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
Apr 08 Weekly Poem: 'Child Support Hearing' By Tom LeGro Jay Baron Nicorvo's poetry, fiction, nonfiction and criticism have appeared in The Literary Review, Guernica, The Iowa Review and The Believer. He teaches at Western Michigan University. His book "Deadbeat" was published last year by Four Way Books. Continue reading
Apr 05 Conversation: For Poetry Lovers, April Is the Coolest Month By Tom LeGro April is National Poetry Month and that's because of an initiative by the Academy of American Poets beginning in 1996. The Academy claims it's now become the largest literary celebration in the world, reaching over 10 million Americans. Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch Poet Gerald Stern Looks Back on a Career Spent Reading and Writing Poet Gerald Stern Looks Back on a Career Spent Reading and Writing… Continue watching
Apr 02 Poet Gerald Stern Looks Back on a Career Spent Reading and Writing By News Desk Jeffrey Brown talks with Gerald Stern, one of America's most acclaimed poets. At 87, Stern received the Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress for his collection, "Early Collected Poems: 1965-1992." Stern reflects on his working class… Continue reading
Apr 01 Weekly Poem: 'Song' By Tom LeGro Cynthia Zarin is the author of four books of poetry -- "The Swordfish Tooth" (1989); "Fire Lyric" (1993); and "The Watercourse" (2002); and "The Ada Poems" (2010) -- and five books for children. Continue reading
Mar 25 Weekly Poem: 'Cuckoo Flower on the Witness Stand' By Tom LeGro Li-Young Lee is the author of four books of poetry: "Behind My Eyes" (2008); "Book of My Nights" (2001); "The City in Which I Love You" (1991); and "Rose" (1986). Continue reading