Feb 02 Feminist poetry is having a renaissance. Here are 3 poets to watch By Jennifer Hijazi Feminist poetry is flourishing -- particularly for women of color. Continue reading
Jan 15 This Salvadoran poet writes to humanize the immigrant story By Patty Gorena Morales Javier Zamora began writing poetry as a teenager after a wave of national protests over immigration reform. Zamora’s poems piece together the strained but inherent connection between the U.S. and El Salvador, and aim to shed light on the immigrant… Continue reading
Jan 08 After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rican poets ask again what it means to belong By Jennifer Hijazi For artists who are both New Yorkers and Puerto Ricans, the concept of identity is fluid and complicated. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 8:09 How poet Rupi Kaur became a hero to millions of young women By PBS NewsHour, Jaywon Choe, Elizabeth Flock Rupi Kaur, one of Instagram’s favorite poets, writes about love, heartbreak and womanhood. She speaks to Jeffrey Brown about her rise to fame and her message for young women. Continue watching
Jan 02 Listen to Rupi Kaur, one of the most popular poets in the world, read her work By Elizabeth Flock Listen to Rupi Kaur read from "The Sun and Her Flowers," which has sold a million copies since its release in October, and her first book, "Milk and Honey,"… Continue reading
Jan 01 This New Year’s poem honors ‘the wrong roads we’ve taken’ By Jennifer Hijazi Jimmy Santiago Baca wrote the collection, “Winter Poems Along the Rio Grande” in 2004 after living on the banks of that river. Every morning, he ran through snow, rain and mud in a ritual that he called a spiritual experience. Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch 2:41 The practical reasons to welcome poetry into our lives By PBS News Hour Whether it’s simply to enliven our day or help us bear a heartache, great poetry can add balance and beauty to our over-connected and over-tweeted lives. Stephen Kloepfer offers his humble opinion on ow poetry elevates our lives. Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch 3:33 Turning silence on police shootings into poetry By PBS News Hour Hip-hop is the soundtrack to poet Marcus Wicker's daily life, and his love for the music comes out naturally in his writing, which addresses topics like the violence perpetrated against black bodies. Wicker offers his Brief but Spectacular take on… Continue watching
Dec 18 This poet gives voice to the violence along the U.S.-Mexico border By Jennifer Hijazi Poet Sasha Pimentel says she writes to give voice to violence “so unseeable, so irreconcilable it hurts so much to say.”… Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 3:23 How poetry can help kids turn a fear of literature into love By PBS News Hour Literature can be daunting for some young people, so how can we create a culture of avid readers? Poetry can be a non-threatening alternative introduction for fledgling bibliophiles, giving them more “white space” on a page without losing narrative elements. Continue watching