Dec 25 A.E. Stallings and Titos Patrikios By Tom LeGro A.E. Stallings and Titos Patrikios… Continue reading
Dec 25 From Greece: A.E. Stallings and Titos Patrikios Read Their Poetry By Tom LeGro Poet A.E. Stallings has lived in Athens, Greece, for the last 13 years. In 2011, she was awarded the MacArthur "genius" award and most recently published a collection titled "Olives," which includes poems about life -- both ancient and modern… Continue reading
Dec 25 Greek Poets Muse Austerity Measures: ‘We’ll Hawk the Parthenon to Buy Our Bread’ By Margaret Myers We examine the Greek economic crisis from a different angle -- from the perspective of poets, and through the prism of history, modern and ancient. Jeffrey Brown talks to poet and classicist A.E. Stallings, a resident of Athens for more… Continue reading
Dec 24 Poetry Magazine Celebrating 100 Years Christian Wiman, editor of Poetry magazine… Continue reading
Nov 23 After Sandy, Poet Describes ‘What It Means to Stand in the Rubble of Your Life’ Jennifer Fitzgerald's family and friends have been greatly impacted by superstorm Sandy, and though she immediately got involved in relief efforts in her Staten Island community, she felt that her poetry would be another way to reach a much larger… Continue reading
Nov 23 Jennifer Fitzgerald Reads ‘I Was Raised on an Island’ and Other Poems Jennifer Fitzgerald captured in poetry the struggle she witnessed in her community to recover after Hurricane Sandy. She also reads "I Was Raised on an Island" and "What It Means to Rise."… Continue reading
Nov 21 Poet Joy Harjo Shares Words of Celebration and Memory for Thanksgiving Joy Harjo, who was born into the Muscogee Creek Nation in Oklahoma, describes herself as a poet, musician, dreamer and questioner. Her poem "Perhaps the World Ends Here" is particularly fitting as people gather around the table to celebrate Thanksgiving. Continue reading
Oct 11 Poet Sharon Olds’ New Collection Mourns and Heals the End of a Marriage Sharon Olds shares work from her latest collection of poetry, "Stag's Leap." The poet also talks about her partner's New Hampshire nature retreat where she spends her days, about finding her poetic voice in her 30s, and the "usefulness" of… Continue reading