Jan 31 Weekly Poem: ‘Ex Libris’ By Tom LeGro Megan Harlan's first book of poems, "Mapmaking," won the 2009 John Ciardi Prize. Her poems have appeared in several journals, including American Poetry Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, TriQuarterly, Prairie Schooner, AGNI Online and elsewhere. Continue reading
Jan 24 Weekly Poem: ‘Together’ By Tom LeGro Charles Wright was born in Pickwick Dam, Tenn., in 1935 and was educated at Davidson College and the University of Iowa. He has written several books of poems, including most recently, "Outtakes" (2010); "Sestets: Poems" (2010); and the forthcoming "Bye-and-Bye:… Continue reading
Jan 10 Weekly Poem: ‘The Winter’s Wife’ By Tom LeGro Jennifer Chang is the author of "The History of Anonymity" (Georgia, 2008). A Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Virginia, she co-chairs the advisory board of Kundiman, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the support and promotion of Asian… Continue reading
Jan 03 Weekly Poem: ‘Boy in Blue’ By Tom LeGro Recently, Kwame Dawes teamed up with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to examine the earthquake in Haiti through poetry. Look for a report on the NewsHour about that project in the coming days. Continue reading
Dec 20 Weekly Poem: ‘The New Intelligence’ By Tom LeGro Timothy Donnelly is the author of "Twenty-seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit" and "The Cloud Corporation," is a poetry editor for "Boston Review" and a full-time faculty member of the Writing Program at Columbia University's School of the… Continue reading
Nov 29 Weekly Poem: ‘Hammer Is the Prayer’ Christian Wiman is the editor of Poetry magazine and the author of three collections of poems: "Every Riven Thing" (2010), "Hard Night" (2005) and "The Long Home" (1998). Continue reading
Nov 22 Weekly Poem: ‘Fish Head for Katrina’ By Tom LeGro Terrance Hayes, a poet and professor at Carnegie Mellon University, won the 2010 National Book Award. Here, he reads a poem from his award-winning volume, "Lighthead."… Continue reading
Nov 15 Weekly Poem: ‘Nikki-Rosa’ By Tom LeGro Nikki Giovanni is the author of several books of poetry, including most recently "Bicycles: Love Poems." "Nikki-Rosa" is taken from "The 100 Best African American Poems," edited by Giovanni and published in November. Continue reading
Nov 08 Weekly Poem: ‘She Is Awakened by a Hair’ By Tom LeGro Kim Dower taught poetry for two years at Emerson College, her alma mater, before moving to Los Angeles and founding Kim-from-LA, a literary publicity company that specializes in coaching authors and speakers on how to present themselves to the media. Continue reading