We asked ex-entrepreneur William Sieghart, who anthologized poems by writers from Rumi to JRR Tolkien in 'The Poetry Pharmacy ...
UC Berkeley literature lecturer Jesse Nathan explores why poetry endures in "One Question: Short Conversations with Poets," a ...
What can a poem do in the face of crisis? This April marks the 30th annual National Poetry Month, founded to celebrate the ...
This week’s guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Matt Mason, who lives in Omaha, Nebraska. Matt, who was the Nebraska State Poet from 2019-2024, started writing in high school and not long after ...
On a Portland side street, in a nondescript building across from a schoolyard, there’s a window just above street level. This is the window Anis Mojgani looks out of while he works. Behind the window ...
The poet Diane Seuss and I began a recent conversation by talking about the burdens of companionship—or, at least, how those burdens are manifested through affection for a pet. Seuss lost her dog Bear ...