Jun 10 Watch 6:21 From the fields to the Library of Congress, Juan Felipe Herrera took a winding path to poetry By PBS News Hour Juan Felipe Herrera is the author of more than 20 books of poetry, novels for young adults and collections for children, most recently “Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes.” He is the son of migrant workers from Mexico, and today he… Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch 3:03 Remembering Philip Levine, writer of poetic odes to honest work By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch 1:03 Poet Mark Strand reads ‘A Suite Of Appearances: 4’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch Poetry Project Helps Dementia Patients Live in the Moment In our new series, "Where Poetry Lives," Natasha Trethewey, poet laureate of the United States, and Jeffrey Brown spends time at the Alzheimer's Poetry Project in Brooklyn. The international program works with people with dementia to try to trigger memory by… Continue watching
Sep 12 Where Poetry Lives: Sharing Moments and Verse When Memory Fades By Molly Finnegan PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown, right, and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, center right, launch the series “Where Poetry Lives.” Their first stop: Brooklyn. Photo by Anne Davenport/NewsHour “A short walk in the park, a sax, a lot of poetry:… Continue reading
Jun 10 Hit the Road, Poet Laureate: Trethewey Partners With NewsHour for Second Term By Tom LeGro The Library of Congress reappointed U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to a second term on Monday. Though she is not the first in her position to receive the honor of an extended post, the announcement does have special meaning for… Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch Conversation: Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey Jeffrey Brown talks to U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey. Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Weekly Poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey reads "Elegy," a poem from her new book "Thrall."… Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch New Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey ‘Explores the Human Struggles We All Face’ New Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey 'Explores the Human Struggles We All Face'… Continue watching