Brainwaves Video Anthology
Victoria Huggins Peurifoy - “Daddy What Did They Do To You?"
Victoria Huggins Peurifoy is a retired federal employee. She is a poet, spoken-word artist, author, ghostwriter, photographer, facilitator, student, mother of four, and a grandmother of eight. A native of West Philadelphia, she currently...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Richard Deming - 'Why I Left Vienna'
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
James Finnegan - 'Nowhere Wind'
During his senior year in college as a business major, a course in creative writing changed James Finnegan’s life. Until that time, he had thought of poetry as a relatively antique art form. But an excellent teacher exposed him to the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Shane Strange "Ian Curtis Tours America"
Shane Strange’s writing has appeared in various print and online journals in Australia and internationally. He is the author of two chapbooks Notes to the Reader and Dark Corner. His first collection of poetry All Suspicions Have Been...
Poetry Foundation
Tim Seibles reads "Poem at 64"
Tim Seibles (he/him/his) reads his poem, "Poem at 64
Poetry Foundation
Tabia Yapp reads "Magical Negro #217: Diana Ross Finishing a Rib in Alabama, 1990s"
Tabia Yapp reads "Magical Negro #217: Diana Ross Finishing a Rib in Alabama, 1990s", a poem by Morgan Parker.
Poetry Foundation
Natasha Huey reads "Ode to Nipples"
Natasha Huey (she/her/hers) reads her poem, "Ode to Nipples
Poetry Foundation
Naffisatou Koulibaly reads "Pretext" by Muggs Fogarty
Naffisatou Koulibaly (she/her/hers) reads Muggs Fogarty's poem, “Pretext
Poetry Foundation
Lucas Mann reads "Conversion" by Matthew Olzmann
Lucas Mann (he/him/his) reads Matthew Olzmann's poem, “Conversion
Poetry Foundation
J. Jennifer Espinoza reads "My Trans Body"
J. Jennifer Espinoza (she/her/hers) reads her poem, "My Trans Body
Poetry Foundation
Ilya Kaminsky reads “We Lived Happily During the War"
Ilya Kaminsky reads his poem “We Lived Happily During the War
Poetry Foundation
Franny Choi reads "Door in the Mountain" by Jean Valentine
Franny Choi (she/her/hers) reads the poem, "Door in the Mountain" by Jean Valentine.
Poetry Foundation
Erika Sanchez reads "Center of the World"
Erika Sanchez reads Safiya Sinclair's poem, "Center of the World
Poetry Foundation
Eduardo C. Corral reads "Border Patrol Agent"
Eduardo C. Corral reads his poem "Border Patrol Agent
Poetry Foundation
Donika Kelly reads "Love Poem: Satyr"
Donika Kelly reads you her poem "Love Poem: Satyr
Poetry Foundation
Denise Duhamel reads "Dear Memory"
Denise Duhamel (she/her/hers) reads her poem, "Dear Memory
Schooling Online Kids
The Life Stage Series: Physical Development - Stranger Danger
Mr James has a very important lesson to teach. He must make sure that everyone knows how to stay safe around strangers. Sit next to Holly, Molly, and Polly in class, and learn a poem to help you remember what to do if you ever meet...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lynn Marie Houston - 'The Long Haul'
Lynn Marie Houston holds a Ph.D. in English from Arizona State University and an MFA from Southern Connecticut State University. A Fulbright scholar (Switzerland 1994-1998), she has also held writing residencies at the Vermont Studio...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
David Cappella - 'The Clothespin'
A poet and teacher, David Cappella is a professor emeritus in the English department at Central Connecticut State University. He is the co-author with Baron Wormser of The Moves and of A Surge of Language: Teaching Poetry Day to Day. In...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Charles Bernstein - Teachers Make a Difference Stanley Cavell
Charles Bernstein taught poetry and poetics, with an emphasis on modernist and contemporary art, aesthetics, and performance. He retired from Penn on June 30, 2019. Bernstein has published five collections of essays — Pitch of Poetry...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
John L. Stanizzi "Rosary"
John L. Stanizzi is the author of the chapbook, Windows. His full length collections are Ecstasy Among Ghosts, Sleepwalking, Dance Against the Wall Antrim House Books, and After the Bell, and Hallelujah Time!, Big Table Publishing...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Nikki Moustaki - "For a Minute There, I Thought We Could've Been Happy" by Cathleen Chambless
Nikki Moustaki, author of the memoir, The Bird Market of Paris (Henry Holt, 2015), holds an MA in poetry from New York University, an MFA in poetry from Indiana University, and an MFA in fiction from New York University, and has taught...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Dianne Bilyak "Untethered"
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...