Jul 04 Watch Poet Celebrates Family Picnics and ‘Great Melting Pot’ of Language Poet Gregory Djanikian, director of the creative writing program at the University of Pennsylvania, reads a poem about how immigrants "might contribute to the great melting pot of the English language."… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch Pulitzer Prize Winner Trethewey Discusses Poetry Collection Natasha Trethewey recently won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for her work about black Civil War soldiers on the Mississippi coast. She discusses the collection, as well as her personal ties to the Gulf Coast. Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch Young’s New Poetry Collection Retraces the South Emory University professor and poet Kevin Young has released a collection of poems, titled "For the Confederate Dead," about returning to the South and "wrestling with some of the demons of history and war."… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch Galway Kinnell on the Pleasures of Ordinary Things Poet Galway Kinnell reads "Why Regret?" a poem from his new book about "engaging ourselves with the common acts, the ordinary things, the other creatures."… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch Poet Robert Wrigley Reads Verse About Partisanship Robert Wrigley, Professor of English at the University of Idaho, casts his vote in the county fair building in a peaceful corner of rural Idaho, but that has not enabled him to escape the anger or passion of partisanship. Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch Poet Laureate Donald Hall Reflects on Age and Nature New U.S. poet laureate Donald Hall gives a tour of his New Hampshire farm where he has written poetry for over 30 years. He also reads poems on nature, love and loss, suggests that poetry is becoming more popular and… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch Poet Lucille Clifton Reads a Poem About the Days Surrounding Sept. 11 Free verse poet Lucille Clifton reads "September Songs, A Poem in Seven Days" about the days surrounding Sept. 11, 2001 which included the terrorist attacks and the birth of her granddaughter. Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch Poet’s New Work Chronicles a Couple’s Life Poet Alberto Rios reads from his latest book of poetry "The Theater of Night" which follows a couple in a U.S.-Mexico border town through their youth, marriage and thoughtful old age. Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch Songwriter Leonard Cohen Discusses Fame, Poetry and Getting Older The NewsHour's poetry series looks at iconic writer and poet Leonard Cohen who discusses the difference between writing a song and a poem, and explains why "Out of the thousands who are known or want to be known as poets,… Continue watching
May 12 Watch Poet Visits Hurricane-Ravaged Birthplace Born in Gulfport, Miss., poet Natasha Trethewey recently returned to the coast of Mississippi to witness the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the landmarks she elegized in her book "Native Guard."… Continue watching