Other Collections of Poet Biographies & Interviews
The Academy of American Poets’ “Find a Poet”
The Academy’s “Find a Poet” archive is the first place to look for information on American (& a few British & international) poets.
The Academy’s “Find a Poet” archive is the first place to look for information on American (& a few British & international) poets.
American Poet Greats Lecture Series
The Museum of American Poetics sponsors “monthly talks by poets speaking about the lives and works of other poets or poetry movements they feel passionately about or influenced by in their own writing visions” & makes selected lectures available in streaming RealVideo: see Thomas Peters on Kerouac, Sue Rhynhart on Frank O'Hara, Jim Cohn on Paul Blackburn...
The Museum of American Poetics sponsors “monthly talks by poets speaking about the lives and works of other poets or poetry movements they feel passionately about or influenced by in their own writing visions” & makes selected lectures available in streaming RealVideo: see Thomas Peters on Kerouac, Sue Rhynhart on Frank O'Hara, Jim Cohn on Paul Blackburn...
American Poets Interview Series
Tilt-A-Whirl-Press has documented the “poets and hellraisers” they met on the Beaver Dam Rocking Chair Marathon tour in 1998.
Tilt-A-Whirl-Press has documented the “poets and hellraisers” they met on the Beaver Dam Rocking Chair Marathon tour in 1998.
BBCFour Interviews with Poets
A library where you can listen to some of the most influential & beloved poets of the last 100 years talking about their lives & their poems: W.B. Yeats, Dylan Thomas, Ezra Pound, e.e. cummings....
A library where you can listen to some of the most influential & beloved poets of the last 100 years talking about their lives & their poems: W.B. Yeats, Dylan Thomas, Ezra Pound, e.e. cummings....
Comprepoetica Biographical Dictionary
This brave attempt to gather bios of every contemporary American poet is at Bob Grumman’s poetry data-collection site -- visit his online survey to add your 2¢s!
This brave attempt to gather bios of every contemporary American poet is at Bob Grumman’s poetry data-collection site -- visit his online survey to add your 2¢s!
Interviews With Poets
The Interviews With Poets site offers extracts from Between the Lines’ series of book-length interviews with “senior contemporary poets” -- for instance, Thom Gunn in conversation with James Campbell.
The Interviews With Poets site offers extracts from Between the Lines’ series of book-length interviews with “senior contemporary poets” -- for instance, Thom Gunn in conversation with James Campbell.
MAPS, Modern American Poetry
MAPS is the “multimedia companion” to the Oxford Anthology of Modern American Poetry. This expanding & expansive site developed by Cary Nelson includes libraries of biographical information & critical commentary on contemporary poets & their poems.
MAPS is the “multimedia companion” to the Oxford Anthology of Modern American Poetry. This expanding & expansive site developed by Cary Nelson includes libraries of biographical information & critical commentary on contemporary poets & their poems.
PoetryNet Poet of the Month
John Canaday’s PoetryNet offers a selection of poems & a brief biography or sometimes a poetical essay from a different poet each month. In the archives you will find such treasures as “To Enter the Mind of Someone You Love,” a poem both brave & careful by Dennis Sampson, & Maurya Simon’s sharp & lovely “Benediction” in memory of Allen Ginsberg.
John Canaday’s PoetryNet offers a selection of poems & a brief biography or sometimes a poetical essay from a different poet each month. In the archives you will find such treasures as “To Enter the Mind of Someone You Love,” a poem both brave & careful by Dennis Sampson, & Maurya Simon’s sharp & lovely “Benediction” in memory of Allen Ginsberg.
Poets on Poetry
The Teachers & Writer’s Collaborative interview series includes Wang Ping on ESL poetry & her own poem “Syntax,” Eileen Myles on her poem “School of Fish” & Philip Levine reading & talking about his poem “For Fran.”
The Teachers & Writer’s Collaborative interview series includes Wang Ping on ESL poetry & her own poem “Syntax,” Eileen Myles on her poem “School of Fish” & Philip Levine reading & talking about his poem “For Fran.”
Voices from the Gaps
The University of Minnesota’s compendium on the lives & works of women of color will take you from Phillis Wheatley to Emily Pauline Johnson to June Jordan & Joy Harjo.
The University of Minnesota’s compendium on the lives & works of women of color will take you from Phillis Wheatley to Emily Pauline Johnson to June Jordan & Joy Harjo.