Oct 24 Watch In 'Human Chain,' Nobel-Winning Poet Seamus Heaney Digs Into the Past In his native Ireland, he's known as "Famous Seamus," and indeed, Seamus Heaney -- winner of the Nobel Prize in 1995 -- is a world-famous poet. Now 72, his new collection, "Human Chain," contains poems that are, as always for… Continue watching
Oct 24 Seamus Heaney Reads From 'Human Chain' Seamus Heaney is widely recognized as one of the major poets of the 20th century. Heaney's collection "Human Chain" contains poems that are, as always for him, grounded in the physical world but also take a look back. Continue reading
Oct 24 Weekly Poem: 'Death of a Naturalist' By Tom LeGro Nobel winning poet Seamus Heaney reads "Death of a Naturalist."… Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch Seamus Heaney Reads 'Death of a Naturalist' Seamus Heaney reads "Death of a Naturalist."… Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch Weekly Poem: 'See You Tomorrow Night' by Terri Witek Terri Witek reads "See You Tomorrow Night" from her book, "Carnal World."… Continue watching
Oct 10 Weekly Poem: 'Fiat Lux' Traci Brimhall is the author of "Our Lady of the Ruins" (forthcoming from W.W. Norton), winner of the 2011 Barnard Women Poets Prize, and "Rookery" (Southern Illinois University Press, 2010), winner of the 2009 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First… Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch Weekly Poem: 'Leaf at the End' by Lily Brown Lily Brown reads "Leaf at the End" from her book, "Rust or Go Home."… Continue watching
Oct 06 Transtromer, Swedish Poet With 'Tinge of Modernism, Surrealism,' Wins Nobel By Saskia de Melker The 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature has gone to Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer, the first poet to win the award since 1996. Judges selected Transtromer because, they wrote, "through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."… Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch Poet Philip Schultz Details Life-Long Struggle in New Memoir 'My Dyslexia' Poet Philip Schultz Recalls a Life-Long Struggle in 'My Dyslexia'… Continue watching