Sep 30 Poet Gregory Orr: Poetry Is 'Concentrated Testimony' of Being Human Poet Gregory Orr rhapsodizes on a theme he has explored for nearly a decade: the "beloved," the things we love. Of course, what we love can change over time, he says. "It can make you crazy by ... shifting from… Continue reading
Sep 30 Poet Gregory Orr: Poetry Is 'Concentrated Testimony' of Being Human By News Desk Poet Gregory Orr rhapsodizes on a theme he has explored for nearly a decade: the "beloved," the things we love. Of course, what we love can change over time, he says. "It can make you crazy by ... shifting from… Continue reading
Sep 26 On this day in 1888 T.S. Eliot began to count the silverware .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%; } Poet Thomas Stearns Eliot was… Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch Death of Kofi Awoonor in Nairobi Attack Is 'Great Loss' for Ghana and Poetry Death of Kofi Awooner in Nairobi Attack Is 'Great Loss' for Ghana and Poetry… Continue watching
Sep 25 Death of Kofi Awoonor in Nairobi Attack Is 'Great Loss' for Ghana and Poetry By Tom LeGro Kofi Awoonor, a Ghanaian poet, diplomat and academic, was among the victims murdered in a terrorist attack at a shopping mall in Nairobi. Awoonor's nephew Kwame Dawes, another renowned poet, was traveling with his uncle to attend a literary festival… Continue reading
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