Poets / Poems Out Loud

Kim Addonizio is the author of five books of poetry and her most recent publication is Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet… more

David Baker, author of several volumes of poetry and criticism, is the Thomas B. Fordham Chair of Creative Writing at Denison University and Poetry Editor… more

David Barber is the poetry editor of The Atlantic. His first book, The Spirit Level, won the Terrence Des Pres Prize. His latest collection, Wonder… more

Sandra Beasley’s first poetry collection, Theories of Falling, won the 2007 New Issues Poetry Prize judged by Marie Howe. Beasley lives in Washington, DC, and… more

Nathaniel Bellows is the author of the novel On This Day. His poetry has appeared in such publications as the New York Times Book Review,… more

April Bernard is the author of three poetry collections and one novel. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, the Boston Review, the New… more

Robert Bly is the author of more than thirty books of poetry, as well as numerous books of nonfiction and translations. He is a winner… more

Eavan Boland directs the creative writing program at Stanford University. She lives in California and Dublin. more

Todd Boss’s debut collection of poetry, Yellowrocket features poems that have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The New England Review, and Virginia Quarterly Review,… more

Michael Burkard is the author of nine collections of poetry. He has received a Whiting Writers’ Award, the Poetry Society of America’s Alice Fay di… more

Nicholas Carr is the author of The Shallows, The Big Switch, and Does IT Matter? He has written for the New York Times, The Atlantic,… more

Nina Cassian was born in 1924 in Galati, Romania, and has published more than fifty books. She is a poet, composer, journalist, film critic, and… more

Tina Chang, author of Half-Lit Houses, teaches at Sarah Lawrence College. For more, go to TinaChang.com. more

Jerome Charyn has been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and has received the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His… more

Marilyn Chin was born in Hong Kong. She is an award-winning poet and the author of Rhapsody in Plain Yellow and Revenge of the Mooncake… more

Billy Collins has produced nine books of poetry, most recently Ballistics (2008) and Horoscopes for the Dead (2011). He served as United States poet laureate… more

Peter Constantine’s most recent translations are Sophocles’ Theban Trilogy, The Essential Writings of Machiavelli, and The Bird is a Raven by Benjamin Lebert, which was… more

E. E. Cummings (1894–1962) was among the most influential, widely read, and revered modernist poets. His many awards included an Academy of American Poets Fellowship,… more

Greg Delanty is an award-winning poet and artist-in-residence at Saint Michael’s College. He lives in Burlington, Vermont. more

Rita Dove, former U.S. Poet Laureate, is the recipient of many honors, among them the Pulitzer Prize, the National Humanities Medal, the Heinz Award, and… more

John Dufresne has written seven books, including, most recently, the novel Requiem, Mass., and two fiction writing guides. He lives in Dania Beach, Florida. For… more

Stephen Dunn is the author of fourteen poetry collections, including New and Selected Poems, 1974-1994. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his collection Different… more

Martín Espada has published fifteen books as a poet, editor, and translator. His many honors include an American Book Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Espada… more

B. H. Fairchild, the author of several acclaimed poetry collections, has been a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the William Carlos… more