Jan 23 Weekly Poem: ‘Tale’ Natasha Saje was born in Germany and grew up in New York City and northern New Jersey. She is the author of two books of poems: "Red Under the Skin" (Pittsburgh, 1994) and "Bend" (Tupelo Press, 2004). She teaches at… Continue reading
Jan 09 Weekly Poem: From ‘Movements Forward, Movements Away’ Peter Conners is the author of several books, including the poetry collections "The Crows Were Laughing in Their Trees" and "Of Whiskey and Winter." He is publisher of the not-for-profit literary press BOA Editions. Continue reading
Dec 26 Weekly Poem: ‘Rime Riche’ Monica Ferrell is the author of the collection of poems "Beasts for the Chase" (2008, Sarabande Books) and the novel, "The Answer Is Always Yes" (2008, Dial Press). Continue reading
Dec 19 Weekly Poem: ‘4th Grade Logic’ P.F. Potvin is the author of "The Attention Lesson" (2006, No Tell Books). He serves on the staff of the online literary journal Drunken Boat. and has been a visiting writer at Emory University and the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Continue reading
Dec 12 Weekly Poem: ‘Crossings’ Ravi Shankar is founding editor of the online journal of the arts Drunken Boat. He teaches at Central Connecticut State College where he is poet-in-residence and in the MFA program at City University of Hong Kong. Continue reading
Dec 05 Weekly Poem: ‘Prayer for the Hanoi Man Who Waits for Breakdowns on His Block’ Jennifer Richter is author of the collection, "Threshold," winner of the 2009 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition. Continue reading
Nov 28 Weekly Poem: ‘The Radioactive Dating Game’ Mala Radhakrishnan is an assistant professor at Wellesley College and is the author of a book of poems about chemistry called "Atomic Romances, Molecular Dances." Her aim is to use poetry, but also easy-to-understand analogies to teach such subjects as… Continue reading
Nov 21 Weekly Poem: ‘Radio Crackling, Radio Gone’ Lisa Olstein is the author of the collections, "Radio Crackling, Radio Gone" (Copper Canyon Press, 2006), winner of the Hayden Carruth Award, and "Lost Alphabet" (Copper Canyon Press, 2009). She is associate director of MFA Program for Poets and Writers… Continue reading
Nov 14 Weekly Poem: ‘Leaf at the End’ Lily Brown is the author of "Rust or Go Home" (Cleveland State University, 2010). Continue reading
Nov 07 Weekly Poem: ‘Olives’ "Olives" is the title poem of A.E. Stallings' forthcoming collection, which comes out in the spring. A poet and translator, Stallings was one of this year's MacArthur Award winners. Continue reading