 500 Years." http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/10/01/20091001_goldbarth.mp304:31Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/09/weekly-poem-september-inverness.htmlMon, 28 Sep 2009 10:09:00 ESTRobert Hass served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. His books of poetry include "Time and Materials" (2007 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner).http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/poetry/hass_september_inverness28.mp301:00Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec09/genius_09-22.htmlTue, 22 Sep 2009 18:49:00 ESTA profile of Seattle poet Heather McHugh, who was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship on Tuesday.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/09/22/20090922_poet.mp305:28Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/09/macarthur-winner-mchugh-serves-up-weekly-poem.htmlTue, 22 Sep 2009 10:00:00 ESTAmong today's recipients of the so-called "Genius Award" (i.e. the MacArthur Fellowship) is poet Heather McHugh.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/art/20090922_weekly_mchugh.mp302:09Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/09/conversation-patti-smith-reflects-on-the-life-of-her-friend-jim-carroll.htmlMon, 14 Sep 2009 17:21:00 ESTIt was Patti Smith who first encouraged Jim Carroll to blend his poetry with rock 'n' roll, bringing him on stage to perform his work with her band. He went on to form the Jim Carroll Band. Jeffrey Brown talks to Smith about her friend, who passed away Friday.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/art/20090914_carroll_smith.mp306:24Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/09/rocker-poet-jim-carroll-dies-at-age-60.htmlMon, 14 Sep 2009 12:56:00 ESTJim Carroll, the poet and punk rocker who wrote "The Basketball Diaries," passed away Friday at the age of 60. Our weekly poem is Carroll's "Heroin," which originally appeared in the Paris Review, Issue 48, Fall 1969. The audio was recorded in 2001 and made available by Salon.com.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/art/20090914_carroll_weekly.mp302:00Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/09/weekly-poem-first-thing.htmlMon, 07 Sep 2009 15:11:00 ESTPaul Hunter is a poet, musician and teacher. He produces letterpress books and broadsides under the imprint of Wood Works Press, his poems have appeared many journals, and he's the author of several chapbooks and four books of poetry.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/poetry/hunter_first_thing28.mp301:13Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/08/weekly-poem-erasers.htmlMon, 31 Aug 2009 11:29:00 ESTMary Jo Salter is a poet, lyricist, playwright and essayist, whose latest collection of poems, "A Phone Call to the Future: New and Selected Poems," was published in March 2008.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/poetry/salter_erasers28.mp301:28Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/08/weekly-poem-physical-portrait-retrato-fisico.htmlMon, 24 Aug 2009 12:14:00 ESTCecilia Vicuna's visual work has been exihibited at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, the Whitney Museum of American Art and MoMA. She is also co-editor of the Oxford Book of Latin American Poetry, which was published this month.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/art/20090824_weekly.MP302:16Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec09/poetry_08-17.htmlMon, 17 Aug 2009 18:48:00 ESTPoet and toy collector Albert Goldbarth is a two-time winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, as well as the Mark Twain Prize for Humor. In an interview with Jeffrey Brown, Goldbarth discusses his writing, and his latest book of poetry,"To Be Read in 500 Years." http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/08/17/20090817_poet.mp304:30Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/08/weekly-poem-beauty-parlor.htmlMon, 17 Aug 2009 11:46:00 ESTAndrea Hollander Budy is the author of three poetry collections: "Woman in the Painting," "The Other Life" and "House Without a Dreamer," which won the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/art/20090817_weekly_budy.mp301:30Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/08/weekly-poem-too-here.htmlMon, 10 Aug 2009 11:34:00 ESTAlbert Goldbarth is the author of more than twenty books of poetry and has won numerous awards, including two National Book Critics Circle Awards. He is a professor of humanities at Wichita State University, where he has taught since 1987.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/art/20090810_goldbarth_weekly.mp301:21Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/08/weekly-poem-living-room.htmlMon, 03 Aug 2009 10:58:00 ESTAndrea Hollander Budy is the author of three poetry collections: "Woman in the Painting," "The Other Life" and "House Without a Dreamer." She is also the editor of "When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women."http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/art/20090803_weekly_budy.mp301:58Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/07/weekly-poem-how-simile-works.htmlTue, 28 Jul 2009 12:26:00 ESTAlbert Goldbarth is the author of more than twenty books of poetry and has won numerous awards, including two National Book Critics Circle Awards. He is a professor of humanities at Wichita State University, where he has taught since 1987.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/art/20090728_goldbarth_weekly.mp301:16Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/07/weekly-poem-barking.htmlTue, 21 Jul 2009 10:25:00 ESTJim Harrison has published more than 30 collections of poetry and prose. "In Search of Small Gods" is his twelfth book of poems. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/poetry/harrison_barking.mp301:00Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/07/weekly-poem-like-hearing-your-name-called-in-a-language-you-dont-understand.htmlMon, 13 Jul 2009 10:13:00 ESTC.D. Wright has published 13 collections of poetry and prose. "Like Hearing Your Name Called in a Language You Don't Understand" is taken from "Rising, Falling, Hovering" (Copper Canyon, 2008), which in June won the Griffin Poetry Prize.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/art/20090713_wright_weekly.mp301:44Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec09/jimharrison_07-09.htmlThu, 09 Jul 2009 18:44:00 ESTMost of Jim Harrison's 32 books have been set in the sparsely populated areas he knows well: Northern Michigan, the Sandhills of Nebraska, the Arizona-Mexico border and in the beautiful "Paradise Valley" near Livingston, Mt., where he now lives much of the year. Jeffrey Brown reports.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/07/09/20090709_poet.mp307:23Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/07/weekly-poem-re-happiness-in-pursuit-thereof.htmlWed, 08 Jul 2009 10:52:00 ESTC.D. Wright has published 13 collections of poetry and prose. "Re: Happiness, in pursuit thereof" is taken from her most recent book, "Rising, Falling, Hovering" (Copper Canyon, 2008), which in June won Canada's Griffin Poetry Prize, bestowed by the Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/art/20090706_wright_weekly.mp301:20Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/06/weekly-poem-myth.htmlMon, 29 Jun 2009 12:01:00 ESTNatasha Trethewey won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2007 for her book, "Native Guard," written about her mother and black Civil War soldiers on the Mississippi coast.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/poetry/trethewey_myth28.mp301:15