Jan 06 Weekly Poem: Ron Padgett reads ‘Spots’ By Victoria Fleischer Spots And so once again Father Time and said to Mother Nature, "Mother, put a few more of those brown spots on him, please," and so she did, dutifully and without malice she placed them here and there among the… Continue reading
Dec 30 The poets we read in 2013 By Victoria Fleischer Photo by Flickr user Bob AuBuchon As the year comes to a close, Art Beat reflects on our best stories from 2013. On Thursday, we revisited the musicians worth a second listen and on Friday we rediscovered our… Continue reading
Dec 24 A Poetic Odyssey: Dick Davis translates Hafez in “Faces of Love,” his new installment in a life dedicated to medieval Persian literature By Victoria Fleischer // Dick Davis spoke to PBS NewsHour chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown about his new book "Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz." According to Dick Davis, Hafez is the poetry world's version of Bach. "People say… Continue reading
Dec 24 A Poetic Odyssey: Dick Davis translates Hafez in “Faces of Love,” his new installment in a life dedicated to medieval Persian literature By Arts Desk // Dick Davis spoke to PBS NewsHour chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown about his new book "Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz." According to Dick Davis, Hafez is the poetry world's version of Bach. "People say… Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch Dick Davis reads poems three short Persian poems Dick Davis, a scholar of medieval Persian literature, reads poems by Jahan Malek Khatun. Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch Dick Davis on "Faces of Love" and poetry in Iranian culture Dick Davis on his translations of medieval Persian poems and poetry's importance in Iran. Continue watching
Dec 23 Weekly Poem: Dick Davis reads his translation of a 14th century Persian poem By Victoria Fleischer // As a young man, Dick Davis fell in love with Iran and ever since he has dedicated his life to bringing its culture to the west. "Its been a wonderful odyssey." Here he reads his translations of a poem… Continue reading
Dec 16 Weekly Poem: David Lehman reads ‘Yours the Moon’ By Victoria Fleischer Yours the Moon Yours the moon mine the Milky Way a scarf around my neck I love you as the night loves the moon's dark side as the sky, distant, endless, wears her necklace of stars over her dress under… Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch Internal splintering of Syrian rebel groups leads U.S., U.K. to suspend aid Internal splintering of Syrian rebel groups leads U.S., U.K. to suspend aid… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch Will flood of Kurdish refugees from Syria increase volatility in Iraq? Will flood of Kurdish refugees from Syria increase volatility in Iraq?… Continue watching