Brainwaves Video Anthology
Martín Espada "Floaters"
Martín Espada has published more than twenty books as a poet, editor, essayist and translator. His new book of poems from Norton is called Floaters. Other books of poems include Vivas to Those Who Have Failed (2016), The Trouble Ball...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Mark Tredinnick - Teachers Make a Difference - Barry Lopez
In 2020, Tredinnick was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to literature and education.Tredinnick’s other honours include two State Premiers’ Literature Prizes, The Blake and Newcastle Poetry Prizes, the ACU and Ron Pretty...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Alicia Ostriker - Teachers Make a Difference - Allen Ginsberg
Alicia Ostriker was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937. Ostriker received a BA from Brandeis University in 1959 and an MA and PhD in literature, in 1961 and 1964 respectively, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.She is the author...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Aaron Caycedo-Kimura "Ritual"
Aaron Caycedo-Kimura is a poet, visual artist, and cartoonist. His poetry appears or is forthcoming in Beloit Poetry Journal, Poet Lore, DMQ Review, Tule Review, THINK Journal, Louisiana Literature, Naugatuck River Review, and elsewhere....
Curated Video
Michael Rosen Discusses 'What is Poetry?'
Michael Rosen discusses his book, ‘What is Poetry?: The Essential Guide to Reading and Writing Poems’, published by Walker Books.
Curated Video
Over My Toes | WORKSHOP | Michael Rosen for Teachers
Poem Over my toes goes the soft sea wash see the sea wash the soft sand slip see the sea slip the soft sand slide see the sea slide the soft sand slap see the sea slap the soft sand wash over my toes. Before you read this poem to the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Tony Connor - 'A Child Half Asleep'
Born in Manchester, British poet and playwright John Anthony (Tony) Connor left school at 14 and spent 26 years as a textile designer, also serving in the Royal Army. He earned an MA at the University of Manchester. With poet Robin...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Nancy Fitz-Hugh Meneely - Tired
Nancy Fitz-Hugh Meneely, Smith College B.A. in hand and nothing at all to suggest she knew how to make a lesson plan, began professional life as an English teacher in Vermont’s Waterbury High School. When, after two happy years, Vermont...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Mark Tredinnick "The Godwit"
In 2020, Tredinnick was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to literature and education.Tredinnick’s other honours include two State Premiers’ Literature Prizes, The Blake and Newcastle Poetry Prizes, the ACU and Ron Pretty...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Mark Tredinnick "Gaudeamus Igitur"
In 2020, Tredinnick was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to literature and education.Tredinnick’s other honours include two State Premiers’ Literature Prizes, The Blake and Newcastle Poetry Prizes, the ACU and Ron Pretty...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Luisa Caycedo-Kimura "Forage"
Luisa Caycedo-Kimura is a Colombian-born poet, translator, and educator. Her honors include a John K. Walsh Residency Fellowship at The Anderson Center, an Adrienne Reiner Hochstadt Fellowship at Ragdale, and a Robert Pinsky Global...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bessy Reyna "Is This Really Broad Street, Hartford?"
Bessy Reyna is the author of two bilingual books of poetry, The Battlefield of Your Body (Hill-Stead Museum, 2005) and Memoirs of the Unfaithful Lover/ Memorias de la amante infiel (tunAstral, A.C., 2010, Toluca Mexico). A chapbook of...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bella Mahaya Carter "Messa Road"
Bella Mahaya Carter is the author of Where Do You Hang Your Hammock?: Finding Peace of Mind While You Write, Publish, and Promote Your Book. She is a creative writing teacher, empowerment coach, and speaker, and author of an...
Poetry Foundation
Roya Marsh reads "Blk Anger"
Roya Marsh (she/her/hers) reads her poem, “Blk Anger" to be published by Feminist Press.
Poetry Foundation
Rachel Wiley reads "The Mother Riddle"
Rachel Wiley (she/her/hers) reads her poem, “The Mother Riddle
Poetry Foundation
Lupita Limón Corrales reads "A Car Crash is Not a Poem"
Lupita Limón Corrales (she/they) reads thier poem, “A Car Crash is Not a Poem
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Richard Deming - 'Film Threat'
Richard Deming is a poet, art critic, and theorist whose work explores the intersections of poetry, philosophy, and visual culture. His collection of poems, Let’s Not Call It Consequence (Shearsman, 2008), received the 2009 Norma Farber...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Maria Sassi 'Order of Water and Sun'
Maria Sassi, who was for several years Poet Laureate of West Hartford, Connecticut, is a prize-winning poet and playwright. Her first poetry collection, Rooted in Stars, now in its second printing, is part of The Beinecke Rare Book and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Clare Rossini 'Running in Riverside Park'
Clare Rossini has published three collections of poems, the most recent of which is Lingo (The University of Akron Press). Her poems and essays have appeared in journals and anthologies such as The Paris Review, The Kenyon Review, The...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ian Manuel - 'My Time Gonna Come'
When Ian Manuel was 13 years old, he was directed by some older juvenile boys to participate in an armed robbery. During the botched robbery attempt, a Tampa, FL woman (Debbie Baigrie) suffered a nonfatal gunshot wound. When Ian later...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Clare Rossini - 'The Great Chain of Being'
Clare Rossini has published three collections of poems, the most recent of which is Lingo (The University of Akron Press). Her poems and essays have appeared in journals and anthologies such as The Paris Review, The Kenyon Review, The...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ed Ahern "Natter, Chatter, Cha-Ching"
Edward Ahern sometimes detours into literary fiction, but he's best known as a poet and innovative genre writer. He's tucked away several awards and honorable mentions for over two hundred poems and stories and four books. The poems and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Dianne Bilyak "Blake's Theology"
Dianne Bilyak is a Pushcart-prize nominated writer, graduate of the Institute of Sacred Music and Art, and Connecticut disability rights advocate. Her book of poems Against the Turning was published in 2011, and her work has also been...