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
Jan 18 Weekly Poem: ‘Root’ By Arts Desk Terrance Hayes is the author of three books of poems: "Muscular Music" (1999); "Hip Logic" (2002, National Poetry Series winner); and "Wind in a Box" (2006), and the recipient of many awards, including a Pushcart Prize, a Best American Poetry… Continue reading
Jan 12 Philip Levine Recalls Life at the Factory Philip Levine is author of some 20 volumes of verse and one of the nation's most honored poets, with a Pulitzer and numerous other prizes. But he started life in Detroit working in auto plants, sometimes waiting in line for… Continue reading
Jan 12 Tuesday on the NewsHour: Philip Levine By Tom LeGro At 82, Philip Levine is author of some 20 volumes of verse and is one of the nation’s most honored poets with a Pulitzer Prize and numerous other awards. But he started life in Detroit, working in auto plants… Continue reading
Jan 12 Andrew Moore: ‘Detroit Disassembled’ An exhibition of photographs by Andrew Moore is on display at the Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York that captures the lost world of Detroit -- abandoned auto plants taken over by plants, burned out high schools frozen in time. Continue reading