REMEMBERING MICHAEL MCCLURE: THE REAL LIZARD KING
The late poet Michael McClure (1932-2020) was always associated with the original Beat circle of Kerouac, Ginsberg, Snyder,...
Poetry
CITY OF CORNERS: A CONVERSATION WITH NYC POET JOHN GODFREY
John Godfrey has been a poetic presence in the East Village of New York City for the past...
CHARLEY PLYMELL: OUTLAW POET & ORIGINAL PUNK
Poet, publisher, provocateur and people-connector, Charley Plymell is, like fellow Midwesterner Ed Sanders, a floater among contingents of...
KENNETH PATCHEN: REBEL POET AND ROMANTIC
Poet, artist, performer, pacifist and visionary, Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) was the closest thing America had to a William...
DYLAN THOMAS MEETS JOHN CALE: A TALE OF TWO WELSHMEN
Dylan Thomas died 66 years ago last Saturday. The Welsh poet is known as much for the theatrical...
THE POETRY PROJECT LEAVES THE LIGHTS ON
For 52 years, poets have gathered at this public forum in and around the Bowery, to read, listen,...
Janne Robinson: This Poet Will Never be Well Behaved
The Canadian poet and surfer has ridden a wild wave from loner iconoclast to ‘woman of distinction,’ influencing...
THE HEALING POWER OF POETRY
Using poetry to reach troubled kids, Chris Martin found a portal into one of his more difficult cases...
JEREMY REED: RUINED BY POETRY
British writer and provocateur extraordinaire talks about some wild sidetrips his literary career has taken, how he has...
IN THE SPIRIT OF RIMBAUD: FOUR NEW POETS WHO MAKE THEIR OWN RULES
Real poets, said Frank O’Hara, don’t need rules or schools, and these young writers prove that by stepping...
SYLVIA PLATH: NO ESCAPING THE BELL JAR
55 years after the poet Sylvia Plath’s death, she continues to inspire books, songs, films and verse At...
LEW WELCH: A BEAT POET’S DISAPPEARING ACT
A talented Beat poet who was a travel companion to Jack Kerouac, Zen buddy to Gary Snyder and...
10 POETRY CLASSICS THAT BREAK ALL THE RULES
In honor of National Poetry Month, poet Michael Friedman highlights ten ‘under-the-radar’ poetry classics, which break all the...
THE MAD POETS SOCIETY
The poet Ezra Pound may have been a crazy old man, but does that cancel out his fascism...