Aug 04 Weekly Poem: W.S. Di Piero reads 'The Smell of Spearmint' By artsdesk W.S. Di Piero is a poet, essayist, art critic and translator. He is the author of 10 books of poetry including "The First Hour," "Skirts and Slacks," and "Nitro Nights." "Tombo" is his most recent collection of poems. The winner… Continue reading
Jul 28 Weekly Poem: Marianne Boruch brings life to her 'favorite cadaver' By Victoria Fleischer When poet Marianne Boruch took a gross anatomy class at Purdue University, she was most interested in a woman who had been nearly 100 years old when she died. “For some reason, this figure, my favorite cadaver, just pushed me… Continue reading
Jul 25 Garrison Keillor on loving poetry 'as clear statement' By Victoria Fleischer In college, Garrison Keillor, the host of American Public media’s “A Prairie Home Companion” and “The Writer’s Almanac,” majored in poetry. After he wrote his papers and received his degree, he didn’t look at it again until decades later, when… Continue reading
Jul 21 Weekly Poem: Jennifer Michael Hecht riffs off iconic poems By Victoria Fleischer In her book “Who Said,” Jennifer Michael Hecht is in conversation with a wide variety of poems, from Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken,” to the beginning of Dante’s “Inferno” and John Keats' “Ode to Autumn.”… Continue reading
Jul 14 Weekly Poem: Mark Bibbins reads 'Breakout Session' By artsdesk "They Don’t Kill You Because They’re Hungry, They Kill You Because They’re Full" was published in March 2014. Mark Bibbons' other collections include "The Dance of No Hard Feelings" and "Sky Lounge," for which he received a Lamba Literary Award. Continue reading
Jul 07 Weekly Poem: Rachel Zucker reads 'wish you were here you are' By artsdesk "The Pedestrians," a collection of prose and poetry, is Rachel Zucker's ninth book. She has published several books of poetry, including "Museum of Accidents," which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She also recently authored a… Continue reading
Jun 30 Weekly Poem: Peter Cole reads 'Song of the Shattering Vessels' By artsdesk "The Invention of Influence" is Peter Cole's fourth book of poetry. A named a MacArthur Fellow in 2007, Cole is also known for his translations, including "The Poetry of Kabbalah: Mystical Verse from the Jewish Tradition" and "The Dream of… Continue reading
Jun 23 Weekly Poem: Nick Lantz reads 'Fork with Two Tines Pushed Together' By Victoria Fleischer Nick Lantz has written three books of poetry. He won the Bread Loaf Writers Conferences Bakeless Prize for his first collection, "We Don’t Know We Don’t Know," and the Felix Pollack Prize in Poetry for his second collection, "The Lightning… Continue reading
Jun 16 Weekly Poem: Charlotte Boulay writes 'small moments of grace' By Victoria Fleischer Fifteen years ago, Charlotte Boulay visited India. The experience profoundly changed the poet. “It stayed with me, the feeling of being there … I just felt in love with the country. The things I saw there were such beautiful landscape… Continue reading
Jun 13 Pulitzer-winning poet Vijay Seshadri fuses the fantastic with the everyday By Frank Carlson The Bangalore-native, Brooklyn-based poet assiduously collects the details of his life, his world, his ruminations big and small, in the hope that once amassed and ordered they'll connect with readers and arrive at a higher meaning. Continue reading