Jun 30 Benjamin Alire Sáenz Reads Meditations on Living in the Desert By newshourpoetry Benjamin Alire Sáenz is a Chicano poet, writer, professor and painter who has lived most of his life near the U.S.-Mexico border. He calls himself a "fronterizo" -- a Spanish word for border resident -- because, he says, the border… Continue reading
Jun 30 Poet Benjamin Saenz Considers Uncertainty Along Mexico’s Violent Border Latino poet Benjamin Saenz shares his writing from his home near the U.S., Mexico border, a region where violent drug wars have raged in recent years. His latest collection is called "The Book of What Remains."… Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch Poet Benjamin Saenz Considers Uncertainty Along Mexico’s Violent Border Latino poet Benjamin Saenz shares his writing from his home near the U.S., Mexico border, a region where violent drug wars have raged in recent years. His latest collection is called "The Book of What Remains."… Continue watching
Jun 28 Weekly Poem: ‘Meditation on Living in the Desert No. 11’ Benjamin Alire Saenz is a Chicano poet, novelist, professor and painter who lives near El Paso, Texas, just across the border from the Mexican town of Juarez. Much of his work addresses the land and people of the area. Continue reading
Jun 22 Preview: Poet Benjamin Alire Saenz By Tom LeGro Benjamin Alire Sáenz is a Chicano poet, novelist, professor and painter who lives near El Paso, Texas, just across the border from the Mexican town of Juarez. Much of his work addresses the land and people of the area. Continue reading
Jun 21 Weekly Poem: ‘The Man in the Wilderness’ By Jason Breslow Natalie Merchant's two-disc album, "Leave Your Sleep," is a collection of 26 traditional poems set to original music. The project began shortly after the birth of her daughter six years ago. Continue reading
Jun 17 Philip Schultz Finding Success After ‘Failure’ By Tom LeGro The accolades came later in life for New York-based poet Philip Schultz. He was 63 when he won the Pulitzer, already the author of five published books of poems, which never broke into the mainstream. Continue reading
Jun 14 Weekly Poem: ‘Sick’ By Tom LeGro Philip Schultz won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2008 for his book of poems, "Failure." He is the founder and director of the Writers Studio in New York. Schultz's latest book, "The God of Loneliness: Selected and New Poems,"… Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch Garden Roots of Emily Dickinson’s Poetry Paul Solman reports on a new show in New York that attempts to recreate the green spaces that inspired the writings of famously-reclusive poet Emily Dickinson. Continue watching