The Poet and The Poem

Carolyn Forche 10.06.2025 39:28 ↓

Carolyn Forche is one of America's most valued, admired and beloved poet. She leads the POET AS WITNESS activism for human rights.

Youn-Seok Seo 15.05.2025 36:44 ↓

Korean-American writer is a surgeon and poet and combines science and art as a daily practice. From a harsh life, a child, during the Korean war, he now heals others.

Richard Colaresi 15.05.2025 45:46 ↓

Richard Colaresi is the translator of a new edition  of VIRGIL's AENEID  bringing the masterwork into a sparkling new version.

Maria Terrone 09.05.2025 29:01 ↓

Maria Terrone, editor, educator, premiers her new collection of poems, "No Known Coordinates."

Daniel Mendelsohn 02.05.2025 31:56 ↓

DANIEL MENDELSOHN, editor of "NY Times Review of Books" is the new translator of Homer's "ODYSSEY."  Scholar, editor, essayist, translator.

George Bilgere 02.05.2025 35:25 ↓

George Bilgere is the master of poetry combining humor and tragedy. He's producer of radio show "WORDPLAY" and author of daily newsletter "POETRY TOWN."

Marilyn Nelson 20.04.2025 28:04 ↓

Acclaimed poet now writes an African American ghost story enriched by her Petrachan sonnets.

Tim Donnelly 03.04.2025 42:20 ↓

Tim Donnelly directs Columbia University's MFA program. He's the author of 4 books and the winner of some of America's top literary awards.

Gigi Bradford 03.04.2025 33:36 ↓

Poet, teacher, former Director,Academy of American Poets, the NEA, The Folger Poetry Board, and more.

Young-Key Kim-Renaud 20.03.2025 35:24 ↓

Young-Key Kim-Renaud is a linguist, scholar and poet. She writes penetrating poems about her culture; and edited the (English) SONGS IN THE SECOND LANGUAGE KOREAN ANTHOLOGY.

Gregory Orr 05.03.2025 50:02 ↓

Gregory Orr  One of America's great poets and teachers, created and directed the MFA program in Writing at the Univ of VA where he taught for 45 years.

M. L. Liebler 05.03.2025 33:40 ↓

Detroit's favorite son, known for his fight for justice with poetry; and music groups, especially the famous Magic Poetry Band.

Carolyn Forché 14.02.2025 36:13 ↓

Pulitzer finalist discusses her Memoir, "What You Have Heard Is True."

Barbara Quick 31.01.2025 44:12 ↓

Novelist, poet, is author of the famed novel "Vivaldi's Virgins" and four other historical novels.

Robert Haywood 09.12.2024 38:37 ↓

Robert Haywood, art historian/curator features pop artists KAPROW and OLDENBURG's "Happenings" in a groundbreaking book.

Dennis Maloney 03.12.2024 33:46 ↓

Dennis Maloney, poet, publisher, translator, whose own books of poems have been translated in more than a dozen languages.

Judith Bowles 24.11.2024 32:15 ↓

Judith Bowles premiers her third book of deceptively simple poetry that deepens, and fulfills, our reality.

A.B. Spellman 08.11.2024 43:51 ↓

A.B. Spellman is a seminal figure from the Black arts Movement of the 1960's. He is renowned as a jazz scholar, and reads from his new book 'Between The Night And Its Music.'

Patrick Washington 15.10.2024 41:29 ↓

Patrick Washington, former Hip Hop artist, is now an arts educator and youth advocate.

Rae Armantrout 15.10.2024 30:18 ↓

Pulitzer Prize winner reads from her new book GO FIGURE.

Marc Vencenz 25.09.2024 34:29 ↓

Marc Vencenz is a poet, musician, publisher/editor, translator and artist who upholds the poetry canon in this world.

Lee Woodman 14.09.2024 36:10 ↓

Leo Woodman radio tv producer/poet/ started writing poetry 10 years ago, at age 68, and authors 5 books.

Miguel Avero and Jona Colson 24.07.2024 27:10 ↓

Uruguayan poet visits America with his book "Aguas,"  translated by poet Jona Colson, Co-President The Washington Writers' Publishing House.

Mike Maggio 24.07.2024 32:10 ↓

Poet and novelist and valuable citizen in the poetry republic.

The Poet and the Poem 2024 December Magazine 24.07.2024 46:03 ↓

December Magazine presents the Marvin Bell 2024 poetry awards judged by Dorianne Laux.