Jun 10 Son of migrants, Juan Felipe Herrera to become first Latino U.S. Poet Laureate By Jeffrey Brown He’s the son of migrant workers and today Juan Felipe Herrera becomes the next U.S. Poet Laureate, the first Latino to hold the position. Arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown met Herrera at the place where it all started. Continue reading
Feb 15 Former U.S. poet laureate Philip Levine dies at 87 By Carey Reed Philip Levine, a former auto worker turned acclaimed poet, died Saturday. He was 87. His death was caused by complications from pancreatic cancer, the New York Times reported. Levine was perhaps best known for tackling the world of the… Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch Meet the new U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Wright By PBS News Hour Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Wright was recently named the U.S. Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress. In this NewsHour encore piece, we traveled to the author’s home in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2011 to listen to Wright read his work… Continue watching
Jun 12 Charles Wright named U.S. Poet Laureate By Mike Melia Charles Wright, a master of capturing landscape and meditation in verse, has been named the next Poet Laureate of the United States by the Library of Congress. It is the latest in a long list of honors and awards for… Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey reads ‘Miscegenation’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey reads ‘Incident’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 23 Watch 8:21 Young Detroiters unlock their inner poets, claim authorship of their experiences Detroit schools are turning their students into published poets with a little guidance from professional writers and a program called InsideOut. Jeffrey Brown reflects with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey about visiting the Motor City middle-schoolers and the "sense of… Continue watching