Apr 30 Some Like It Hot: Glass Art at Third Degree Despite the medium's tendency toward transparency, glass blowing has a surprisingly opaque history. Continue reading
Apr 30 Poet Craig Arnold Goes Missing on Writing Trip An award-winning poet and assistant professor at the University of Wyoming disappeared after setting out to explore a volcano on the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu-jima. Continue reading
Apr 30 Bob Hicok Reads ‘Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down’ Poet Bob Hicok reads his poem "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down," which meditates on wealth disparity. Continue reading
Apr 30 Poet Craig Arnold Goes Missing on Writing Trip By Tom LeGro An award-winning poet and assistant professor at the University of Wyoming disappeared after setting out to explore a volcano on the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu-jima. Continue reading
Apr 29 Chuck Berry still thrills at Blueberry Hill By Arts Desk Chuck Berry is St. Louis music incarnate: hillbilly sound mixed with the rush of rhythm and blues. Continue reading
Apr 28 Conversation: Poet Carl Phillips By Arts Desk To read Carl Phillips to enter a world of finely-wrought poems that explore mind and body, history and intimacy. Phillips is a professor of English and African-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis and a much praised and honored… Continue reading
Apr 27 St. Louis Arts Help Anchor Neighborhoods Once upon a time, St. Louis's Delmar Loop used to be a fashionable shopping boulevard accessible by trolley car. But like many other great urban areas in the 1960s, white flight took a heavy toll on many St. Louis neighborhoods:… Continue reading
Apr 27 Weekly Poem: ‘To Drown in Honey’ Carl Phillips is the author of 10 books of poems, including most recently, "Speak Low." He is Professor of English and African-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also teaches in the Creative Writing Program. Continue reading
Apr 24 Conversation: Adina Hoffman, Author of the New Biography of Poet Taha Muhammad Ali By Arts Desk Several years ago I had the wonderful opportunity to travel through Israel and the West Bank to talk to Palestinian and Israeli poets. Among the remarkable writers I met there and the one who made the greatest impression on viewers… Continue reading