Jun 21 Weekly Poem: ‘The Man in the Wilderness’ By Jason Breslow Natalie Merchant's two-disc album, "Leave Your Sleep," is a collection of 26 traditional poems set to original music. The project began shortly after the birth of her daughter six years ago. Continue reading
Jun 17 Philip Schultz Finding Success After ‘Failure’ By Tom LeGro The accolades came later in life for New York-based poet Philip Schultz. He was 63 when he won the Pulitzer, already the author of five published books of poems, which never broke into the mainstream. Continue reading
Jun 14 Weekly Poem: ‘Sick’ By Tom LeGro Philip Schultz won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2008 for his book of poems, "Failure." He is the founder and director of the Writers Studio in New York. Schultz's latest book, "The God of Loneliness: Selected and New Poems,"… Continue reading
Jun 07 Weekly Poem: ‘Attention’ Philip Schultz won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2008 for his book of poems, "Failure." He is the founder and director of the Writers Studio in New York. Schultz's latest book, "The God of Loneliness: Selected and New Poems,"… Continue reading
May 31 Weekly Poem: ‘The Returning Dead’ By Tom LeGro Wyatt Prunty, who served in the Navy during Vietnam, responds to the NewsHour's broadcast of photos of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue reading
May 27 Ginsberg Saw the Best Minds of His Generation, and Captured Them on Film Though Allen Ginsberg will forever be remembered as an influential poet, he also documented his life through photos. The exhibit, "Beat Memories: The Photos of Allen Ginsberg," showcases more than 80 photos captured through his camera. Continue reading
May 24 Conversation: Paul Muldoon on Dylan Thomas By Tom LeGro New Directions has just put out "Dylan Thomas: The Collected Poems." It's a republication of the original edition, as selected by the poet himself, and the introduction is by Paul Muldoon, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and professor at Princeton University. Continue reading
May 24 Weekly Poem: ‘Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night’ By Tom LeGro Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" is included in the recently republished "Dylan Thomas: Collected Poems" by New Directions, with a new introduction by poet Paul Muldoon. Jeffrey Brown talked to Muldoon last week about Thomas and the… Continue reading
May 17 Weekly Poem: ‘Necklace’ By Tom LeGro Farzaneh Milani is also one of the translators of Simin Behbahani, Iran's foremost living poet. Behbahani has published 19 books of poems, two collections of short stories, a memoir of her late husband and numerous literary articles, essays and interviews. Continue reading
May 10 Weekly Poem: ‘Light’ By Tom LeGro C.K. Williams has published many books of poetry, including "Repair," which won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize, "The Singing ," which won the 2003 National Book Award, and "Flesh and Blood," winner of the National Book Critics Circle Prize in 1987. Continue reading