May 24 Weekly Poem: ‘Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night’ By Tom LeGro Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" is included in the recently republished "Dylan Thomas: Collected Poems" by New Directions, with a new introduction by poet Paul Muldoon. Jeffrey Brown talked to Muldoon last week about Thomas and the… Continue reading
May 17 Weekly Poem: ‘Necklace’ By Tom LeGro Farzaneh Milani is also one of the translators of Simin Behbahani, Iran's foremost living poet. Behbahani has published 19 books of poems, two collections of short stories, a memoir of her late husband and numerous literary articles, essays and interviews. Continue reading
May 10 Weekly Poem: ‘Light’ By Tom LeGro C.K. Williams has published many books of poetry, including "Repair," which won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize, "The Singing ," which won the 2003 National Book Award, and "Flesh and Blood," winner of the National Book Critics Circle Prize in 1987. Continue reading
May 06 Conversation: C.K. Williams By Tom LeGro This year, C.K. Williams is out with two volumes: "Wait," a collection of new poems, and "On Whitman," an exploration of the work and genius of that great American poet. Continue reading
May 03 Weekly Poem: ‘Reading Stephen Crane’s ‘War Is Kind’ to My Husband’ By Tom LeGro Jehanne Dubrow is the author of three poetry collections: "The Hardship Post," "From the Fever-World" and most recently "Stateside," which is an exploration of the long history of military wives waiting for their husbands to return from war. Continue reading
Apr 19 Conversation: Pulitzer Prize Winner in Poetry, Rae Armantrout By Tom LeGro This year's winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry is Rae Armantrout for her book, "Versed."… Continue reading
Apr 12 Weekly Poem: ‘Against War Movies’ By Tom LeGro Jehanne Dubrow is the author of three poetry collections: "The Hardship Post," "From the Fever-World" and most recently "Stateside," which is an exploration of the long history of military wives waiting for their husbands to return from war. Continue reading
Apr 05 Weekly Poem: ‘Nonessential Equipment’ By Jason Breslow Jehanne Dubrow is the author of three poetry collections: "The Hardship Post," "From the Fever-World" and most recently "Stateside," which is an exploration of the long history of military wives waiting for their husbands to return from war. Continue reading