Oct 11 Weekly Poem: ‘In D.C.’ Elizabeth Alexander was born in Harlem, raised in Washington, D.C., and attended Yale University, where she now teaches African American Studies. She is the author of six books of poems, including most recently, "Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010."… Continue reading
Oct 04 Weekly Poem: ‘At the Counters Ball’ By Tom LeGro John Taggart is the author of 14 volumes of poetry. From 1969 to 2001, he taught in the English Department and directed the Interdisciplinary Arts Program at Shippensburg University. Taggart's new book of poems, "Is Music," will be published in… Continue reading
Sep 27 Weekly Poem: ‘Global Warming’ Matthew Zapruder is the author of three collections of poetry: "American Linden," "The Pajamaist" and "Come On All You Ghosts" (Copper Canyon, Fall 2010). He is editor for Wave Books and teaches in the low residency MFA program at UC… Continue reading
Sep 20 Weekly Poem: ‘Pastorelle 15’ By Tom LeGro John Taggart is the author of 14 volumes of poetry. From 1969 to 2001, he taught in the English Department and directed the Interdisciplinary Arts Program at Shippensburg University. Taggart's new book of poems, "Is Music," will be published in… Continue reading
Sep 13 Weekly Poem: ‘Antietam’ By Tom LeGro Sandra Beasley is the author of "I Was the Jukebox," winner of the 2009 Barnard Women Poets Prize, and "Theories of Falling," winner of the 2007 New Issues Poetry Prize. Continue reading
Sep 07 Weekly Poem: ‘Watching the Towers Go Down’ By Tom LeGro Peter Balakian is the author of many books, including a new volume of poems, "Ziggurat," just published by University of Chicago Press, and "June-tree: New and Selected Poems, 1974-2000."… Continue reading
Aug 30 Weekly Poem: ‘Watcher’ By Tom LeGro Natasha Trethewey has written three collections of poetry: "Domestic Work," "Bellocq's Ophelia" and "Native Guard," which won the "2007 Pulitzer Prize. Her latest book, "Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast," is a mix of prose and poetry. Continue reading
Aug 23 Weekly Poem: ‘My God’ By Tom LeGro Sandra Beasley is the author of "I Was the Jukebox," winner of the 2009 Barnard Women Poets Prize, and "Theories of Falling," winner of the 2007 New Issues Poetry Prize. Continue reading
Aug 09 Weekly Poem: from ‘Doppler Elegies’ By Tom LeGro Ben Lerner first book, "The Lichtenberg Figures," won the Hayden Carruth Award from Copper Canyon Press and was named one of 2004's best books of poetry by Library Journal. His second book, "Angle of Yaw," was a finalist for the… Continue reading
Jul 26 Weekly Poem: Two from ‘Newspaper Blackout’ For Austin Kleon, an exercise for breaking writer's block developed into a method for creating poetry. Using a marker and a copy of the New York Times, Kleon blacks out words to reveal the ones he likes. Continue reading