Nov 11 Weekly Poem: David Lehman reads 'Radio' By Victoria Fleischer Radio I left it on when I left the house for the pleasure of coming back ten hours later to the greatness of Teddy Wilson "After You've Gone" on the piano in the corner of the bedroom as I enter… Continue reading
Nov 04 Weekly Poem: Dexter L. Booth reads 'The Body' By News Desk The Body By Dexter L. Booth They split the hog down the middle. It was cold and raining, I remember the steam and the knife and the squeal and how they all left the body like a ghost. They lasted… Continue reading
Oct 28 Weekly Poem: Billy Collins reads 'Cheerios' By Victoria Fleischer // Cheerios One bright morning in a restaurant in Chicago as I waited for my eggs and toast, I opened the Tribune only to discover that I was the same age as Cheerios. Indeed, I was a few months older… Continue reading
Oct 25 Billy Collins reflects on his collection 'Aimless Love' and pretending to be serious By Victoria Fleischer Humor wasn't always integral to Billy Collins' poetry. The former U.S. poet laureate thought he had to be serious, or at least "pretend to be serious." Collins stopped by the NewsHour recently to speak with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown… Continue reading
Oct 23 Teen poets writing in a troubled city By Mary Jo Brooks EmbedVideo(7741); In addition to workshops and classes, InsideOut hosts poetry readings throughout the city. The NewsHour recently attended one at the Dell Pryor art gallery in Midtown Detroit. Here are Patty Lare, and two InsideOut alumni -- Terrell Morrow… Continue reading
Oct 23 Poet's Notebook: InsideOut in Detroit By Natasha Trethewey Natasha Tretheway and Jeffrey Brown visit with students at InsideOut, a Detroit-based literary arts project that exposes children to poetry. Photo by Mary Jo Brooks. Journeying to Detroit a few weeks ago I felt much as I did the… Continue reading
Oct 21 Stanley Plumly reads from 'Orphan Hours' By Ellen Rolfes // Poet and veteran teacher Stanley Plumly continues his exploration of personal memories, juxtaposing his childhood with 74 years worth of knowledge and perspective on the world, in his latest collection, "Orphan Hours: Poems." In addition to his writing, Plumly… Continue reading
Oct 14 Weekly Poem: Cathy Park Hong Reads 'Ballad in A' By Victoria Fleischer Ballad in A by Cathy Park Hong A Kansan plays cards, calls marshal a crawdad, that barb lands that rascal a slap; that Kansas jackass scats, camps back at caballada ranch. Hangs kack, ax, and camp hat. Kansan's nag mad… Continue reading
Oct 07 Poet Lorna Goodison reads 'To Make Various Sorts of Black' By News Desk Painting by Lorna Goodison, from the private collection of Dan Kelly, photographed by Hugh Wright For a long time, poet Lorna Goodison thought her creative talents would lead to a profession in the visual arts. But "one day the painting… Continue reading
Sep 30 Poet Gregory Orr: Poetry Is 'Concentrated Testimony' of Being Human Poet Gregory Orr rhapsodizes on a theme he has explored for nearly a decade: the "beloved," the things we love. Of course, what we love can change over time, he says. "It can make you crazy by ... shifting from… Continue reading