Nic Caldwell talks with Elizabeth Howard about poet Gwendolyn Brooks, her work, and the recent acquisition of her personal papers for the Morgan Library and Museum collection and the exhibition he curated.
Poetry
Poetry Review: “Continuous Creation” — A Farewell from a Grand Old Man of Australian Verse
Continuous Creation is a deceptively slight book from an incontrovertibly substantial poet.
Poetry Review: “Time Is a Mother” – Grieving through Language
Ocean Vuong’s new collection of poetry is a dazzling investigation of love and loss, inspiring both nostalgia and release.
Poetry Review: Carolynn Kingyens’s “Coupling” — Art as a Means of Survival
In this collection, Carolynn Kingyens discloses what lies behind the veneer of our relationships.
Television Interview: “Poetry in America” Host Elisa New — “Poetry is in all of us”
Viewers are drawn into an active, immersive experience watching the series. They come away with the feeling that poetry is in them.
Poetry Review: “Winter Recipes From the Collective” — Louise Glück’s Cold Comfort
The poems in Winter Recipes from the Collective are about bearing with life in a barren place; they do the kind of singing Bertolt Brecht said was necessary when dealing with “the dark times.”
Poetry Review: Writer Alain Mabanckou — Taking Life Both to Heart and in Stride
Take a dive into any of Alain Mabanckou’s works in English — and definitely score a copy of the new translation, As Long As Trees Take Root In the Earth, beautifully crafted and bound. Vive la Poesie!
Poetry Review: Ruth Lepson’s “on the way” — Basking in the Glow
Ruth Lepson’s poetry, at its most successful, creates the evocative and stimulating effect of a koan.
Poetry Review: “Acrobat” — The Beautiful Bengali Poetry of Nabaneeta Dev Sen
Translator Nandana Dev Sen has opened a window for us to savor Bengali women’s poetry through these lovingly translated poems of her mother.
Short Fuse Podcast #43: What is Poetry For?
Host Elizabeth Howard talks with poet and performer Kyle Ducayan, executive director of the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery, about the purpose of poetry.