Apr 08 Mary Jo Bang Examines Grief's Poetic Form By Tom LeGro Mary Jo Bang is professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program at Washington University. Her fifth book, "Elegy," which won of the National Book Critics Circle Award, examines the pain and grief following the death of her… Continue reading
Apr 08 Mary Jo Bang Reads From 'Elegy' By newshourpoetry Poet Mary Jo Bang reads some of her poems from her 2007 collection "Elegy," which explores the poetic form of grief and mourning. Continue reading
Mar 03 Poetry of Li-Young Lee Is 'Descended from Dreamers' By Tom LeGro Li-Young Lee was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, to Chinese parents who had been exiled from China. After fleeing the regime of Indonesian President Sukarno in 1959 through Hong Kong, Macau and Japan, his family settled in the United States in… Continue reading
Mar 03 Li-Young Lee Reflects on Finding Home and Family By newshourpoetry In an extended interview, Li-Young Lee reflects on his sense of home, how he finds it in Chicago and in poems, and on his family, who came to the United States as political refugees. He also reads some of his… Continue reading
Dec 31 Ashbery Discusses Lifetime of Poetic Achievement Prolific poet and writer John Ashbery has long been honored as one of the country's most important writers. Ashbery shares some of his poetry and talks to the NewsHour about his life and artistic endeavors. Continue reading
Dec 31 John Ashbery Reads 'Composition' and Other Poems John Ashbery is the author of more than 30 volumes of poetry, criticism and essays, including most recently, "A Worldly Country" and "Selected Later Poems." He has won nearly every major American award for poetry, and his body of work… Continue reading