Poetry Sep 17 Mary Jo Salter's 'Nothing By Design' a Mixture of Darkness and Whimsy "Nothing By Design," the new collection from poet Mary Jo Salter, is a mix of light and dark. In it, Salter explores the end of a marriage, the loss of friends, having fun with MFA programs and responding to "The… By Margaret Myers
Poetry Feb 14 Mary Jo Salter Reads 'Aubade for Brad' and Other Poems Mary Jo Salter is the author of several books of poetry, including "Open Shutters," a 2003 New York Times Notable Book of the Year. She has written a children's book, "The Moon Comes Home" (1989) and a play, "Falling Bodies,"… By newshourpoetry
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… By Margaret Myers