Mar 01 Charles Wright reads 'Hasta la Vista Buckaroo' By artsdesk Charles Wright reads "Hasta la Vista Buckaroo." Hasta la Vista Buckaroo So many have come and gone, undone like a rhinestone cowboy, Dazzle and snuff, Lord, dazzle and snuff, In a two-bit rodeo. The entrance to hell is just… Continue reading
Mar 01 Charles Wright reads 'When the Horses Gallop Away from Us, It's a Good Thing' By artsdesk Charles Wright reads "When the Horses Gallop Away from Us, It's a Good Thing." When the Horses Gallop Away from Us, It's a Good Thing I always find it strange—though I shouldn't—how creatures don't care for us the… Continue reading
Mar 01 Charles Wright Reads 'Together' By artsdesk Charles Wright reads "Together." Together I wish I had the capacity to see through my own death. Some flash light, some force of flame Picking out diamond points of falling leaves and the river of stars. This is the… Continue reading
Mar 01 Conversation: Libyan Poet Khaled Mattawa By Tom LeGro Khaled Mattawa was born in Benghazi, Libya, which is now much in the news, and came to the United States as a teenager in 1979. Jeffrey Brown spoke to Mattawa about the uprising in Libya, and about the history of… Continue reading
Feb 21 Weekly Poem: 'Meditation at the County Landfill' Eric Gudas":http://www.ericgudas.com/ was born in Annapolis, Md. His poems, book reviews and interviews with American poets have appeared in the American Poetry Review, Crazyhorse, the Iowa Review, Poetry Flash, the Southern Review and other journals. His book, "Best Western and… Continue reading
Feb 17 Conversation: Elizabeth Bishop's 'Prose' By Tom LeGro Although publishing relatively little, roughly 100 poems, Elizabeth Bishop wrote volumes, and over the last decade nearly all of her unpublished work has been made public. Last week, two new books were added to the Bishop's canon, titled simply "Poetry"… Continue reading
Jan 31 Weekly Poem: 'Ex Libris' By Tom LeGro Megan Harlan's first book of poems, "Mapmaking," won the 2009 John Ciardi Prize. Her poems have appeared in several journals, including American Poetry Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, TriQuarterly, Prairie Schooner, AGNI Online and elsewhere. Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch In Chaos of Post-Earthquake Haiti, Artists Create Poetry Amid Rubble On his recent reporting trip to Haiti, Jeffrey Brown explored the story of Haitian poets and artists surviving -- and creating -- amid the rubble of last year's earthquake. Continue watching
Jan 26 Wednesday: Poetry Amid the Rubble By Molly Finnegan More from Jeffrey Brown's last report from his recent trip to Haiti, one year after the earthquake. Continue reading
Jan 24 Weekly Poem: 'Together' By Tom LeGro Charles Wright was born in Pickwick Dam, Tenn., in 1935 and was educated at Davidson College and the University of Iowa. He has written several books of poems, including most recently, "Outtakes" (2010); "Sestets: Poems" (2010); and the forthcoming "Bye-and-Bye:… Continue reading