Oct 11 Sharon Olds Reads ‘Bathing the Newborn’ and Other Poems Sharon Olds is one of the country's best-known and best-selling poets. Her latest book, "Stag's Leap," is a story of loss and mourning and healing after the end of a 32-year marriage. Continue reading
Sep 21 U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey Talks About Her New Job and Fourth Book Natasha Trethewey is a familiar face to NewsHour viewers and Art Beat visitors. She first talked to us in 2006 as she returned to her hometown in Mississippi to witness the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Recently, Trethewey took on the… Continue reading
Aug 08 Priscila Uppal Reads ‘Obsessive Compulsive Cycling Disorder’ By Tom LeGro Writer and professor Priscila Uppal is serving as "Poet in Residence" for Canadian Athletes Now, a non-profit group supporting Canada's athletes at the 2012 London Olympics. Continue reading
Aug 08 Finding Poetry in the Athleticism and Lingo of the Olympics By Margaret Myers Writer and professor Priscila Uppal is serving as "Poet in Residence" for Canadian Athletes Now, a non-profit group supporting Canada's athletes at the 2012 London Olympics. Uppal talks to Jeffrey Brown about her residency and where she's found inspiration, as… Continue reading
Jun 20 On a Mission for Preservation, Poet Natalie Diaz Returns to Her Roots After spending several years away from home, poet Natalie Diaz felt a calling to return to her reservation to help preserve the Mojave language, which is rapidly being lost. Continue reading
Jun 20 Natalie Diaz Reads ‘Reservation Mary’ and Other Poems Natalie Diaz grew up on the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation on the border of California, Arizona and Nevada. She returned because she felt a calling to help preserve the Mojave language, which is rapidly being lost. Diaz reads two poems… Continue reading
Jun 07 New Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey ‘Explores the Human Struggles We All Face’ Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey was named the 19th U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, the Library of Congress announced Thursday -- noting her ability to "dig beneath the surface of history." The NewsHour first profiled her in 2006 for… Continue reading