Oct 03 Oregon Poet Laureate Inada Reflects on Internment By Tom LeGro Along with more than 100,000 other Japanese-Americans, Lawson Inada was sent to internment camps for the duration of World War II. He was one of the youngest to live in the camps, and much of his writing addresses that childhood… Continue reading
Oct 03 Lawson Fusao Inada By newshourpoetry Poet Lawson Fusao Inada reads some of his poems. Continue reading
Oct 03 Lawson Fusao Inada Reads ‘The Stand’ By newshourpoetry Poet Lawson Fusao Inada reads some of his poems, including "The Stand." In addition to his experiences at the Japanese internment camps, many of Inada's poems are influenced by his love of jazz music. Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch 4:04 Poet Ricardo Pau-Llosa Reflects on Influences, Art By PBS News Hour Ricardo Pau-Llosa, a prolific Miami-based poet and critic of Latin American art, remembers the colors, tastes and memories that shaped his youth and his writing, taking him back to his native Cuba. Continue watching
Jul 17 Kay Ryan Is Appointed U.S. Poet Laureate By PBS News Hour The Library of Congress announced Thursday the appointment of Kay Ryan as the 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-2009. Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch Poetry Program Gives Prisoners Unexpected Voice For more than 30 years, poet and professor Richard Shelton has traveled to a high security prison in Arizona to run a program that encourages prisoners to write and read poetry. Continue watching
May 09 Watch Frances Richey’s Poetry Speaks to Son’s Role as Soldier "The Warrior" by Frances Richey is composed of 28 poems written by the poet to her son, Ben, a Green Beret who has served two tours of duty in Iraq. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Richey and her son about the… Continue watching
May 09 Frances Richey Reads ‘Waiting’ and Other Poems After a nearly 20-year career in the business world, Frances Richey left to teach yoga and write. The poet's first collection, "The Burning Point" (2004), won the White Pine Press Poetry Prize and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Continue reading
May 09 Frances Richey’s Poetry Speaks to Son’s Role as Soldier "The Warrior" by Frances Richey is composed of 28 poems written by the poet to her son, Ben, a Green Beret who has served two tours of duty in Iraq. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Richey and her son about the… Continue reading