Jan 27 In 'Money Shot,' Poet Armantrout Reacts to Financial Crisis in Verse Rae Armantrout's poetry finds its place at the intersection of the public and the private. Armantrout won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award for her 2009 collection, "Versed."… Continue reading
Dec 16 In Anthology, Rita Dove Connects American Poets' Intergenerational Conversations Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove was recently given what may be the biggest honor -- and challenge -- of her career: sorting through poems from the last 100 years to create "The Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry."… Continue reading
Dec 16 Rita Dove Reads 'Singsong' and Other Poems Rita Dove, one of the nation's most preeminent poets, has published a novel, a play, a book of short stories and nine collections of verse, including one that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Dove reads "Singsong" and "Fox Trot Fridays."… Continue reading
Oct 24 In 'Human Chain,' Nobel-Winning Poet Seamus Heaney Digs Into the Past In his native Ireland, he's known as "Famous Seamus," and indeed, Seamus Heaney -- winner of the Nobel Prize in 1995 -- is a world-famous poet. Now 72, his new collection, "Human Chain," contains poems that are, as always for… Continue reading
Oct 24 Seamus Heaney Reads From 'Human Chain' Seamus Heaney is widely recognized as one of the major poets of the 20th century. Heaney's collection "Human Chain" contains poems that are, as always for him, grounded in the physical world but also take a look back. Continue reading
Oct 05 Poet Donald Hall Reflects on Love, Death and New Hampshire "Love, death and New Hampshire," Donald Hall once said when asked what he writes about. It remains true in the former US Poet Laureate's newly published book of poems, "The Back Chamber."… Continue reading
Aug 30 Poet, Activist Ernesto Cardenal Explores Cosmos, Humanity in Verse By Tom LeGro Ernesto Cardenal, one of Latin America's most renowned, but also controversial, poets and political activists, has shifted his recent work to reflect on humanity's connection to nature and relationship to the universe. Ray Suarez speaks with the poet about his… Continue reading