Jan 22 Richard Blanco Reads ‘One Day’ at President Obama’s Inauguration Jeffrey Brown talks with Richard Blanco, the poet chosen to read at President Obama's second swearing-in, about what it means to be a part of the festivities. Blanco, a Spanish born Cuban-American, is the first Latino, openly gay, as well… Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch Inauguration Poet Richard Blanco Hopes to Offer Words of Unity, Belonging Inauguration Poet Richard Blanco Hopes to Offer Poem of Unity, Belonging… Continue watching
Jan 18 Friday on the NewsHour: Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco By Tom LeGro Extended interview, reading: inaugural poet Richard Blanco. Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch Extended Interview, Reading: Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco More of Jeffrey Brown's interview and a reading with inaugural poet Richard Blanco. Continue watching
Jan 09 Poet Richard Blanco Chosen to Read at Obama’s Inauguration By Tom LeGro The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Wednesday that Richard Blanco has been chosen to read a poem at President Obama's inauguration on Jan. 21. Blanco will become the first Hispanic and first gay poet to read at a presidential inauguration. At… Continue reading
Jan 07 Weekly Poem: ‘Distracted by an Ergonomic Bicycle’ By Tom LeGro James Arthur is the author of "Charms Against Lightning," a debut poetry collection published by Copper Canyon Press in October. He has received the Amy Lowell Travelling Poetry Scholarship, a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Poetry, a residency at the Amy… Continue reading
Dec 25 Watch Greek Poets Muse Austerity Measures: ‘We’ll Hawk the Parthenon to Buy Our Bread’ Greek Poets Muse Austerity Measures: 'We'll Hawk the Parthenon to Buy Our Bread'… Continue watching
Dec 25 A.E. Stallings and Titos Patrikios By Tom LeGro A.E. Stallings and Titos Patrikios… Continue reading
Dec 25 From Greece: A.E. Stallings and Titos Patrikios Read Their Poetry By Tom LeGro Poet A.E. Stallings has lived in Athens, Greece, for the last 13 years. In 2011, she was awarded the MacArthur "genius" award and most recently published a collection titled "Olives," which includes poems about life -- both ancient and modern… Continue reading
Dec 25 Greek Poets Muse Austerity Measures: ‘We’ll Hawk the Parthenon to Buy Our Bread’ By Margaret Myers We examine the Greek economic crisis from a different angle -- from the perspective of poets, and through the prism of history, modern and ancient. Jeffrey Brown talks to poet and classicist A.E. Stallings, a resident of Athens for more… Continue reading