Penobscot Farewell
“Night Journey” by Daniel Hoffman (1923-2013).
“Excruciatingly Difficult and Unbelievably Gorgeous”
“Glenn Gould of translators” Edith Grossman CW’57 G’59.
The “Uncreative Writer” in Washington
So there’s Kenneth Goldsmith, hanging out in the White House, about to meet the president of the United States.
Experimental poetry gains a new home at the Kelly Writer’s House
Jacket2 comes to Penn.
Online Poetry in Motion
Jacket2 looks good on Kelly Writers House.
A Model for the Writing Life
Bassini Apprenticeships offer “lab experience” for writers
Penn Poet Wins a Marshall
Joshua Bennett C’10 wins Marshall Scholarship
I’ve Never Been in Paris
Poetry by Stephen Krewson
Feet Last
From Norman MacAfee C’65’s Selected Poems
Lady Marilyn’s Wing
In much of her own work, the poet Marilyn Nelson channels African-American history. As the founder of Soul Mountain Retreat, an artists’ colony in rural Connecticut, she is nurturing the next generation of writers.
The Revolution Will Not Be Canonized
Parsing the politics of—and against—modern American poetry.
Briefly Noted
Jan|Feb 2008
Prisoners, Poems, and Principles
Why is attorney Marc Falkoff representing detainees at Guantánamo Bay and publishing a book of their poetry?
Out of Armenia
Poems political and personal by Gregory Djanikian C’71.
Reflections in a Poetic Eye
Remembering Objectivist poet Karl Rakosi SW’40
The Quality of Heaven
The words of William Carlos Williams at Kelly Writers House