Poetry Off the Shelf

"Was you ever bit by a dead bee?" Hailey Leithauser has won the 2012 Emily Dickinson First Book Award.

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Hailey Leithauser has won the 2012 Emily Dickinson First Book Award.

"Until you look again" Gerald Stern remembers Muriel Rukeyser

Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Gerald Stern remembers Muriel Rukeyser

Poetry in Motion Daniel Nester revisits the "greatest poetry documentary of all time" on its 30th birthday.

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Daniel Nester revisits the "greatest poetry documentary of all time" on its 30th birthday.

W.S. Di Piero: 2012 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize Winner The poet reads his poems and discusses his work.

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0600

The poet reads his poems and discusses his work.

Passing Stranger: East Village Poetry Walk Excerpts from the tour narrated by Jim Jarmusch

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Excerpts from the tour narrated by Jim Jarmusch

Subway Poetry is Back Alice Quinn discusses the return of the Poetry in Motion program in New York.

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Alice Quinn discusses the return of the Poetry in Motion program in New York.

A Fairly Feisty Lady Heather McHugh responds to Gaspara Stampa, one of the poets included in the Folger Shakespeare Library's Shakespeare's Sisters exhibit.

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Heather McHugh responds to Gaspara Stampa, one of the poets included in the Folger Shakespeare Library's Shakespeare's Sisters exhibit.

A Name Like a Handcuff Reginald Dwayne Betts reads his poems and discusses why he is "no longer a black poet."

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Reginald Dwayne Betts reads his poems and discusses why he is "no longer a black poet."

“Becoming Anne Bradstreet” Eavan Boland discusses one of the poets included in the Folger Shakespeare Library's chapbook Shakespeare's Sisters.

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Eavan Boland discusses one of the poets included in the Folger Shakespeare Library's chapbook Shakespeare's Sisters.

“I knew all along you were mine” Love poems from the archive for Valentine's Day.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Love poems from the archive for Valentine's Day.

Blood in the Grass The ABCs of Tom Disch, master of comic verse.

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600

The ABCs of Tom Disch, master of comic verse.

A Wild Solitude Revealed Lisa Jarnot discusses the poetry of Robert Duncan.

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600

Lisa Jarnot discusses the poetry of Robert Duncan.

Drinking in Poetry Jeff Gordinier and Rosie Schaap share their favorite boozy poems in time for the New Year's holiday.

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Jeff Gordinier and Rosie Schaap share their favorite boozy poems in time for the New Year's holiday.

"Inscribe the poem on yourself" Dan Beachy-Quick on the pleasures of memorization.

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Dan Beachy-Quick on the pleasures of memorization.

No Place for the Little Lyric Should Adrienne Rich be the poet laureate of the Occupy movement?

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Should Adrienne Rich be the poet laureate of the Occupy movement?

The Virus Mutant in His Veins Poet Edgar Bowers on Louis Pasteur.

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Poet Edgar Bowers on Louis Pasteur.

Naming It Selections from the Wake Forest Book of Irish Women's Poetry.

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Selections from the Wake Forest Book of Irish Women's Poetry.

The Waste Land: The App T.S. Eliot's Modernist masterpiece meets modern technology.

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0600

T.S. Eliot's Modernist masterpiece meets modern technology.

All That Poetry Kenneth Patchen's poems have been set to music by The Claudia Quintet.

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Kenneth Patchen's poems have been set to music by The Claudia Quintet.

Much Casual Death Christopher Ricks discusses Anthony Hecht's harrowing and unforgettable poem "More Light! More Light!"

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Christopher Ricks discusses Anthony Hecht's harrowing and unforgettable poem "More Light! More Light!"

The Mutilated World Poems that captured the mood of the moment in the wake of 9/11.

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Poems that captured the mood of the moment in the wake of 9/11.

About a Boy The shape things take to Atsuro Riley.

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0600

The shape things take to Atsuro Riley.

Lines for Hard Times Philip Levine reads his defiantly hopeful "They Feed They Lion" and "What Work Is" with commentary by Edward Hirsch.

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Philip Levine reads his defiantly hopeful "They Feed They Lion" and "What Work Is" with commentary by Edward Hirsch.

Sex, Drugs, and Poetry Cedar Sigo's expensive magic.

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Cedar Sigo's expensive magic.

What You Come Here For Fred Moten's poem "the salve trade" swims in the waters of literary theory.

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Fred Moten's poem "the salve trade" swims in the waters of literary theory.