Arts Oct 13 Louise Glück, Nobel prize-winning poet of terse and candid lyricism, dies at 80 By Associated Press
Arts Jul 07 Watch 6:08 Pulitzer-winning poet Carl Phillips on his work and the power of poetry What is poetry and what does it offer us? Carl Phillips has some answers. He's known for the beauty of his language, his depth of exploration and is a recent winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Jeffrey Brown went to St. By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet
Arts Feb 12 Watch 3:25 A poet’s Brief But Spectacular take on performing privilege and forgiveness Adam Falkner is a poet, musician, educator, and race and equity strategist. Much of his work studies intersectional themes of race, gender, queer life and social justice education. He was also a featured performer at President Barack Obama's Grassroots Ball… By Moe Sattar, Melissa Williams, Ana Davila
Arts Jan 23 Watch 6:25 Filmmaker Sky Hopinka’s unconventional ways of telling Native stories The artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka was awarded the prestigious MacArthur Genius Award last fall, celebrating a decade of his experimental work focused on Indigenous people. Jeffrey Brown met Hopinka in New York’s Hudson Valley for the final story in… By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson
Arts Oct 22 Watch 3:38 A Brief But Spectacular take on honoring Breonna Taylor Mahogany L. Browne is a poet, author and mother. In response to the police killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville in March, Browne wrote a poem called “Apply Pressure” for Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer. Browne offers her Brief But Spectacular…
Jul 28 Watch 6:40 The ‘existential wound’ that fueled poet Natasha Trethewey’s acclaimed career By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Natasha Trethewey is a two-time U.S. poet laureate and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for her collection “Native Guard.” Now, she has written a memoir about her childhood, the murder of her mother and her own career calling. Titled… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch 2:25 Why this poet says there is no ‘single story spun on a single tongue’ Erica Dawson, a professor and writer, said she was surprised while on book tour recently to be faced with the same question over and over again, about speaking for “the black experience.” Black poets "never went away. We don’t only… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch 5:11 This poet put the Yazidi women’s suffering and strength into words By Jeffrey Brown Learning about the horrors endured by Yazidi women at the hands of the Islamic State awakened something personal for Iraqi-American poet and former journalist Dunya Mikhail. In her book "The Beekeeper," she shares first-hand accounts of their pain and heroism. Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch 3:06 Poet Franny Choi on the value of imagining alternate realities By Steve Goldbloom What’s the value of asking questions to which we don’t know the answer? Poet Franny Choi’s “Introduction to Quantum Theory” does just that, and she calls it “one of the scariest things” she’s ever written. Choi offers her brief but… Continue watching
Aug 29 Remembering Tom Clark, renowned poet who rhapsodized about baseball By Jennifer Hijazi Prolific poet and biographer Tom Clark died this month at the age of 77, leaving behind a substantial body of writing that exemplifies his penchants for lyricism, wit, and brevity, as well as a lifelong love of baseball. Continue reading