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Poets & Writers

EDITORS' PICKS

  • Sherman Alexie on Mania, Bipolarity and Great Art
    The National Book Award winner talks candidly about how his mental illness has influenced his work.
  • Poetry Readings by Wendell Berry
    The visionary poet, environmentalist and farmer Wendell Berry reads and talks about two of his poems -- "The Contrariness of the Mad Farmer" and "A Poem on Hope."
  • Rita Dove on the Power of Poetry
    Through performances and conversation, Bill Moyers and the former Poet Laureate explore American history, language, culture, and ideas.
  • Poets & Writers
    A Poet a Day: Rita Dove
    March 24, 2020
    "Daystar"
  • Poets & Writers
    A Poet a Day: Nikki Giovanni
    March 20, 2020
    "Bicycles"
  • Poets & Writers
    A Poet a Day: Li-Young Lee
    March 19, 2020
    "The Gift"
  • Poets & Writers
    A Poet a Day: Stanley Kunitz
    March 18, 2020
    "Touch Me"
  • Poets & Writers
    A Poet a Day: Lucille Clifton
    March 17, 2020
    "won't you celebrate with me"
  • Poets & Writers
    A Poet a Day: Naomi Shihab Nye
    March 16, 2020
    'My Grandmother in the Stars'
  • Economy & Work
    Tony-Nominated 'Junk' Playwright Ayad Akhtar on How Wall Street Won
    December 18, 2017
    | Bill Moyers
    In his new play, Pulitzer-prize winning playwright Ayad Akhtar recalls the greed of the '80s and how we became a republic of consumers.
  • History
    Orwell and Churchill on Resisting Authoritarianism
    September 27, 2017
    | Steven Rosenfeld
    Thomas Ricks' book is the latest offering history's lessons for our dangerous time.
  • History
    How to Read Donald Trump
    September 15, 2017
    | Ariel Dorfman
    Only an America that continues to bathe in the mythology of innocence, a God-given exceptionalism and virtue destined to rule the Earth could have produced a Trump victory.
  • Poets & Writers
    'Hymn'
    August 18, 2017
    | Sherman Alexie
    A new poem by Sherman Alexie on America — and Trump.


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