May 04 Watch 2:10 Arielle Greenberg reads ‘I’m Not Saying Your Mother is a Vampire’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 27 Poet reflects on his time ‘Sleeping in Gaza’ during airstrikes By artsdesk Najwan Darwish is one of the foremost Arabic-language poets of his generation. His English translator, Kareem James Abu-Zeid, reads "Sleeping in Gaza" from his collection "Nothing More To Lose."… Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch 1:56 Kareem James Abu-Zeid reads Najwan Darwish’s poem ‘Sleeping in Gaza’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 20 Poet writes a letter to her ‘high school obsession,’ the Atom Bomb By artsdesk Watch poet Catherine Pierce read her poem “Dear Atom Bomb” at the 2015 AWP Conference and Bookfair in Minneapolis. Continue reading
Apr 13 Poet delivers a challenge: ‘change is not made by cowards’ By artsdesk Jonathan B. Tucker is the Youth Programs Coordinator for Split This Rock, a national nonprofit organized devoted provoking social justice through poetry. Listen to Tucker recite his poem "Live United" at the 2015 AWP Conference and Bookfair in Minneapolis. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch 2:38 Jonathan B. Tucker recites his poem ‘Live United’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 06 Poet Bill Berkson reads ‘The One God’ By artsdesk Listen to Bill Berkson read “The One God” from his new collection “Expect Delays.”… Continue reading
Mar 30 Poet writes unflinchingly about self-inflicted violence and women By artsdesk Sarah Rose Nordgren reads "The Performance" from her debut collection, "Best Bones." When she wrote the poem, she was thinking about self-inflicted violence and women. Continue reading
Mar 23 Dead Japanese poets make great collaborators By Ashira Morris Matthew Rohrer's new collection, "Surrounded by Friends," collects poems written in collaboration with famous writers, daily life and inanimate objects. Continue reading