Sep 24 Weekly Poem: ‘Intravenous’ Hugh Martin recently won the Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award from The Iowa Review for his poetry. His upcoming book, "The Stick Soldiers," received the A. Poulin Jr. First Book Prize from BOA Editions. Hugh served in Iraq for 11 months. Continue reading
Jul 30 Weekly Poem: ‘Tavern. Tavern. Church. Shuttered Tavern,’ Patricia Smith is the author of five volumes of poetry, including "Blood Dazzler," a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award, "Teahouse of the Almighty," a National Poetry Series selection, and most recently "Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah." She is a… Continue reading
Jul 23 Weekly Poem: ‘Alone in Hell’s Canyon’ Michael McGriff's books include "Home Burial; Dismantling the Hills," "To Build My Shadow a Fire: The Poetry and Translations of David Wevill" and a co-translation of Tomas Transtromer's "The Sorrow Gondola." He is the founding editor of Tavern Books, a… Continue reading
Jun 18 Weekly Poem: ‘All My Friends’ Barbecues Need Attending’ Carrie Oeding is a native of Minnesota. She received her M.F.A. from Eastern Washington University and her Ph.D. in from Ohio University, where she was awarded the Claude Kantner Fellowship. She currently teaches as a visiting assistant professor at Marshall… Continue reading
Jun 11 Weekly Poem: ‘Je m’appelle Ivan’ By Tom LeGro Heather Christle is the author of "What Is Amazing" (Wesleyan University Press), "The Difficult Farm" (Octopus Books, 2009) and "The Trees The Trees" (Octopus Books, 2011), which won the 2012 Believer Poetry Award. Continue reading
Jun 04 Weekly Poem: ‘Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Rezervation’ Natalie Diaz reads "Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Rezervation," a poem from her book "When My Brother Was an Aztec."… Continue reading
Apr 30 Weekly Poem: ‘Johnny One Note’ 2012 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize-winner W.S. Di Piero reads "Johnny One Note," from his book "Nitro Nights" (2011, Copper Canyon Press). Continue reading
Apr 23 Weekly Poem: ‘I lost my pen, I lost my keys’ Marianne Boruch is the author of seven collections of poetry, including "The Book of Hours" (Copper Canyon, 2011), two volumes of essays on poetry and a memoir. Her honors include two Pushcart Prizes and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and… Continue reading
Apr 16 Weekly Poem: ‘Tonight’ Rowan Ricardo Phillips is a poet, critic and translator. His first collection of poetry is "The Ground," forthcoming in June by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Phillips is associate professor of English at Stony Brook and director of the Poetry Center… Continue reading
Apr 09 Weekly Poem: ‘Metamorphosis’ Katherine Larson won the 2010 Yale Younger Poets Prize and the 2012 Kate Tufts Discovery Award for her book "Radial Symmetry." She is also the recipient of a Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship. Continue reading