Apr 30 Poet Craig Arnold Goes Missing on Writing Trip By Tom LeGro An award-winning poet and assistant professor at the University of Wyoming disappeared after setting out to explore a volcano on the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu-jima. Continue reading
Apr 28 Conversation: Poet Carl Phillips By Arts Desk To read Carl Phillips to enter a world of finely-wrought poems that explore mind and body, history and intimacy. Phillips is a professor of English and African-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis and a much praised and honored… Continue reading
Apr 27 Weekly Poem: ‘To Drown in Honey’ Carl Phillips is the author of 10 books of poems, including most recently, "Speak Low." He is Professor of English and African-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also teaches in the Creative Writing Program. Continue reading
Apr 24 Conversation: Adina Hoffman, Author of the New Biography of Poet Taha Muhammad Ali By Arts Desk Several years ago I had the wonderful opportunity to travel through Israel and the West Bank to talk to Palestinian and Israeli poets. Among the remarkable writers I met there and the one who made the greatest impression on viewers… Continue reading
Apr 21 Poetry Series: Nathalie Handal In case you missed it, here's Monday's segment featuring poet, playwright, writer and editor Nathalie Handal. Continue reading
Apr 20 Poem of the Week: ‘Where’ Taha Muhammad Ali has published several collections of poetry and is also writes short stories. He has published two collections in English, and a new biography of Taha Muhammad Ali written by Adina Hoffman has just come out. Continue reading
Apr 13 Weekly Poem: ‘Since Nine–‘ By Arts Desk Constantine Cavafy, the greatest Greek poet since antiquity, never published a complete book of his poems during his lifetime. But last week, we got a new look at his work in two volumes. Continue reading
Apr 09 Conversation: Daniel Mendelsohn Discusses Two New Collections of Poet C.P. Cavafy Constantine Cavafy, the greatest Greek poet since antiquity, never published a complete book of his poems during his lifetime. Instead, he would print them himself as pamphlets or broadsheets and distribute them to a small group of friends. Continue reading
Apr 06 Weekly Poem: ‘Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down’ Bob Hicok is the author of five collections of poems, including "This Clumsy Living" (2007), which won the 2008 Bobbitt Prize from the Library of Congress. Continue reading
Apr 01 Poems Spring Up Everywhere On this first day of April when you're playing practical jokes on your friends or family, do it poetically. Even better, celebrate the beginning of National Poetry Month instead. Continue reading