Mar 21 Aharon Shabtai Reads 'As We Are Marching' and 'Rosh Hashanah' Aharon Shabtai was born in 1939 in Tel Aviv and grew up in Kibbutz Merhavia. Shabtai has published 20 books of poetry and has become one of the most acclaimed Israeli poets. He was awarded the 1999 Tchernikhovsky Prize. English… Continue reading
Mar 21 Israel's Poetry Reflects Story of a Nation By Margaret Myers Poets played a major role voicing the hardships and joys during Israel's founding. Today, the poetry scene is more fractured, much like the land itself. The NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown spoke with Eliaz Cohen, Aharon Shabtai and Agi Mishol who reflect… Continue reading
Mar 21 Agi Mishol Reads 'Woman Martyr' and 'Geese' By newshourpoetry Poet Agi Mishol is the winner of several awards, including the Tel Aviv Foundation Award (1991), the Prime Minister`s Prize (1994) and the Yehuda Amichai Poetry Prize (2002). She has published 12 volumes of poetry in Hebrew and has two… Continue reading
Mar 21 Eliaz Cohen Reads 'Poems of the Mountain Village' in English and Hebrew By newshourpoetry Eliaz Cohen is a poet and social worker who grew up in the northern West Bank. He is a founder and editor of the poetry journal "Mashiv Haru'ach" and is the author of four books of poetry. He lives with… Continue reading
Mar 01 Kevin Young Reads 'The Alias,' 'Redemption Song' and Others Kevin Young has written five volumes of poetry: "Most Way Home" (1995, a National Poetry Series selection); "To Repel Ghosts" (2001); "Jelly Roll: A Blues" (2003); "Black Maria" (2005); and "For the Confederate Dead" (2007). He is Atticus Haygood Professor… Continue reading
Mar 01 Kevin Young's New Poetry Collection Retraces the South Emory University professor and poet Kevin Young has released a collection of poems, titled "For the Confederate Dead," about returning to the South and "wrestling with some of the demons of history and war."… Continue reading