Nov 19 Weekly Poem: ‘Highlights and Interstices’ Prize-winning Jack Gilbert died last week at the age of 87 after suffering for years from Alzheimer's disease. His many honors include the Yale Younger Poets prize for his 1962 debut "Views of Jeopardy" and a National Book Critics Circle… Continue reading
Nov 12 Weekly Poem: ‘The Role of Elegy’ Mary Jo Bang is the author of several books of poetry, including most recently a translation of Dante's "Inferno" (2012), "The Bride of E" (2009) and "Elegy" (2007), which won the National Book Critics Circle award. Continue reading
Nov 05 Weekly Poem: ‘Never Seen’ Hoa Nguyen studied poetics at New College of California in San Francisco. The author of eight books and chapbooks, she teaches poetics in a private workshop and at Ryerson University. Wave Books published her third full-length collection of poems, "As… Continue reading
Oct 29 Weekly Poem: ‘A.M.’ Nick Norwood's third full volume of poems, "Gravel and Hawk," won the Hollis Summers Prize in Poetry and was published by Ohio University Press in April 2012. His other books are "A Palace for the Heart" (2004), "The Soft Blare"… Continue reading
Oct 22 Weekly Poem: ‘Redemption Song’ Kevin Young is Atticus Haygood Professor of Creative Writing and English and Curator of Literary Collections and the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library at Emory University. He is the author of seven books of poetry, including "Ardency: A Chronicle of the… Continue reading
Oct 15 Weekly Poem: ‘Diagnosis’ Sharon Olds is the author of several books of poetry, including "The Dead and the Living," winner of the 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award; "The Unswept Room," a finalist for the 2002 National Book Award and the National Book… Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch Weekly Poem: Sharon Olds Reads ‘Diagnosis’ Sharon Olds reads her poem "Diagnosis,' which is from her new book "Stag's Leap."… Continue watching
Oct 12 Dodge Poetry Festival Gets Underway The 2012 Dodge Poetry Festival is underway, billed as the largest poetry gathering in North America. This will be the third time it's being held in Newark, after many years in the woods in a much more rural New Jersey… Continue reading
Oct 11 Poet Sharon Olds’ New Collection Mourns and Heals the End of a Marriage Sharon Olds shares work from her latest collection of poetry, "Stag's Leap." The poet also talks about her partner's New Hampshire nature retreat where she spends her days, about finding her poetic voice in her 30s, and the "usefulness" of… Continue reading
Oct 11 Thursday on the NewsHour: Sharon Olds Poet Sharon Olds reads from her new book, "Stag's Leap."… Continue reading