Feb 15 Poet Lucille Clifton Dies at Age 73 Lucille Clifton, a National Book Award-winning poet and Pulitzer Prize finalist, died Saturday after a long fight with cancer. She was 73. Continue reading
Feb 08 Weekly Poem: 'Those Winter Sundays' By Tom LeGro Robert Hayden was the first black poet to be chosen as consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress. Continue reading
Feb 05 Michele Voltaire Marcelin Reads Poetry Inspired by Haiti Michele Voltaire Marcelin is a poet, actress, painter and writer who was born in Port-au-Prince in 1955 and currently lives and teaches in New York. Continue reading
Feb 05 Michele Voltaire Marcelin Poet Michele Voltaire Marcelin reads some of her poems. Continue reading
Feb 05 Understanding Haiti's Disaster Through a Poet's Eyes Michele Voltaire Marcelin, an artist, poet, spoken word performer and teacher, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Since the earthquake struck that country last month, she has been struggling to make sense of the destruction. Continue reading
Feb 05 Friday on the NewsHour: 'A Rift in the Land' By Tom LeGro Michele Voltaire Marcelin, an artist, poet, spoken word performer and teacher, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Since the earthquake struck that country last month, she has been struggling to make sense of the destruction. Continue reading
Feb 05 Watch Understanding Haiti's Disaster Through a Poet's Eyes Michele Voltaire Marcelin, an artist, poet, spoken word performer and teacher, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Since the earthquake struck that country last month, she has been struggling to make sense of the destruction. Continue watching
Feb 04 Karl Case's (Poetic) Reflections on the Housing Market We've been interviewing Wellesley economics professor Karl 'Chip' Case since the last housing crash here in Boston in the late '80s, and as recently as a few weeks ago with his well-known collaborator Bob Shiller. He… Continue reading
Feb 01 Weekly Poem: 'Centuries of Ashes' By Tom LeGro Patrick Sylvain is a Haitian-American writer, essayist and poet, and instructor of Haitian language and culture at Brown University's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Continue reading
Jan 25 Weekly Poem: 'Ports of Sorrow' By Tom LeGro Patrick Sylvain is a Haitian-American writer, essayist and poet, and instructor of Haitian language and culture at Brown University's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Continue reading