Oct 15 Weekly Poem: ‘Diagnosis’ Sharon Olds is the author of several books of poetry, including "The Dead and the Living," winner of the 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award; "The Unswept Room," a finalist for the 2002 National Book Award and the National Book… Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch Islamists Fighting with Syrian Rebels Get Arms from Saudi Arabia and Qatar As airstrikes and battles continue to rage in Syria, more arms are getting into that country even as Turkey tightens its shared border. The New York Times reported that Saudi and Qatari weapons are in the hands of opposition fighters,… Continue watching
Oct 12 Dodge Poetry Festival Gets Underway The 2012 Dodge Poetry Festival is underway, billed as the largest poetry gathering in North America. This will be the third time it's being held in Newark, after many years in the woods in a much more rural New Jersey… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch Poet Sharon Olds’ New Collection Mourns and Heals the End of a Marriage Poet Sharon Olds' New Collection Mourns and Heals the End of a Marriage… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch Turkey’s Plane Incident Shows Crackdown on Assad Regime, Disapproval of Russia Turkey's Plane Incident Shows Crackdown on Assad Regime, Disapproval of Russia… Continue watching
Oct 11 Thursday on the NewsHour: Sharon Olds Poet Sharon Olds reads from her new book, "Stag's Leap."… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch Syrian Plane Routed from Moscow Forced to Land in Turkey, Give Up Arms Onboard A passenger airplane headed to Syria was grounded in Ankara after the Turkish government received intelligence Russian weapons intended for the Assad regime were on board. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said it violated international accords and U.N. sanctions against… Continue watching
Oct 08 Dissident Vietnamese Poet Nguyen Chi Thien, Author of ‘Flowers of Hell,’ Dies at Age 73 By Tom LeGro Nguyen Chi Thien, a Vietnamese dissident poet who spent 27 years in communist prisons and was the acclaimed author of "Flowers of Hell," died last week in California after a long bout of illness. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch Antagonized by Border Violence, Turkey Shells Military Targets Inside Syria Antagonized by Border Violence, Turkey Shells Military Targets Inside Syria… Continue watching
Oct 01 Weekly Poem: ‘The Worst Thing’ Sharon Olds is the author of several books of poetry, including "The Dead and the Living," winner of the 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award; "The Unswept Room," a finalist for the 2002 National Book Award and the National Book… Continue reading