poetry

Poet writes unflinchingly about self-inflicted violence and women

By artsdesk

Sarah Rose Nordgren reads "The Performance" from her debut collection, "Best Bones." When she wrote the poem, she was thinking about self-inflicted violence and women.

Nobel-winning poet Tomas Transtromer dies at 83

By Victoria Fleischer

Nobel Literature Prize winning Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer died Thursday after a short illness, according to Swedish publisher Bonniers.

Poet’s novel turns young sports lovers into book lovers

By PBS News Hour

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti recounts more than six decades of life in San Francisco

By Joanne Elgart Jennings

The first time I met Lawrence Ferlinghetti was unforgettable: It was early on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, and Elizabeth Farnsworth and I were working on a story about him for the PBS NewsHour.

Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti laments changing San Francisco

By PBS News Hour

Ninety-six-year-old Lawrence Ferlinghetti settled in San Francisco in the 1950s, where he opened the City Lights bookshop and publishing house. But today San Francisco is better known as a central hub of the tech boom than of countercultural creativity. Jeffrey…

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Dead Japanese poets make great collaborators

By Ashira Morris

Matthew Rohrer's new collection, "Surrounded by Friends," collects poems written in collaboration with famous writers, daily life and inanimate objects.

A poet looks to his own family to understand forgiveness

By artsdesk

When Thomas Dooley was writing his poem "Aunt Peggy," he was preoccupied with understanding forgiveness.

National Book Critics Awards to be announced tonight; see the finalists

By Victoria Fleischer

The winners of this year’s National Book Critics Circle awards, one of the most prestigious literary prizes in America, will be announced tonight at the New School in New York City.