Nov 18 Patti Smith, Indie-Published Novel are Rock Stars of 2010 National Book Awards Known for her poetry and her rock 'n' roll, music legend Patti Smith has now been honored for her prose with a National Book Award, given out Wednesday night in New York. Continue reading
Nov 15 Weekly Poem: 'Nikki-Rosa' By Tom LeGro Nikki Giovanni is the author of several books of poetry, including most recently "Bicycles: Love Poems." "Nikki-Rosa" is taken from "The 100 Best African American Poems," edited by Giovanni and published in November. Continue reading
Nov 08 Weekly Poem: 'She Is Awakened by a Hair' By Tom LeGro Kim Dower taught poetry for two years at Emerson College, her alma mater, before moving to Los Angeles and founding Kim-from-LA, a literary publicity company that specializes in coaching authors and speakers on how to present themselves to the media. Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch 7:27 W.S. Merwin on Becoming the New Poet Laureate By PBS News Hour Jeffrey Brown has a conversation with W.S. Merwin, who was appointed as the 17th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry by The Library of Congress. Continue watching
Oct 27 Wednesday on the NewsHour: W.S. Merwin Watch Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin read more of his work. Continue reading
Oct 27 Wednesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Maya Angelou's personal papers, including letters from Malcolm X and James Baldwin and revisions of the poem she wrote to celebrate President Bill Clinton's inauguration, will be made public by the New York Public… Continue reading
Oct 25 Weekly Poem: 'From the Start' By Tom LeGro W.S. Merwin is the Library of Congress' 17th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. He has had a prolific writing career, crafting more than 50 books of verse, translations, memoirs and more. Continue reading
Oct 21 Thursday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the arts are not escaping historic government spending cuts in Britain as Arts Council England is having its budget cut by almost 30 percent. Continue reading
Oct 19 Conversation: Poet Elizabeth Alexander By Tom LeGro On January 20, 2009, Elizabeth Alexander was vaulted onto a stage few poets ever see when she was asked to compose and read a poem, "Praise Song for the Day," at the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Her latest book… Continue reading
Oct 18 Weekly Poem: 'The Elders' By Tom LeGro Elizabeth Alexander was born in Harlem, raised in Washington, D.C., and attended Yale University, where she now teaches African American Studies. She is the author of six books of poems, including most recently, "Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010."… Continue reading