Date: June 6, 2022
The first Pride was a riot and this June, our fight persists. This month, we hope you’ll say gay (bi, lesbian, ace, trans, nonbinary, and more) and we’ve got some […]
Date: June 6, 2022
The judge’s remarks: Ned Balbo had this to say about his choice: I’m delighted to select Allison Joseph’s Lexicon as winner of Poetry by the Sea’s Best Book of 2021 […]
Date: June 6, 2022
Today we’d like to introduce you to Kate Gale. Hi Kate, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with […]
Date: June 1, 2022
“The first critical essay I ever wrote was about the movie Dead Poets Society, which came out when I was fourteen. I wasn’t yet writing poetry myself, and I didn’t have any theories about why […]
Date: June 1, 2022
A society is only as healthy as its teachers. Ours, you might say, is in trouble, partly because our teachers often feel underappreciated and unseen. Yet most of us can […]
Date: June 1, 2022
Today’s poem is by Diane Thiel “A misunderstanding of a fresco,a figure with papyrus on the east wall.Someone assumed wrong two centuries ago,but the name remained—the House of the Tragic Poet.
Date: June 1, 2022
Charles Harper Webb, author of Ursula Lake, talks to the podcast, “Poet Runner.”
Date: June 1, 2022
I met Kristen Millares Young at Fort Worden, an Indigenous gathering place taken by the federal government, which installed concrete bunkers in the cliffs overlooking Salish Sea. Decommissioned for military […]
Date: May 31, 2022
Welcome to Postcards! Grandma loves this show!Today we enjoy a chat with—and some readings by—internationally recognized poet GARY LEMONS (Port Townsend, WA).In honor of National Poetry Month, Jenny sits down […]
Date: May 25, 2022
Garrison Keillor reads Kim Stafford’s “Advice from a Raindrop.”
Date: March 4, 2013
In a review for Cirque Journal, Ela Harrison Gordon praises Nicole Stellon O'Donnell's new poetry collection.- "This collection deserves a wider readership; deserves to be seen as more than an […]
Date: February 20, 2013
Diego Baez from Booklist praises John Barr's The Adventures of Ibn Opcit, calling it "wildly imaginative, satirical verse".- "Barr imbues his characters with such distinct voices and is so incredibly […]
Date: February 20, 2013
G. M. Palmer from Literary Magnet praises Ernest Hilbert's All of You on the Good Earth.- "Far more than his previous work or the work of most other poets today, […]
Date: February 15, 2013
CL Bledsoe from Rain Taxi Review of Books praises Injecting Dreams into Cows by Jessy Randall.- "Randall's poems have been appearing in various literary journals for some time, and this […]
Date: January 31, 2013
Philip Fried from the Manhattan Review praises New and Selected Poems: 1957-2011, calling Robert Sward a "humorous, thoughtful, and delightful poet".- "And what makes his work even more engaging is […]
Date: January 24, 2013
B.H. James' Parnucklian For Chocolate is featured in the latest issue of Booklist.- "A classic naïf, Josiah is reminiscent of Chauncey Gardner in Jerzy Kozinski’s satirical novella, Being There (1970). […]
Date: January 23, 2013
B.H. James' Parnucklian For Chocolate is featured on Publishers Weekly.- To read the full review, click
Date: January 18, 2013
Dean Rader from the Huffington post reviews Richard Silberg's The Horses: New and Selected.- "It's impossible to refrain from equine metaphors when writing about a book called The Horses (or […]
Date: January 18, 2013
Amos Lassen calls Speaking Wiri Wiri a rich and witty history: "There is a poem for everyone here and themes such as identity, migration, family, history, ethnicity and others can […]
Date: January 11, 2013
Iris Jamahl Dunkle from Sugar House Review praises New and Selected Poems, 1957-2011 by Robert Sward.- "Indeed, the winding road offered by New and Selected Poems 1957–2011 is a fruitful, […]
