Poet Kevin Young discusses the work of Bob Kaufman (1925-1986), a premier jazz poet and major figure of the Beat movement whose books include Golden Sardine, The Ancie

Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, Paul Muldoon provides a close reading of “Poem of the End,” written by the great Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) in 1924 aft

Australian poet John Kinsella examines the work of acclaimed Aboriginal poet and political activist Lionel Fogarty, whose poetry embraces the language and struggles of Aboriginal p

Cultural critic Eliot Weinberger and poet Bei Dao discuss the ways in which poetry can respond to cultural and political disenfranchisement, and to exile from one’

For the past 28 years, Clayton Eshleman has been investigating Ice-Age paintings and engravings found in caves in southwestern France.

Alistair Paterson, editor of Poetry New Zealand, one of New Zealand’s leading poetry magazines, travels to New York to present the magazine to new audiences and to meet po

What is political poetry in the 21^st century, and who is its audience? How do form and language play a part in poetry that examines the conflicts of our time?

Internationally known for his “talk pieces”— improvisational blends of comedy, story and social commentary that have been described as a mix of Mark Twain and Gertrude Stein, poet David Ant