Dec 31 Thursday on the NewsHour: Poetic Partnership By Tom LeGro You can watch Vera Pavlova read poems not shown on the program below and also check out our Poetry Series page for additional material. Continue reading
Dec 31 Vera Pavlova Reads 'Eternalize Me Just a Bit' and Other Poems By newshourpoetry Vera Pavlova was born in Moscow and began writing poetry at the age of 20. She is the author of 14 collections of poetry and the librettos to four operas and two cantatas. Her poems have been translated into 17… Continue reading
Dec 31 Russian Poet Vera Pavlova Celebrates Desire in New Collection By Margaret Myers A profile of Russian poet Vera Pavlova, who will release her first collection of poems in English, "If There is Something to Desire," next month. Continue reading
Dec 31 A Look at Google Books By Tom LeGro In another in our series about the future of literature and literacy, Spencer Michels looks at internet giant Google's controversial plan to offer millions of books online. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch Russian Poet Pavlova Celebrates Desire in New Collection A profile of Russian poet Vera Pavlova, who will release her first collection of poems in English, "If There is Something to Desire," next month. Continue watching
Dec 30 Spencer Michels: A Little Common Sense About Google Books The Google books story sounds pretty simple on the surface: Google wants to digitize or scan a large portion of the world's books, and then make them available for people searching a subject. That part is fairly straight forward. After… Continue reading
Dec 30 Marie Ponsot Reads 'Contracted' and Other Poems Marie Ponsot is an accomplished peoet and translator. Ponsot has published several books of poems, including most recently, "Easy" (2009), "Springing" (2002) and "The Bird Catcher" (1998), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for… Continue reading