Apr 27 Watch U.S., U.K. Poets Laureate on Being Public Face for ‘Solitary Act’ U.S., U.K. Poets Laureate on Being Public Face for 'Solitary Act'… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch In Anthology, Rita Dove Connects American Poets’ Intergenerational Conversations In Anthonogy, Rita Dove Connects American Poets' Intergenerational Conversations… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch 3:09 Poet Billy Collins Reflects on 9/11 Victims in ‘The Names’ Billy Collins was the U.S. poet laureate at the time of the 9/11 attacks. A year later, he wrote "The Names" in honor of the victims. He read the poem before a special joint session of Congress held in New… Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch 10 Years After 9/11, a Reading and Conversation with Poet Billy Collins Billy Collins reads his poem, "The Names," and talks to Jeffrey Brown about 9/11. Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch Working-Class Poet Levine Named Nation’s Next Laureate Philip Levine, a former auto worker who became a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, was named Wednesday as the next poet laureate of the United States. Jeffrey Brown profiled Levine last year. Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch Poet Philip Levine Reads His Work Poet Philip Levine reads some of his work. Continue watching
May 23 Watch Weekly Poem: ‘To Television’ by Robert Pinksy Former poet laureate Robert Pinsky reads "To Television" from his "Selected Poems."… Continue watching
May 20 Watch Former Poet Laureate Pinsky: Poetry ‘Too Fundamental, Large’ to Need Advocate Much of former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's writing has focused on American life. He takes a look back at his career with Jeffrey Brown. Continue watching
May 20 Watch Robert Pinsky Reads From ‘Selected Poems’ Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky reads three poems from "Selected Poems."… Continue watching
Dec 06 Weekly Poem: ‘The Nomad Flute’ By Tom LeGro U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin reads "The Nomad Flute."… Continue reading