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Weekly Poem: 'White Song'

J. Michael Martinez's collection "Heredities" was selected for the Academy of American Poets' Walt Whitman Award and will be published by Louisiana State University Press. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Literature at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Weekly Poem: 'J. Begins by Saying The World's Not as It Should Be'

Jeffrey Schultz's poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Great River Review, Northwest Review, Poetry, Poetry Northwest, Willow Springs and elsewhere. He teaches at Pepperdine University.

First Family Hosts 'Poetry Jam' at White House

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On Tuesday, President Barack Obama and first lady Michele Obama welcomed actors, poets and writers to the East Room of the White House for a night of poetry readings and spoken word.

Weekly Poem: 'Reasons to Consider Setting Ourselves on Fire'

In March, Jynne Dilling Martin was one of four winners of the 92nd Street Y "Discovery" Poetry Contest, which since 1951 has recognized the achievements of poets who have not yet published a first book.

Conversation: Russell L. Goings

To sit down and talk with Russell Goings, you would never guess he came to poetry later in life. Stories rich with allusions drawn from the gods of antiquity to the pioneers of the African-American journey to freedom pour out…

Weekly Poem: An Excerpt from 'The Children of Children Keep Coming'

Russell Goings has a BA from Xavier College in Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied writing at Fairfield University and the 92nd Street Y. Before he took up writing fifteen years ago, he was a professional football player, the first African American…

Poet Bob Hicok Reflects on Economic Hardships in Mich.

Bob Hicok was born and raised in Michigan, worked in factories and once owned an automotive die design business there before becoming a professor at Virginia Tech. His poetry reflects on the economic hardships suffered in his home state.

Poet Hicok Reflects on Economic Hardships in Mich.

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Poet Craig Arnold Goes Missing on Writing Trip

An award-winning poet and assistant professor at the University of Wyoming disappeared after setting out to explore a volcano on the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu-jima.

Bob Hicok Reads 'Weebles wobble but they don't fall down'

Poet Bob Hicok reads his poem "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down," which meditates on wealth disparity.