Poetry

Talking With W.S. Merwin

Talking With W.S. Merwin Talking With W.S. Merwin

The Poet Laureate Consultant to the Library of Congress talks about spontaneous demonstrations, his hope for poetry, and why he doesn't read criticism anymore.

Apr 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jordan Davis

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Elizabeth Bishop's Poems and Prose; James Gleick's The Information.

Apr 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

Katha Pollitt on Poetry and Politics Katha Pollitt on Poetry and Politics

Katha Pollitt joins The Brian Lehrer Show for a National Poetry Month conversation about politics and poetry.

Apr 25, 2011 / Books & the Arts / The Brian Lehrer Show

Shelf Life: On Poets and Painters Shelf Life: On Poets and Painters

Tibor de Nagy’s Painters & Poets; Bill Berkson’s For the Ordinary Artist; William Corbett’s Albert York.

Mar 23, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Duncan’s Divagations: On Robert Duncan and H.D.

Duncan’s Divagations: On Robert Duncan and H.D. Duncan’s Divagations: On Robert Duncan and H.D.

Robert Duncan saw in H.D.'s poetry “The story of survival, the evolution of forms in which live survives.”

Feb 3, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

The Weasel’s Tooth: On W.B. Yeats

The Weasel’s Tooth: On W.B. Yeats The Weasel’s Tooth: On W.B. Yeats

W.B. Yeats’s poems on Ireland contemplate failures: not of poetry but of public life in all its forms.

Jan 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Burt

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Merrill Gilfillan’s The Bark of the Dog and The Warbler Road; Tony Judt’s The Memory Chalet.

Jan 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

Vanishing Points: Language Poetry Remembered Vanishing Points: Language Poetry Remembered

The Grand Piano is a highbrow Friends—a collective history of the early years of Language poetry.

Jan 12, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Alice Notley's Reason and Other Women; Andrew Joron's Trance Archive; Aaron Kunin's The Sore Throat and Other Poems.

Sep 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Steve Evans

More Than Has Met the Eye More Than Has Met the Eye

The poems of Janusz Szuber and Ewa Lipska depart from the romanticized view of Polish poetry as a witness to history.

Sep 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Paloff

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