Shields on ESPN
David Shields talks to ESPN about James Franco’s film adaptation of Shields’s 1999 book Black Planet
NPR Reviews Citizen
All Things Considered gives a beautiful review of Claudia Rankine‘s latest collection, Citizen.
Dylan Thomas Prize
Joshua Ferris wins the International Dylan Thomas Prize.
“Half-Light”
Read a new poem by Frank Bidart in the latest issue of The New Yorker, and listen to audio of Bidart reading the poem.
The Trace
“An intense read” proclaims PW about Forrest Gander‘s new novel, “with meditative poems between chapters to complete the package.”
“Heart Condition”
Jericho Brown reads “Heart Condition” from his new collection The New Testament in his interview with PBS NewsHour.
Galway Kinnell
Blue Flower Arts mourns the loss of Galway Kinnell (1927-2014).
Splitting An Order
Ted Kooser‘s new book of poems calls attention to the intimacies of life through commonplace objects and occurrences.
Citizen
Citizen: An American Lyric, by National Book Award Finalist Claudia Rankine, is reviewed in the New Yorker.
Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights
Katha Pollitt‘s new book is a powerful argument for abortion as a moral right and social good.