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
Mar 18 Weekly Poem: ‘Promissory Note’ By Tom LeGro Galway Kinnell has taught at several universities, and for many years he was the Erich Maria Remarque Professor of Creative Writing at New York University. He has been a MacArthur Fellow and the state poet of Vermont. In 1983, Kinnell… Continue reading
Mar 15 New Anthology Captures Postmodern American Poetry By Mike Melia What is postmodern poetry? That's the question Paul Hoover poses for his introduction to the Norton Anthology's second edition of "Postmodern American Poetry."… Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch Weekly Poem: ‘Emptiness Falls’ Gretel Ehrlich reads a poem from "Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami."… Continue watching