Poetry Aug 08 Finding Poetry in the Athleticism and Lingo of the Olympics 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…
Poetry Apr 26 Poet C.D. Wright Weaves History, Reporting, Storytelling in Verse 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.
Poetry Dec 31 Boise Poet Karena Youtz on ‘Dead Art’ of Poetry (Hint: It’s Not Dead) 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.
Poetry Dec 31 Russian Poet Vera Pavlova Celebrates Desire in New Collection A profile of Russian poet Vera Pavlova, who will release her first collection of poems in English, "If There is Something to Desire," next month.
Poetry Feb 12 Transcript of Lincoln Inspires Poem for 16th President Poet and journalist Cynthia Zarin often writes poems inspired by news articles. In 1989, she came across a story about a handwritten transcript found in a shoebox. It recorded a case in which then-lawyer Abraham Lincoln successfully defended a man…
Poetry Mar 21 Israel’s Poetry Reflects Story of a Nation Poets played a major role voicing the hardships and joys during Israel's founding. Today, the poetry scene is more fractured, much like the land itself. The NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown spoke with Eliaz Cohen, Aharon Shabtai and Agi Mishol who reflect…
Poetry Feb 14 Married Poets Craft Love Poems by the Clock Poets Mary Jo Salter and Brad Leithauser have taken a new approach to crafting their works, participating in a Web experiment that forces them to write their poems in just 15 minutes. On Valentine's Day, the husband and wife team…