Feb 27 Tonight on the NewsHour: Marcel Khalife By Arts Desk Friday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown profiles Marcel Khalife, who for nearly 40 years has been rousing audiences with songs about love and strife. Continue reading
Feb 23 Weekly Poem: 'Advertisement for the Mountain' Christina Davis is the author of "Forth A Raven" (Alice James Books, 2006). In February, Poet Laureate Kay Ryan chose Davis and Mary Szybist for the 2009 Witter Bynner Fellowships. Continue reading
Feb 16 Weekly Poems: By Washington and Lincoln By Arts Desk For Presidents Day (and two days after Valentines Day), here are poems by two presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, that hit on the theme of love. Continue reading
Feb 12 Cynthia Zarin Reads 'Harriet' and Other Poems By newshourpoetry Cynthia Zarin is the author of three books of poetry -- "The Swordfish Tooth" (1989); "Fire Lyric" (1993); and "The Watercourse" (2002, Los Angeles Times Book Prize) -- and five books for children. Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch Transcript of Lincoln Inspires Poem for 16th President Poet and journalist Cynthia Zarin often writes poems inspired by news articles. In 1989, she came across a story about a handwritten transcript found in a shoebox. It recorded a case in which then-lawyer Abraham Lincoln successfully defended a man… Continue watching
Feb 12 Transcript of Lincoln Inspires Poem for 16th President By Margaret Myers Poet and journalist Cynthia Zarin often writes poems inspired by news articles. In 1989, she came across a story about a handwritten transcript found in a shoebox. It recorded a case in which then-lawyer Abraham Lincoln successfully defended a man… Continue reading
Feb 09 Weekly Poem: 'Apology' Mary Szybist is the author of "Granted," which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. In February, Poet Laureate Kay Ryan chose Szybist and Christina Davis for the 2009 Witter Bynner Fellowships. Continue reading
Feb 02 Weekly Poem: 'Pittsburgh' In honor of the Steelers' Super Bowl victory, we've gone into the Poetry Series archive. Continue reading
Jan 28 Remembering John Updike The poem Nicholas Delbanco read during Tuesday's program first appeared in the June 1999 issue of Poetry, and later, in a slightly different form in 2001, in "Americana."… Continue reading