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
Dec 09 Watch Seeing Syria's Islamist fighters through the eyes of a journalist Seeing Syria's rebel forces through the eyes of a journalist… Continue watching
Dec 09 Weekly Poem: Michael Collier reads 'At the End of a Ninetieth Summer' By Victoria Fleischer Poet Michael Collier grew up in Arizona, but he hadn't lived there for a while when he wrote "At the End of a Ninetieth Summer." His father was celebrating his 90th birthday, but Collier couldn't return to his home state… Continue reading
Dec 03 Clive James on turning his 'last time on earth' into a writing wellspring By Ellen Rolfes Though many Americans know him through his columns for The Atlantic and the New York Review of Books, Clive James inhabits a much larger, diverse role in British culture. This man of letters is a journalist, a cultural… Continue reading
Dec 02 Weekly Poem: Clive James reads 'Whitman and the Moth' By Ellen Rolfes In May of 1891, photographer Samuel Murray accompanied the New York sculptor William O'Donovan to Walt Whitman's home in Camden, N.J., Murray photographed Whitman as an aid to O'Donovan's sculpting the poet: "they took hell's times in all sorts of… Continue reading
Nov 25 Weekly Poem: Brenda Hillman reads 'Till it Finishes What it Does' By Victoria Fleischer // Brenda Hillman reads "Till it Finishes What it Does" from her new collection "Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire." Till it Finishes What it Does Where is the meaning, the old man asked. The night nurse has put on… Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch Brenda Hillman on 'Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire' Brenda Hillman talks about her new collection 'Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire.'… Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch Brenda Hillman reads 'After a Very Long Difficult Day' Brenda Hillman reads her poem "After a Very Long Difficult Day" from her new collection. Continue watching