Read Me a Poem

“The Terrorist, He’s Watching” by Wislawa Szymborska

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Keepers of the Old Ways

Eliot Stein on the people keeping cultural traditions alive

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday, January 17, 2025

Above the River of Your Longing

Two new prompts

By David Lehman | Thursday, January 16, 2025

Casa Gorín

By Clellan Coe | Wednesday, January 15, 2025

“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Birthday Boy

By Clellan Coe | Wednesday, January 8, 2025

“The Horses” by Ted Hughes

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Amy Wetsch

Life, magnified

By Noelani Kirschner | Monday, January 6, 2025

New Year, Old Year

By Clellan Coe | Wednesday, January 1, 2025

“The Horses” by Edwin Muir

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday, December 31, 2024

These Thoughts Were Made in American English

By Jessica Love | Thursday, April 26, 2012

Dream On

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Byte-sized Life

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Happy Anniversary

By William Deresiewicz | Sunday, April 22, 2012

Spring Book Sales

By Michael Dirda | Friday, April 20, 2012

Nounsy Nouns and Verbsy Verbs and Little Wugs Eat Ivy

By Jessica Love | Thursday, April 19, 2012

Creation Story

By Priscilla Long | Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Crash-Course America

By Paula Marantz Cohen | Tuesday, April 17, 2012

The Tyranny of Freedom

By William Deresiewicz | Sunday, April 15, 2012

Twilight of an Author

By Michael Dirda | Friday, April 13, 2012

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