Ruth Lilly Prize
Congratulations to Joy Harjo, recipient of the 2017 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement and contribution to poetry!
Hyperallergic
NYC Artist in Residence Bryan Doerries brings audience to church with a Theater of War production of MLK’s final sermon.
Publishers Weekly
Writer and educator Philip Schultz on how his passion for writing lead to his second-calling: teaching.
the guardian
A review of Ocean Vuong’s Night Sky with Exit Wounds: It is the frequency on which these poems exist that matters, their urgency.
Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders on public and private spheres of suffering and his list of books for solace in an age of rancor.
Power of Poetry
Juan Felipe Herrera discusses the power of poetry and his work with Chicago Public Schools with Chicago Tonight.
Slate Magazine
Listen to Sarah Manguso discuss her latest, 300 Arguments, a collection of aphorisms for modern times.
Literary Hub
Aja Monet’s My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter included in 15 Books to Read this May: Monet more than rises; she stays aloft.
Personal Poetry
Several poets, including Marie Howe and Marilyn Nelson, offer New York City a surprise in Grand Central Terminal: poetry!
Nylon
An interview with Aja Monet whose powerful activism is illustrated in My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter.