Oct 24 Watch In ‘Human Chain,’ Nobel-Winning Poet Seamus Heaney Digs Into the Past In his native Ireland, he's known as "Famous Seamus," and indeed, Seamus Heaney -- winner of the Nobel Prize in 1995 -- is a world-famous poet. Now 72, his new collection, "Human Chain," contains poems that are, as always for… Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch Poet Philip Schultz Details Life-Long Struggle in New Memoir ‘My Dyslexia’ Poet Philip Schultz Recalls a Life-Long Struggle in 'My Dyslexia'… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch Weekly Poem: ‘The Field Has a Girl’ by Laurel Snyder Laurel Snyder reads "The Field Has a Girl," from "The Myth of the Simple Machines."… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch Poet Philip Schultz Shares His Work Poet Philip Schultz shares his work. He won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for "Failure."… Continue watching
Dec 10 Friday’s NewsHour: Rap Reconsidered for New Scholarly Anthology A new work of scholarship, "The Anthology of Rap," recently published by Yale University Press, offers a look at the art form on its own terms: a collection of rap lyrics, offered up like lyric poetry, from the last twenty… Continue reading
Apr 26 Monday on the NewsHour: Natalie Merchant By Tom LeGro On Monday's NewsHour Jeffrey Brown profiles singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, who after a seven-year hiatus has just released a two-disc album titled "Leave Your Sleep," a collection of 26 traditional poems set to original music. Continue reading
Apr 01 New Translation Is a Song to the Psalms To help combat depression, Pamela Greenberg flipped through the Book of Psalms in Hebrew, taking time to translate the ones that spoke out to her on any given day. Over time, Greenberg found she had translated so many, she decided… Continue reading
Jan 26 ‘People’s Poet’ Robert Burns Turns 250 By Tom LeGro The image of poetry fans gathered in a pub enjoying bagpipes, haggis, drinks and verse is a very Scottish one, but Scotland's national poet Robert Burns has fans worldwide who know there's no better way to honor the man and… Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch Elizabeth Bishop’s Writings Honored by Library of America The Library of America is publishing the collected works and letters of celebrated poet Elizabeth Bishop -- marking the first time it has done so for a woman poet. Two of Bishop's friends discuss and read her work. Continue watching