Jul 11 How young writers are leading a poetry comeback By Jennifer Hijazi Twenty-eight million American adults read poetry this year -- the highest percentage of poetry readership in more than 15 years. Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch 5:46 Kevin Young intertwines personal and public history in ‘Brown’ As a writer, editor and archivist, Kevin Young is a poet actively engaged with the world. In his new collection, "Brown," Young draws heavily on his boyhood in Topeka, Kansas, tying it in large and small ways to the wider… Continue watching
Jul 02 Antwon Rose’s mother wants everybody to hear this poem By Joshua Barajas “I don’t want to say it’s prophetic, but it is,” says Rose's teacher who found the poem. “If you knew this kid, he was a really nice kid. It’s such a loss."… Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch 3:14 Donald Hall, 89, saw poetry as ‘school for feeling’ Donald Hall, a former U.S. poet laureate who was widely considered one of the greatest poets of his generation, died over the weekend at the age of 89. Jeffrey Brown remembers the renowned writer with a look back at a… Continue watching
Jun 25 A poem to remember Donald Hall, former U.S. poet laureate By Jennifer Hijazi Hall, a candid, unaffected writer who examined love, loss and rural American life, died Saturday at the age of 89. Continue reading
Jun 18 Remember the humanity of immigrants, this poet urges By Jennifer Hijazi Eduardo Corral's poems are an imagined glimpse into the internal lives of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border -- something he said has been forgotten or intentionally omitted in the national conversation. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 3:41 A poet who holds ‘the men behind the music’ accountable Inspired by the people who have come forward as part of the #MeToo movement, Imani Davis shares her poem “Platinum” and gives her Brief but Spectacular take on how society can overlook wrongdoing by famous artists. Continue watching
Jun 11 When imagination is a child’s only refuge, ‘that’s not a happy ending’ By Jennifer Hijazi In “Fable of the Pack-Saddle Child,” a poet imagines how a child who's been neglected and abused finds escape in her own mind. Continue reading
Jun 04 One poet’s take on what is still missing from Pride By Jennifer Hijazi Poet Hieu Minh Nguyen says stories like his are often left out of the “visible” Pride experience. Continue reading
May 31 Watch 3:37 How a poet purges all of the men who didn’t keep promises New York-based poet Whitney Greenaway shares her Brief but Spectacular take on letting go. Continue watching