Apr 26 C.D. Wright Reads from Her Book 'One With Others' By newshourpoetry C.D. Wright has published more than a dozen books, including "Rising, Falling, Hovering" (2008); "Like Something Flying Backwards: New and Selected Poems" (2007); and "One Big Self: An Investigation" (2003), a collaboration with photographer Deborah Luster to document Louisiana inmates. Continue reading
Apr 26 Poet C.D. Wright Weaves History, Reporting, Storytelling in Verse By Margaret Myers Brown University professor C.D. Wright weaves oral histories, news reports and interviews into her poetry. Her latest volume, "One With Others," looks back at the civil rights era in her native Arkansas. Continue reading
Mar 01 Charles Wright Reads 'No Angel' By artsdesk Charles Wright reads "No Angel." No Angel In the Kingdom of the Hollow-at-Heart, the insect is king. In the Kingdom of the Beyond, all lie where the ground is smooth. Everything's what it seems to be, and a little less. Continue reading
Mar 01 Charles Wright reads 'Hasta la Vista Buckaroo' By artsdesk Charles Wright reads "Hasta la Vista Buckaroo." Hasta la Vista Buckaroo So many have come and gone, undone like a rhinestone cowboy, Dazzle and snuff, Lord, dazzle and snuff, In a two-bit rodeo. The entrance to hell is just… Continue reading
Mar 01 Charles Wright reads 'When the Horses Gallop Away from Us, It's a Good Thing' By artsdesk Charles Wright reads "When the Horses Gallop Away from Us, It's a Good Thing." When the Horses Gallop Away from Us, It's a Good Thing I always find it strange—though I shouldn't—how creatures don't care for us the… Continue reading
Mar 01 Charles Wright Reads 'Together' By artsdesk Charles Wright reads "Together." Together I wish I had the capacity to see through my own death. Some flash light, some force of flame Picking out diamond points of falling leaves and the river of stars. This is the… Continue reading
Jan 04 In Haiti, Writer Kwame Dawes Tells of Quake Aftermath Through Poetry Writer Kwame Dawes has traveled to Haiti over the past year to report on and write poems about people's experiences after the earthquake. Jeffrey Brown's conversation with Dawes continues a series of reports in partnership with USA Today and the… Continue reading
Dec 31 Boise Poet Karena Youtz on 'Dead Art' of Poetry (Hint: It's Not Dead) By Margaret Myers Poet Karena Youtz shares her most recent collection of verses,"The Shape is Space," in the latest in a NewsHour series profiling poets around the world. Continue reading
Dec 31 Karena Youtz Reads 'Disrupted Motion' and 'Public Fruit' By newshourpoetry Karena Youtz is a poet who lives and writes in Boise, Idaho. She also writes lyrics for her husband Doug Martsch, lead singer for the Boise-based indie rock band Built to Spill. Continue reading