Dec 08 Weekly Poem: J. Allyn Rosser finds deeper meaning through humor By Victoria Fleischer “Mimi’s Trapeze,” a new book by J. Allyn Rosser, starts with a quote by Balzac in the original French. The poet translates it roughly as, “what an appalling condition in which every happy moment depends on an ignorance of some… Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch 5:41 Using poetry to uncover the moments that lead to racism By PBS News Hour Poet and playwright Claudia Rankine says that the small moments that carve gaps of misunderstanding between Americans lead to big, national moments of misunderstanding, like events in Ferguson and New York. Rankine explores these disruptions and how they lead to… Continue watching
Dec 04 Poet Claudia Rankine on the violent deaths of black men By Mary Jo Brooks Poet and playwright Claudia Rankine is fascinated with stories about the interactions -- both intimate and large scale -- between the races. In her latest book of poetry, “Citizen: An American Lyric”, Rankine intersperses small vignettes about everyday injustices with… Continue reading
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Dec 01 Weekly Poem: Remembering Mark Strand By Victoria Fleischer Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mark Strand died Saturday from liposarcoma, a cancer in the fat cells. The former U.S. poet laureate, MacArthur fellow and author of more than a dozen books of poetry was 80 years old. We remember him with… Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch 7:52 The Pulitzer Poet By PBS News Hour A conversation with Mark Strand, who won this year's Pulitzer for poetry for his book Blizzard of One. Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch 1:03 Poet Mark Strand reads 'A Suite Of Appearances: 4' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 24 Weekly Poem: Setting the Thanksgiving table with a poem by Louise Glück By artsdesk “Lamentations” by Louise Glück might not seem like a Thanksgiving poem, but technical writer Annik Stahl would disagree. Back in 2001, she read “Lamentations” for a NewsHour series started by former poet laureate Robert Pinksy that asked Americans to read… Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch Setting the Thanksgiving table with a poem by Louise Glück By PBS News Hour Continue watching