Poetry Oct 21

MacArthur Fellow Ellen Bryant Voigt on the poetry of small-town life

Poet Ellen Bryant Voigt described herself as a "glass-half-empty kind of girl" in one of her poems -- but she's optimistic about the future of poetry.

By Mary Jo Brooks

Oct 13

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Ellen Bryant Voigt reads ‘Apple Tree’

By Mary Jo Brooks

Oct 13

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Ellen Bryant Voigt reads ‘Storm’

By Mary Jo Brooks

Oct 13

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Ellen Bryant Voigt reads ‘Geese’

By Mary Jo Brooks