Sep 25 How the irreverent poetry of the ’60s helped spawn punk music By Elizabeth Flock A new book traces how innovators of punk music interacted with New York School poets such as Ted Berrigan and Anne Waldman. Continue reading
Sep 18 Why U.S. Virgin Islanders feel there’s no place they belong By Elizabeth Flock Hurricane Irma devastated the U.S. Virgin Islands, leveling homes, knocking out power, and turning the landscape into a “battered wasteland” where some say media coverage was minimal and help was late to arrive. Now, the islands are under… Continue reading
Jul 24 This poet’s obsession with death led her to write about how to live By Elizabeth Flock Nicole Sealey's new poetry collection asks us if, like the Greek figure of Sisyphus, we can find contentment even when life is difficult and absurd… Continue reading
Jul 17 The rage and rebellion of the Detroit riots, captured in one poem By Elizabeth Flock Fifty years ago this month, a protest in Detroit turned into a riot, which turned into five days of violence that left dozens dead, thousands arrested and a city engulfed in flames. The poem "They Feed They Lion" chronicles the… Continue reading
Jun 19 Have we been taught poetry all wrong? By Elizabeth Flock Poet Matthew Zapruder say that we are too often asked to find the "hidden meanings" in poems, as if a poem is a riddle. Continue reading
Mar 27 Read these poetry postcards from immigrants, refugees and others touched by migration By Elizabeth Flock "Because We Come From Everything: Poetry & Migration” launched this month with 25 poetry organization in 15 cities. Continue reading
Feb 13 Two fathers use poems to teach their kids about growing up black in America By Elizabeth Flock Their poems explore with tenderness and anxiety the joys and perils of being a father -- especially a black father -- and how to escape the mistakes of past generations. Continue reading