What Kind of Lover Are You? This Poem Might Have the Answer.

William Blake’s “The Clod & the Pebble” is a dialogue on tenderness and cruelty in three short stanzas. Read it with our critic A.O. Scott, and then play a game to memorize it.
The Irish Times

Thomas Kinsella: ‘Reading a poem requires the kind of care needed to cross the street’

Thomas Kinsella’s interview, with email questions from Adrienne Leavy in Phoenix, Arizona, and replies from Dublin, covers a broad array of issues, including his memories of growing up in ...
KBIA

Brian Turner on love and loss: "A poem is a type of architecture that houses the imagination."

The Unbound Book Festival is happening in Columbia this weekend and KBIA has been speaking with some of this year’s featured authors. Brian Turner is a poet, essayist and musician. Last year, he ...
The New York Times

A Poet Who Looks to Nature, and Honors Its Secrets

In “The Hurting Kind,” Ada Limón stands with her readers before the frightening mysteries and hopeful uncertainties of the everyday. By Craig Morgan Teicher THE HURTING KIND Poems By Ada Limón The ...

The street poet bringing people tears of joy

Nathan Rodney-Jones uses a vintage typewriter to craft bespoke verses on the street.