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
Sep 12 Watch Poetry Project Helps Dementia Patients Live in the Moment In our new series, "Where Poetry Lives," Natasha Trethewey, poet laureate of the United States, and Jeffrey Brown spends time at the Alzheimer's Poetry Project in Brooklyn. The international program works with people with dementia to try to trigger memory by… Continue watching
Sep 12 A word from the Poet Laureate "My own journey in becoming a poet began with memory -- with the need to record and hold on to what was being lost" Thursday on PBS NewsHour, Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and the NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown launch "Where… Continue reading
Sep 12 Where Poetry Lives: Sharing Moments and Verse When Memory Fades By Molly Finnegan PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown, right, and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, center right, launch the series “Where Poetry Lives.” Their first stop: Brooklyn. Photo by Anne Davenport/NewsHour “A short walk in the park, a sax, a lot of poetry:… Continue reading
Sep 12 Poetry Project Helps Dementia Patients Live in the Moment By Margaret Myers In our new series, "Where Poetry Lives," Natasha Trethewey, poet laureate of the United States, and Jeffrey Brown spends time at the Alzheimer's Poetry Project in Brooklyn. The international program works with people with dementia to try to trigger memory… Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch Natasha Trethewey reads "Why Some People be Mad at Me..." Natasha Trethewey reads "Why Some People be Mad at Me Sometimes" by Lucille Clifton… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch Natasha Trethewey reads "Give and Take" Natasha Trethewey reads "Give and Take"… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch Gary Glazner recites "We Are Forget" Gary Glazner reads "We Are Forget"… Continue watching
Sep 12 Poet's Notebook: Beginning the Journey by Remembering the Past By Natasha Trethewey U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey kicks off the "Where Poetry Lives" tour with NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown in New York. Photos by Anne Davenport Editor's Note: PBS NewsHour kicks off a special poetry series with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey. Continue reading
Sep 12 Poet's Notebook: Beginning the Journey by Remembering the Past By Molly Finnegan Editor’s Note: PBS NewsHour kicks off a special poetry series with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey. “Where Poetry Lives” features Trethewey and NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown. The pair will be on-location, reporting on issues that matter to Americans through the… Continue reading