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Daniel Tobin—Reading
Whether he is tackling a large-scale subject, like Bosch or St. Bartolomé de los Casas (the saint known as the “Protector of the Indians”), or penning a lyric, Tobin knows how to mix gravity with levity, the downward pressure of sin and suffering with the unbearable lightness of grace.
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Rodger Kamenetz — Reading
The poems of Rodger Kamenetz are full of jazz rhythm, ancient tragedy, and dark wit. They draw on Jewish song and prayer in a voice that is thoroughly modern—with an equanimity and a quiet humor that may come from his Buddhism and may come just from himself.
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Jeanne Murray Walker — Reading
With fluid, commonsensical language, she awakens in her reader a sense of wonder and delight in the fullness of the universe. For the month of July, hear Jeanne Murray Walker read her poetry aloud.
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Jeanine Hathaway — Reading
Jeanine Hathaway is a poet who knows how to dance along the edge of the precipice. For the month of September, hear Jeanine Hathaway read her poetry aloud.
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Scott Cairns — Reading
Someone once said that "a poem should not mean but be." Scott Cairns prefers to have it both ways. For the month of June, hear Scott Cairns read his poetry aloud.
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