Apr 13 Poet delivers a challenge: 'change is not made by cowards' By artsdesk Jonathan B. Tucker is the Youth Programs Coordinator for Split This Rock, a national nonprofit organized devoted provoking social justice through poetry. Listen to Tucker recite his poem "Live United" at the 2015 AWP Conference and Bookfair in Minneapolis. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch 2:38 Jonathan B. Tucker recites his poem 'Live United' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 06 Poet Bill Berkson reads 'The One God' By artsdesk Listen to Bill Berkson read “The One God” from his new collection “Expect Delays.”… Continue reading
Mar 30 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. Continue reading
Mar 27 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. Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch 6:27 Poet's novel turns young sports lovers into book lovers By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 25 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. Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch 4:52 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… Continue watching
Mar 23 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. Continue reading
Mar 16 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. Continue reading