May 20 Weekly Poem: ‘Things the Doctor Asks’ By Tom LeGro This week's poem comes from Charles Hood. He is the author of "South x South," winner of the 2012 Hollis Summers Poetry Prize. His previous books include "Bombing Ploesti" and "Rio de Dios" (Red Hen Press). Continue reading
May 14 Charles Henry Rowell Jeffrey Brown talks with longtime literary editor Charles Henry Rowell about his passion for promoting undiscovered and underappreciated African-American poets and artists. His latest effort is a new anthology called "Angles of Ascent."… Continue reading
May 13 Watch New Anthology Celebrates ‘Ascent’ of African-American Poets Jeffrey Brown talks with longtime literary editor Charles Henry Rowell about his passion for promoting undiscovered and underappreciated African-American poets and artists. His latest effort is a new anthology called "Angles of Ascent."… Continue watching
May 13 Weekly Poem: ‘The Eaves’ By Tom LeGro Caroline Knox is the author of eight volumes of poetry, including "Flemish" (Wave Books, 2013) and "Quaker Guns" (Wave Books, 2008), which received a Recommended Reading Award 2009 from the Massachusetts Center for the Book. Continue reading
May 13 New Anthology Celebrates ‘Ascent’ of African-American Poets Jeffrey Brown talks with longtime literary editor Charles Henry Rowell about his passion for promoting undiscovered and underappreciated African-American poets and artists. His latest effort is a new anthology called "Angles of Ascent."… Continue reading
May 13 Charles Henry Rowell Is ‘Prepared to Do Battle’ Using Poetry By Tom LeGro For nearly four decades, Charles Henry Rowell has been a talent scout of sorts, looking for young and often ignored African-American artists. His latest project is a Norton anthology of contemporary black poets called "Angles of Ascent." Watch some of… Continue reading
May 06 Weekly Poem: ‘Ward’ By Tom LeGro Karen Holmberg's first book, "The Perseids," won the Vassar Miller Prize and was published by the University of North Texas Press; her second book, "Axis Mundi," won the John Ciardi Prize and was published by BkMk Press earlier this year. Continue reading
Apr 29 Weekly Poem: ‘Stars’ By Tom LeGro Christian Barter's first book, "The Singers I Prefer," was a finalist for the Lenore Marshall Prize. His poetry has appeared in Ploughshares, The Georgia Review, The American Scholar and elsewhere. He is an editor at the Beloit Poetry Journal and… Continue reading
Apr 22 Weekly Poem: ‘Not a Verbal Equivalent’ By Tom LeGro Dara Wier is the author of 10 collections of poetry, including "You Good Thing" (Wave Books, 2013), "Remnants of Hannah" (Wave Books, 2006) and "Reverse Rapture" (Verse Press, 2005). She is on the permanent faculty in the MFA program at… Continue reading
Apr 15 ‘Stag’s Leap’ Wins Pulitzer Prize for Poetry "Stag's Leap" by Sharon Olds, won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Pulitzer judges called Olds' collection "a book of unflinching poems on the author's divorce that examine love, sorrow and the limits of self-knowledge."… Continue reading