poetry
December 2023
Crushed Wild Mint: Language Rooted in Landscape
Explore some indigenous thinking mixed with a little magic as Jess Housty shares her debut poetry collection, Crushed Wild Mint.
November 1998
Rabindranath Tagore: Exemplar of Power?
Herbert Vetter, editor of The Heart of God, a collection of the prayers and poems of Indian philosopher Rabindranath Tagore, discusses the power of spirituality that Tagore evoked in his writings.
May 2019
Poetry Fuels Democracy
Former poet laureate Richard Blanco reads from his new book How To Love A Country.
December 2016
The Cuban Connection
Richard Blanco is the first immigrant, the first Latino, the first openly gay person and the youngest person to be the U.S. inaugural poet.
April 2000
Bob Dylan: Artist
Christopher Ricks, Professor of Humanities at Boston University, explores the poetry in Bob Dylan’s songs.