Audio Roundup: Defying Borders and Celebrating Legacies
Listen to readings by Marilyn Chin and the Iowa International Writing Program; conversations on Dick Higgins, Robert Lax, and the Polish epic; and a tribute to John Yau!
Transforming Nature with Tommy Pico
By Carl Phillips
Posted Dec 17, 2018
A look at how Tommy Pico reveals “stereotypes about a culture’s relationship to nature” in his book-length Nature Poem.
Transforming Nature with Marilyn Nelson
By Carl Phillips
Posted Dec 12, 2018
Carl Phillips looks at how Marilyn Nelson presents “a racialized landscape” in her poem “My Grandfather Walks in the Woods.”
Bettissima: An Exhibition of the Life and Letters of Elizabeth Kray
By Lee Briccetti, Executive Director
Posted Dec 10, 2018
A look at the institutions built and friendships forged by Elizabeth Kray, who shaped the landscape of American poetry from the mid–20th century to the present day.
A Propulsive Thread
By Asiya Wadud
Posted Dec 5, 2018
With three visual arts examples and a writing prompt, poet Asiya Wadud paves the way to creating stillness and propulsion in poetry.
Transforming Nature with James Schuyler
By Carl Phillips
Posted Dec 3, 2018
Carl Phillips explores James Schuyler’s poem “The Bluet,” revealing “a thanksgiving of sorts, for friendship itself, for human company.”
Writing and Teaching in a Time of Crisis: Lessons from June Jordan
By Donna Masini
Posted Nov 29, 2018
Inspired by June Jordan, Donna Masini calls for the integration of writing with activism, personal life, and the “moral imagination.”
Charles Waters: Rising Star of Children’s Poetry
By Suzanne Wise, Staff Writer
Posted Nov 28, 2018
Children’s poet and actor Charles Waters on teaching, messing up, and his award-winning book Can I Touch Your Hair?.
Transforming Nature with John Clare
By Carl Phillips
Posted Nov 26, 2018
Carl Phillips examines how a poem by John Clare conveys “sensitivity to wilderness and the human ability to reason about it.”
Quiz: Medicinal Herb or Literary Magazine?
By Amanda Glassman, Librarian and Archivist
Posted Nov 21, 2018
Do you know your Sow’s Ear from your Lady’s Mantle? Quiz yourself on lit mags that belong on a witch’s shopping list.