Jan 18 Watch Inauguration Poet Richard Blanco Hopes to Offer Words of Unity, Belonging Inauguration Poet Richard Blanco Hopes to Offer Poem of Unity, Belonging… Continue watching
Jan 18 Friday on the NewsHour: Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco By Tom LeGro Extended interview, reading: inaugural poet Richard Blanco. Continue reading
Jan 09 Poet Richard Blanco Chosen to Read at Obama’s Inauguration By Tom LeGro The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Wednesday that Richard Blanco has been chosen to read a poem at President Obama's inauguration on Jan. 21. Blanco will become the first Hispanic and first gay poet to read at a presidential inauguration. At… Continue reading
Jan 07 Weekly Poem: ‘Distracted by an Ergonomic Bicycle’ By Tom LeGro James Arthur is the author of "Charms Against Lightning," a debut poetry collection published by Copper Canyon Press in October. He has received the Amy Lowell Travelling Poetry Scholarship, a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Poetry, a residency at the Amy… Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch End Not Yet in Sight, Syria’s Two-Year Conflict Reaches Grim Milestone End Not Yet in Sight, Syria's Two-Year Conflict Reaches Grim Milestone… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch Violence Escalates in Rebel-Government Fight Over Control of Damascus Bombs and airstrikes were on the uptick in Damascus and its surrounding suburbs as rebel fighters and government troops clashed in attempts to take control of Syria's capital. Ray Suarez reports on the latest advances in the country's nearly two-year… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch Under Austerity, Greeks Feel Unfolding Social and Humanitarian Crisis Under Austerity, Greeks Feel Unfolding Social and Humanitarian Crisis… Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch Greek Poets Muse Austerity Measures: ‘We’ll Hawk the Parthenon to Buy Our Bread’ Greek Poets Muse Austerity Measures: 'We'll Hawk the Parthenon to Buy Our Bread'… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 100 Years, 100 Poems: Celebrating the Centennial for Poetry Magazine 100 Years, 100 Poems: Celebrating the Centennial for Poetry Magazine… Continue watching
Dec 17 Weekly Poem: ‘Messiah: Christmas Portions’ By Tom LeGro Poet Mark Doty reflects on one of the great traditions of the holiday season: Handel's "Messiah."… Continue reading