Home to Humanity
LA Review of Books explores Linda Gregerson’s latest collection of poetry, Prodigal: New and Selected Poems, 1976–2014.
LA Review of Books
LA Review of Books looks back to Linda Gregerson‘s second collection of poetry, The Woman Who Died In Her Sleep (1996).
Storytelling in Controlled Spaces
Patricia Smith talks to NPR‘s Dave Becker about the role of the poet in a modern context and storytelling in poetic form.
Kenyon Review
Linda Gregerson talks to Kenyon Review about revisiting Ovid, throwing her voice, and poems that remain open to interference.
Poems in the Air
Simon Armitage speaks to The Chronicle about his latest project, celebrating special places with poems you can’t read.
Motor City Verse
Jamaal May and Composer Andrew Harrison collaborate on project that folds poetry from Hum into original music, as reported by Canberra Times.
U.N. Admits Guilt
After years of denial, the UN confesses guilt in Haiti cholera epidemic. Jonathan M. Katz, who witnessed events firsthand, writes for the NY Times.
Blood at the Root
Publisher’s Weekly reviews Patrick Phillips‘ gripping examination of American racism, Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America.
Exploring Trauma
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh discusses how to write about trauma both from his own journey and as a writing professor–for The New York Times.
The Pearl
The Sydney Morning Herald reviews Simon Armitage‘s translation of 14th century allegory, The Pearl.