Aug 01 Weekly Poem: ‘Sheriff Ed Rebuffed Her (‘Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey!’), Then He Fell’ K. Silem Mohammad is the author of "Breathalyzer" (Edge Books, 2008), "A Thousand Devils" (Combo Books, 2004) and "Deer Head Nation" (Tougher Disguises, 2003). He is also editor of the magazine Abraham Lincoln. Continue reading
Jul 25 Weekly Poem: (Interior Life of Tumbler: Julie Sheehan is the author of three poetry collections: "Thaw" (2001); "Orient Point" (2006), which won the Barnard Women Poets Prize; and "Bar Book: Poems and Otherwise" (2010). She teaches in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton. Continue reading
Jul 18 Weekly Poem: ‘Morning, and as sun is born’ By Tom LeGro Joan Houlihan has published three books, including "The Us" (2009, Tupelo Press). In 2004, she founded the Concord Poetry Center, and in 2006 she established the Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference for advanced writers. She teaches at Lesley University's low-residency M.F.A. Continue reading
Jul 11 Weekly Poem: ‘Excuse Me, Where Is Varick Street?’ Joy Katz is the author of two poetry collections, "The Garden Room" (2006, Tupelo Press) and "Fabulae" (2002, Southern Illinois University Press). She teaches in the graduate writing program at the University of Pittsburgh and is an editor-at-large for Pleiades. Continue reading
Jul 05 Weekly Poem: From ‘Severance Songs’ Joshua Corey is the author of "Severance Songs" (Tupelo Press, 2011), "Fourier Series" (Spineless Books, 2005) "Selah" (Barrow Street, 2003) and two chapbooks. He teaches at Lake Forest College in Illinois. Continue reading
Jun 28 Weekly Poem: ‘Georgi Borrisov in Paris’ John Balaban is the author of 12 books of poetry and prose, including four volumes which together have won the Academy of American Poets' Lamont prize, a National Poetry Series Selection and two nominations for the National Book Award. He… Continue reading
Jun 22 Weekly Poem: From ‘The Last Usable Hour’ By Tom LeGro Deborah Landau is the author of "Orchidelirium," which won the Anhinga Prize for Poetry, and "The Last Usable Hour" (2011, Copper Canyon Press). She is the director of the NYU Creative Writing Program. Continue reading
May 16 Weekly Poem: From ‘My God, It’s Full of Stars’ Tracy K. Smith is the author of three collections of poetry: "Life on Mars" (Graywolf Press, 2011); Duende (Graywolf, 2007), winner of the 2006 James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets; and "The Body's Question" (Graywolf, 2003), winner… Continue reading
May 09 Weekly Poem: ‘These Arms of Mine’ David Kirby is the author of several books of criticism, essays, children's literature and poetry, including most recently, "Talking about Movies with Jesus" (2011) and "The House on Boulevard Street: New and Selected Poems" (2007), a finalist for the National… Continue reading
May 02 Weekly Poem: ‘This is a fugue for the lost art of aching’ By Tom LeGro Heather Hartley is the author of "Knock Knock," which was a finalist in the 2007 National Poetry Series. Continue reading