Jul 07 Rum Tum Tugger to return as a rapping feline in 'Cats' revival By Joshua Barajas Andrew Lloyd Webber said Monday that the musical will undergo a few changes before its 12-week run at London's Palladium beginning Dec. 6, including the character of Rum Tum Tugger revamped as a "contemporary street cat."… Continue reading
Jul 02 Rappers respond: 'This is how we express ourselves' By Saskia de Melker A man shoots his foe in the head over and over again, leaving him to bleed out on the street. The man has no remorse. He even brags about it. Only this man isn't real. He's a… Continue reading
Jun 30 Weekly Poem: Peter Cole reads 'Song of the Shattering Vessels' By artsdesk "The Invention of Influence" is Peter Cole's fourth book of poetry. A named a MacArthur Fellow in 2007, Cole is also known for his translations, including "The Poetry of Kabbalah: Mystical Verse from the Jewish Tradition" and "The Dream of… Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch Pulitzer Prize winning author of '3 Sections' on seeing the big picture with poetry By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 23 Weekly Poem: Nick Lantz reads 'Fork with Two Tines Pushed Together' By Victoria Fleischer Nick Lantz has written three books of poetry. He won the Bread Loaf Writers Conferences Bakeless Prize for his first collection, "We Don’t Know We Don’t Know," and the Felix Pollack Prize in Poetry for his second collection, "The Lightning… Continue reading
Jun 16 Weekly Poem: Charlotte Boulay writes 'small moments of grace' By Victoria Fleischer Fifteen years ago, Charlotte Boulay visited India. The experience profoundly changed the poet. “It stayed with me, the feeling of being there … I just felt in love with the country. The things I saw there were such beautiful landscape… Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch Pulitzer-winning poet Vijay Seshadri fuses the fantastic with the everyday Continue watching
Jun 13 Pulitzer-winning poet Vijay Seshadri fuses the fantastic with the everyday By Frank Carlson The Bangalore-native, Brooklyn-based poet assiduously collects the details of his life, his world, his ruminations big and small, in the hope that once amassed and ordered they'll connect with readers and arrive at a higher meaning. Continue reading
Jun 12 Charles Wright named U.S. Poet Laureate By Mike Melia Charles Wright, a master of capturing landscape and meditation in verse, has been named the next Poet Laureate of the United States by the Library of Congress. It is the latest in a long list of honors and awards for… Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch Seasons serve as backdrop to Charles Wright's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection By PBS News Hour Charles Wright, professor of English at the University of Virginia, discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of poetry, "Black Zodiac."… Continue watching