A Poetry Congeries, with John Hoppenthaler - October 2009
In 1992, “Can poetry Matter?” set off a firestorm of discussion about poetry and its value to the larger society.
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Congeries - October 2009
In 1992, “Can poetry Matter?” set off a firestorm of discussion about poetry and its value to the larger society. Kathy Fagan - Poetry with Q&A
Kathy Fagan’s newest collection is Lip (Eastern Washington UP, 2009).
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers - Poetry
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers is the author of three books of poetry, The Gospel of Barbecue, Outlandish Blues, and Red Clay Suite.
Peter Makuck - Poetry
Peter Makuck grew up in Connecticut and graduated from St. Francis College in Maine where he studied French and English. Margot Schilpp - Poetry
Margot Schilpp's two books of poetry are The World's Last Night (2001) and Laws of My Nature (2005),
Rita Mae Reese - Poetry
Rita Mae Reese has received a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, a Stegner fellowship, and a “Discovery”/The Nation award.
Salgado Maranhão translation by Alexis Levitin - Poetry
Alexis Levitin’s 25th book of translations, Astrid Cabral’s Cage, was published by Host Publications last summer.
John Gallaher - Poetry with Q&A
John Gallaher is the author of the books of poetry, Gentlemen in Turbans, Ladies in Cauls (Spuyten Duyvil, 2001),
Carol Peters - Poetry
Carol Peters’ chapbook, Muddy Prints, Water Shine, was published by Finishing Line Press as #57 in the New Women’s Voices Series.
Gerald McCarthy - Poetry
Gerald McCarthy’s newest book of poems is Trouble Light (West End Press/University of New Mexico Press, 2008).
Jeffrey Thomson - Poetry
Jeffrey Thomson is the author of four books of poems, including Birdwatching in Wartime (Carnegie Mellon, 2009) and Renovation (Carnegie Mellon, 2005).
Harriet Levin - Poetry
Harriet Levin’s first book of poems, The Christmas Show, (Beacon Press) was selected by Eavan Boland for a Barnard New Women Poet’s Prize