Arts Sep 30 Poet Gregory Orr: Poetry Is ‘Concentrated Testimony’ of Being Human Poet Gregory Orr rhapsodizes on a theme he has explored for nearly a decade: the "beloved," the things we love. Of course, what we love can change over time, he says. "It can make you crazy by ... shifting from… By News Desk
Nation Sep 16 Weekly Poem: ‘Experimental Geography’ Meena Alexander reads a poem, "Experimental Geography," from her soon to be published collection, "Birthplace with Buried Stones." Alexander is an English professor at the City University of New York and teaches at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City…
Arts Apr 22 Weekly Poem: ‘Not a Verbal Equivalent’ Dara Wier is the author of 10 collections of poetry, including "You Good Thing" (Wave Books, 2013), "Remnants of Hannah" (Wave Books, 2006) and "Reverse Rapture" (Verse Press, 2005). She is on the permanent faculty in the MFA program at… By Tom LeGro
Arts Apr 08 Weekly Poem: ‘Child Support Hearing’ Jay Baron Nicorvo's poetry, fiction, nonfiction and criticism have appeared in The Literary Review, Guernica, The Iowa Review and The Believer. He teaches at Western Michigan University. His book "Deadbeat" was published last year by Four Way Books. By Tom LeGro
Jan 07 Weekly Poem: ‘Distracted by an Ergonomic Bicycle’ By Tom LeGro James Arthur is the author of "Charms Against Lightning," a debut poetry collection published by Copper Canyon Press in October. He has received the Amy Lowell Travelling Poetry Scholarship, a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Poetry, a residency at the Amy… Continue reading
Dec 10 Weekly Poem: ‘Providence’ Sally Keith is the author of three collections of poetry: "The Fact of the Matter" (2012, Milkweed Editions); "Design," winner of the 2000 Colorado Prize for Poetry; and "Dwelling Song," winner of the University of Georgia's Contemporary Poetry Series competition. Continue reading
Nov 05 Weekly Poem: ‘Never Seen’ Hoa Nguyen studied poetics at New College of California in San Francisco. The author of eight books and chapbooks, she teaches poetics in a private workshop and at Ryerson University. Wave Books published her third full-length collection of poems, "As… Continue reading
Oct 29 Weekly Poem: ‘A.M.’ Nick Norwood's third full volume of poems, "Gravel and Hawk," won the Hollis Summers Prize in Poetry and was published by Ohio University Press in April 2012. His other books are "A Palace for the Heart" (2004), "The Soft Blare"… Continue reading
Oct 15 Weekly Poem: ‘Diagnosis’ Sharon Olds is the author of several books of poetry, including "The Dead and the Living," winner of the 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award; "The Unswept Room," a finalist for the 2002 National Book Award and the National Book… Continue reading