Poetry has become an essential part of my being (from Iowa City Press Citizen)
While in class at the University of Iowa, where he is earning his Ph.D. in English, his phone rang. He figured it was one of his three kids, so he didn’t think much of it. But when he looked at his phone, he noticed it was a number he didn’t recognize…
Speak softly? Not Henry Rollins (from The News-Press)
Nothing scares Henry Rollins. Not anymore. This is the man who survived Black Flag. Rollins dodged fists, spit and beer bottles whenever he toured with the hard-core-punk band in the ’80s. He got into fights with angry fans who thought Black Flag had “sold out” by changing its musical style. And then, after a gig, he’d often find someone had slashed the tires on the band’s U-Haul trailer…
Poet Embraces Late-in-Life Love, Tender Sorrows (from Voice of America)
Award-winning American poet Jane Hirshfield has just published a new collection of poems. “Come, Thief” features themes of love, compassion, contemplation and the poignancy of a human life fully lived…
Who Left A Tree, Then A Coffin In The Library? (from NPR)
It started suddenly. Without warning. Last spring, Julie Johnstone, a librarian at the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh, was wandering through a reading room when she saw, sitting alone on a random table, a little tree. It was made of twisted paper and was mounted on a book…
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