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Poetry News & Resources

Watch Poetry Webcasts from the 2008 National Book Festival
The Library of Congress National Book Festival Web site provides access to webcasts of poets, authors, illustrators, and other speakers at the 2008 National Book Festival. Poetry webcasts for the 2008 festival include readings by U.S. poet laureate Kay Ryan, Eavan Boland, Dan Chiasson, Elsa Cross, Michael Lind, Molly Peacock, Stanley Plumly, and J. Allyn Rosser.
New "Poet and the Poem" Program features Poet Laureate Kay Ryan
An audio interview with Kay Ryan is the latest addition to Grace Cavalieri's "Poet and the Poem," an ongoing series of live poetry interviews at the Library of Congress with distinguished artists. Other recent programs now available feature Terrance Hayes, Andrea Hollander Budy, and Sarah Maclay.
Kay Ryan: Online Resources
This guide compiles links to resources on newly appointed U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan throughout the Library of Congress Web site and elsewhere on the Web.
Librarian of Congress Appoints Kay Ryan Poet Laureate
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today announced the appointment of Kay Ryan as the Library’s 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-2009.
Joseph Brodsky: Online Resources
This guide compiles links to resources on former poet laureate Joseph Brodsky on the Library of Congress Web site and other English-language sites.
United States Poets Laureate: Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about the U.S. poet laureateship.

Poetry 180

Poem 022 - "Remora, Remora"
A poem by Thomas Lux from the Library's Poetry 180 project.
Poem 021 - "Wheels"
A poem by Jim Daniels from the Library's Poetry 180 project.
Poem 020 - "Dorie Off To Atlanta"
A poem by Mark Halliday from the Library's Poetry 180 project.
Poem 019 - "The Partial Explanation"
A poem by Charles Simic from the Library's Poetry 180 project.
Poem 018 - "The Farewell"
A poem by Edward Field from the Library's Poetry 180 project.
Poem 017 - "Bad Day"
A poem by Kay Ryan from the Library's Poetry 180 project.

Fiction & Poetry

Roddy Doyle: "Sleep"
Roddy Doyle Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000
It was the thing he’d always loved about her. The way she could sleep. When they’d just started going with each other, before they really knew each other, he’d lie awake, hoping she’d wake up, praying for it, dying. But even then he’d loved to look at her while she . . .
Gary Snyder: "Mu Ch’i’s Persimmons"
Gary Snyder Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000
There is no remedy for satisfying hunger other than a painted rice cake. --Dōgen, November, 1242. On a back wall down the hall lit by a side glass door is the scroll of Mu Ch’i’s great sumi painting, “Persimmons” The wind-weights hanging from the axles hold it . . .
Frederick Seidel: "Poem by the Bridge at Ten-shin"
Frederick Seidel Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000
This jungle poem is going to be my last. This space walk is. Racing in a cab through springtime Central Park, I kept my nose outside the window like a dog. The stars above my bed at night are vast. I think it is uncool to call young women Ms . . .
Donald Hall: "Nymph and Shepherd"
Donald Hall Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000
She died a dozen times before I died, And kept on dying, nymph of fatality. I could not die but once although I tried. I envied her. She whooped, she laughed, she cried As she contrived each fresh mortality, Numberless lethal times before I died. I plunged, I plugged, I . . .
Yiyun Li: "Gold Boy, Emerald Girl"
Yiyun Li Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000
He was raised by his mother alone, as she was by her father. She wondered if his mother, who had set up their date, had told him about that. Siyu was thirty-eight, and the man, Hanfeng, was forty-four. Siyu’s father, after supporting her through college, had remarried, choosing . . .
Spencer Reece: "Eclogue"
Spencer Reece Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000
In Juno Beach, on Pelican Lake, Joseph Saul ate potato chips off a paper plate and fed the broken bits to a duck. He was accompanied by Laurie McGraw, whom he met at the Alzheimer’s Support Group-- she had been a caregiver, he had a diagnosis, and together their eyes . . .

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