Related Resources at the Library
Poetry
"It's dark when they scuff off to school." William Matthews Read
this poem
|| Poet Laureate Kay Ryan ||
|| 2008 Witter Bynner Fellows ||
- Matthew Thorburn and Monica Youn are the 11th annual Witter Bynner Fellows.
|| For Teachers & Students ||
Favorite Poem Project
Americans read and discuss their favorite poems ... a program from former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky.
American Life in Poetry
... a column on contemporary American poetry by former Poet Laureate Ted Kooser.
A poem a day for American high schools
... a program from former Poet Laureate Billy Collins.
|| Featured Poetry Webcast ||
TITLE: Kay Ryan at the 2008 National Book Festival
SPEAKER: Kay Ryan
EVENT DATE: September 27, 2008
RUNNING TIME: 1 hour, 3 minutes, 29 seconds
|| Poetry News and Events ||
November 18
Poetry at Noon,"Celebrating Kentucky Poets." State Poet Laureate Jane
Gentry Vance introduces three native Kentuckians who have won the Yale Series
of Younger Poets award: Maurice Manning, Tony Crunk and Davis McCombs, noon-1
p.m., Whittall Pavilion, Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street, SE.
November 20
For lovers of words--poet and critic James Longenbach goes out on a
limb to define the boundaries between genres in"Poem, Prose,
Prose-Poem: Two and a Half Definitions," 6:45 p.m., Montpelier
Room, 6th floor, Madison Building.
