Lora’s Recent Stories
Arts Dec 21
12 gifts of poetry for everyone on your listPoets and literary editors share a timeless present -- one that never shrinks, breaks or runs out of battery life.
Nation Nov 22
‘They’re my family right now.’ Thanksgiving in a California wildfire shelterSurvivors and rescue workers were committed to creating some semblance of normalcy, which meant a Thanksgiving feast -- turkey, stuffing and potatoes included -- provided entirely by volunteers.
Poetry Nov 22
This Thanksgiving, read a Native American poet’s song of healingWhen Allison Adelle Hedge Coke wrote her poem “America, I Sing Back,” she considered each word a note in a larger song about the nation. “I thought about America singing. That’s why this poem is a song -- a voice…
Poetry Nov 02
These wicked Day of the Dead poems don’t spare anyoneA proposed border wall between the U.S. and Mexico is the product of “the underworld” in one calavera literaria written for the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos.
Poetry Oct 22
A journalist’s death by a repressive government, remembered in verseMarie Colvin "was killed in an attempt to silence her and others reporting from that place,” poet and friend Alan Jenkins said.
Poetry Oct 17
In the wake of Hurricane Michael, this poet recognizes the way disaster can change youPoet Heather Jacobsen can't forget how a hurricane shattered her neighborhood. Those indelible memories appear in her work "City Turned to Inland Lake."…
Nation Oct 11
This volunteer militia is taking jet skis and chainsaws to help Hurricane Michael’s most isolated victimsAs Hurricane Michael pummels the Florida Panhandle, the Louisiana Cajun Navy is prioritizing rescue efforts in some of the hardest to reach areas in the Michael's path.
Poetry Oct 10
A poet explains why ‘boys will be boys’ is the ‘stupidest’ thing you could sayA young boy pushes a girl off a swing because he likes her. “Boys will be boys,” a teacher explains. Years later, a boy drinks a bit too much and hits his girlfriend. The same words echo in the girl’s…
Science Oct 08
Twitter chat: How do we fix the planet’s plastics problem?Join the PBS NewsHour on Twitter Wed. Oct 10th at 12 ET for #NewsHourChats on solutions to the planet's plastic pollution problem.
Politics Sep 07
4 days of Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court hearing in less than 15 minutesWe watched it all, so you don’t have to.
