This April marks the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month! Started in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, Poetry Month reminds us that poetry is alive—and available to everyone. READ MORE
In this episode, meet poet Safia Elhillo, author of Home Is Not a Country, New York Times bestselling author Anne Lamott, author of Dusk, Night, Dawn, and poet and artist Jasmine Mans, author of Black Girl, Call Home. READ MORE
In this episode, meet Bishop Michael Curry, author of Love is the Way, artist Riva Lehrer, author of Golem Girl, and poet Heid E. Erdrich, author of Little Big Bully. READ MORE
In this episode, meet journalist Hari Kunzru, author of Red Pill, poet and critic Dan Chiasson, author of The Math Campers, and professor Deborah Tannen, author of Finding My Father. READ MORE
In this episode, meet Alex Halberstadt, author of Young Heroes of the Soviet Union, Esther Safran Foer, author of I Want You to Know We’re Still Here, and Carolyn Forche, author of In the Lateness of the World. READ MORE
There’s no time like the present to hone your lyrical chops and listen to a poetry collection on audio. READ MORE
National Poetry Month was first celebrated in 1996. Since then, April has been a month to absorb, share, and celebrate poets and their words. Listen to one of these lyrical collections of poetry this month: READ MORE
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth, Warsan Shire’s debut poetry collection, deals mightily in contradictions. READ MORE
National Poetry Month was first celebrated in 1996. Since then, April has been a month to absorb, share, and celebrate poets and their words. Begin your month of poetry with one of these lyrical, diverse audiobooks: READ MORE
Photographer Tyler Knott Gregson stumbled upon a vintage Remington typewriter for sale. Standing up and using a page from a broken book he was buying for $2, he typed a poem without thinking, without planning, and without the ability to revise anything. Three years and almost one thousand poems later, Tyler is now known as the creator of the Typewriter Series: a striking collection of poems typed onto found scraps of paper or created via blackout method. Listen to him read one of his poems from his book, Chasers of the Light.