Sep 25 Kwame Dawes Reads ‘The Weaver Bird’ by Kofi Awoonor .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Wednesday on the PBS NewsHour,… Continue reading
Sep 25 Poet Kwame Dawes Remembers Kofi Awoonor With Reading of ‘The Weaver Bird’ Wednesday on the PBS NewsHour, poet Kwame Dawes remembers his uncle, Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor, who was killed in the terrorist attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Dawes read one of his uncle's most famous works, "The Weaver… Continue reading
Sep 25 Kwame Dawes Reads ‘The Weaver Bird’ by Kofi Awoonor Poet Kwame Dawes' uncle, the Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor, was killed in the terrorist attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Dawes read one of his uncle's most famous works, "The Weaver Bird."… Continue reading
Sep 23 Grace Schulman Reads ‘Without a Claim’ By News Desk In "Without a Claim," poet Grace Schulman is inspired by the things she loves. Raised in New York City, "like a houseplant in a windowsill, Schulman describes the majesty of the American landscape. In this instance it's Montauk, at the… Continue reading
Sep 19 Lucie Brock-Broido Reads ‘Of Tookie Williams’ By Margaret Myers Lucie Brock-Broido is the author of four collections of poetry, including her latest "Stay, Illusion." She is the Director of Poetry in the School of the Arts at Columbia University in New York. Her poem "Of Tookie Williams" is about… Continue reading
Sep 18 Jennifer Michael Hecht Reads ‘Split’ By Margaret Myers Jennifer Michael Hecht is a poet, historian, philosopher and author. She has written several books of nonfiction including "Doubt: A History" and "The Happiness Myth." Her latest collection of poetry is titled "Who Said." She teaches at The New School… Continue reading
Sep 18 Jennifer Michael Hecht Reads ‘Split’ By Margaret Myers Jennifer Michael Hecht is a poet, historian, philosopher and author. She is the author of several books of nonfiction including "Doubt: A History" and "The Happiness Myth." Her latest collection of poetry is titled "Who Said." She teaches at The… Continue reading
Sep 17 Mary Jo Salter’s ‘Nothing By Design’ a Mixture of Darkness and Whimsy By Margaret Myers "Nothing By Design," the new collection from poet Mary Jo Salter, is a mix of light and dark. In it, Salter explores the end of a marriage, the loss of friends, having fun with MFA programs and responding to "The… Continue reading
Sep 17 Mary Jo Salter’s ‘Nothing By Design’ a Mixture of Darkness and Whimsy By Margaret Myers "Nothing By Design," the new collection from poet Mary Jo Salter, is a mix of light and dark. In it, Salter explores the end of a marriage, the loss of friends, having fun with MFA programs and responding to "The… Continue reading
Sep 16 Meena Alexander Reads Her Poem, ‘Experimental Geography’ By Margaret Myers Meena Alexander's latest collection of poems, "Birthplace with Buried Stones," will be published Sept. 30, 2013. Alexander is an English professor at the City University of New York and teaches at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of… Continue reading