Poet Gregory Orr rhapsodizes on a theme he has explored for nearly a decade: the "beloved," the things we love. Of course, what we love can change over time, he says. "It can make you crazy by ... shifting from…
Poet Gregory Orr rhapsodizes on a theme he has explored for nearly a decade: the "beloved," the things we love. Of course, what we love can change over time, he says. "It can make you crazy by ... shifting from…
Death of Kofi Awooner in Nairobi Attack Is 'Great Loss' for Ghana and Poetry…
Kwame Dawes reads "The Weaver Bird" by Kofi Awoonor…
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:…
Poet Seamus Heaney, 74, Dug the 'Wideness of Language' With His Pen…
Liao Yiwu was in his early 30s when he was arrested for writing and performing a poem about the brutality of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. A new memoir about his time in prison called "For a Song and…
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…
Gretel Ehrlich reads a poem from "Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami."…
A Writer's Reflections on the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami, Two Years Later…
