Apr 11 Watch U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey reads 'Miscegenation' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey reads 'Incident' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 09 Poet Gerald Stern to receive the Poetry Society of America's prestigious Frost Medal By artsdesk On Wednesday night the Poetry Society of America will honor poet Gerald Stern with the Frost Medal, the organization's highest award, given for lifetime achievement. The medal has previously been awarded to poets such as Wallace Stevens, Marianne Moore… Continue reading
Apr 07 Weekly Poem: Steve Scafidi Jr. reads 'Portraits of Abraham Lincoln with Clouds for a Ceiling' By artsdesk Steve Scafidi Jr.'s poem "Portraits of Abraham Lincoln with Clouds for a Ceiling" is published in "Lines in Long Array: A Civil War Commemoration: Poems and Photographs, Past and Present." In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War,… Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch Steve Scafidi Jr. reads 'Portraits of Abraham Lincoln with Clouds for a Ceiling' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 05 Subway rider reads original poem By PBS News Hour Elizabeth Meriwether was approached by Madeline Schwartzman on the subway and asked to write a poem. Here she reads “Outpouring of My Emotion?”… Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch Subway poetry project connects NYers By PBS News Hour Madeline Schwartzman’s mission is connect people in what she sees as an increasingly individualized society. Every day as she travels by subway Madeline asks fellow commuters to write a poem in her notebook. Some refuse, some accept, and now more… Continue watching
Mar 31 Weekly Poem: Eavan Boland reads 'A Soldier in the 28th Massachusetts' By artsdesk Eavan Boland's poem "A Soldier in the 28th Massachusetts" is published in "Lines in Long Array: A Civil War Commemoration: Poems and Photographs, Past and Present." In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Smithsonian's National Poetry… Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch Weekly Poem: Eavan Boland reads 'A Soldier in the 28th Massachusetts' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 24 Weekly Poem: C. D. Wright reads 'Obscurity and Legacy' By artsdesk C. D. Wright's poem "Obscurity and Legacy" is published in "Lines in Long Array: A Civil War Commemoration: Poems and Photographs, Past and Present." In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Smithsonian's National Poetry Gallery commissioned… Continue reading