Sep 11 The NewsHour Vault: This day in history By News Desk EmbedVideo('1491', '514', '320'); Poet Billy Collins reads "The Names," his tribute to the victims of 9/11 and their family members. This video was part of the NewsHour's coverage of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Continue reading
Aug 30 Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney Dies at 74 World-renowned poet and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney died at age 74 in his native Ireland after a brief illness. Jeffrey Brown looks back on an interview he did with the poet two years ago, when Heaney reflected on his life… Continue reading
Jul 11 Liao Yiwu Howls Against the Chinese Government, Offers Memories of Prison Liao Yiwu was in his early 30s when he was arrested for writing and performing a poem about the brutality of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. His poem -- simply called "Massacre" -- was an angry, howling rant against… Continue reading
Jul 11 Liao Yiwu Liao Yiwu was in his early 30s when he was arrested for writing and performing a poem about the brutality of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. His poem -- simply called "Massacre" -- was an angry, howling rant against… Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch Liao Yiwu Howls Against the Chinese Government, Offers Memories of Prison Liao Yiwu Howls Against the Chinese Government, Offers Memories of Prison… Continue watching
Jul 04 From the NewsHour Archives: Robert Pinsky on the 4th of July By Imani Cheers O July 4, 2001, former poet laureate Robert Pinsky read aloud for NewsHour viewers the concluding section of Walt Whitman's "By Blue Ontario's Shore," Pinsky said, "Whitman's list of what he 'will not shirk' remains an attractive agenda and can… Continue reading
Jul 04 From the NewsHour Archives: Robert Pinsky on the 4th of July A face NewsHour viewers may remember from his many appearances on the program, poet critic Robert Pinsky served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1997 to 2000. In this blog post, Pinsky reads a poem for the Fourth… Continue reading
Jul 01 Weekly Poem: ‘Inside The Good Idea’ By Victoria Fleischer Matthea Harvey is the author of "Modern Life," a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a New York Times Notable Book. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and is a contributing editor to jubilat, Meatpaper, and BOMB. Continue reading
Jun 24 Weekly Poem: ‘I Go Back to May 1937’ By Molly Finnegan Actor John Lithgow reads the poem "I Go Back to May 1937," by Pulitzer Prize winner Sharon Olds. Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch Weekly Poem: ‘I Go Back to May 1937’ Weekly Poem: 'I Go Back to May 1937'… Continue watching