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Author Kwame Dawes recently appeared on the PBS NewsHour to discuss his experience in Haiti, where he has traveled over the past year to report on and write poems about life after the earthquake last January. After you watch the clip, check out Kevin Nance's article "Haiti Noir, Haiti Light" in the new issue.
This short film, directed by Alex Markman, starring Tom Shillue, and produced by Electric Literature, takes a look at how well the big books of 2010 would protect you in the event of a shooting.
Choose a favorite poem written by somebody else, type a copy of it, delete every other line from the poem, and write your own lines to replace those you’ve deleted. Next, delete the remaining lines from the old poem so that only your lines remain. Read what you have, and revise it, adding new lines to fill in the gaps.
Bob Holman reads "Happy New Year Poem" at the 37th annual New Year's Day marathon reading at the St. Mark's Poetry Project in New York City.
A pen-and-ink drawing and a typewritten letter by Charles Bukowski are two pieces among the documents and ephemera currently on view in Charles Bukowski: Poet on the Edge at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.
Small Press Points highlights the happenings of the small press players. This issue features Solid Objects, the New York City–based independent press that publishes "short, self-contained works that might not otherwise find their way into book form because of their length."
This short film, written and directed by David Spies and produced by Phil Seneker, is about a writer who is pressured by his literary agent to find his muse.
This poem by Todd Boss, read by the author, animated by Tom Jacobsen, with music by Jesse Marks, was produced by Motionpoems.
This book trailer, produced by one of the authors featured in our sixth annual debut poets roundup, features clips from a Tea Party political rally held this past summer in Racine, Wisconsin, and music by The Scarring Party.
Leslie C. Chang, one of the twelve authors featured in the sixth annual debut poets roundup, reads from her poetry collection on March 23, 2010, at Fordham University as part of the Poets Out Loud series.
