Fanny Howe, winner of the 2009 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize - presented annually by the Poetry Foundation "to a living U.S. poet whose lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition" - was in ...

Sajjad Sharif's “Asru O Rakter Gatha” -- selected translations of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca's poetry -- was the subject of a discussion here on Saturday evening. The discussion, titled ...

August Kleinzahler leads a discussion on poetics and jazz that followed his reading for the Poem Present series. Kleinzahler uses some film clips to illustrate his points, which we have been omitted.

Rae Armantrout is a professor of writing in the literature department at UCSD and the author of ten books of poetry, including Versed, Next Life, which was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the ...

While it makes spoken words sing like sauntering music, Robert Frost’s poetry can also help us appreciate the rigor of life on a New England farm in the ...

Poetry House for the Arts and Caddo Parish Poet Laureate Poetic X will celebrate the art of poetry during the 7th Annual Speak Poetry Fest featuring author/artist talks, panel discussions, youth ...