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12:03 Jane Hirshfield reads "Winter" by Czesław Miłosz poetshouse 417 views 5 months ago Jane Hirshfield, author of "Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry," reads and discusses "Winter" by Nobel Laureate Czesław Miłosz. Recorded at Poets House October 19, 201...
11:41 Jane Hirshfield reads "French Horn" and "The Supple Deer" poetshouse 113 views 5 months ago As part of her Craft Talk on Transitions, Jane Hirshfield, author of "Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry," discusses the arc of a book of poems, and reads 'French Horn...
3:33 Jane Hirshfield Reads "Tracks" by Tomas Transtromer poetshouse 169 views 5 months ago Jane Hirshfield, author of "Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry," reads and discusses "Tracks" by Nobel Laureate Tomas Transtromer. Recorded at Poets House October 19,...
3:39 Jane Hirshfield on The Craft of Poetry: Transitions poetshouse 289 views 5 months ago As part of her Craft Talk on Transitions, Jane Hirshfield, author of "Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry," offers tips on 'keeping the poem alive." Recorded at Poets H...
1:47 W S Merwin at Poets House: "Only a forest can grow a forest" poetshouse 1,387 views 1 year ago On October 21, 2010, the new U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin visited with public librarians at Poets House in a free program in which he spoke about his commitment to the en...
6:41 W S Merwin at Poets House on The Life of the Imagination poetshouse 681 views 1 year ago On October 21, 2010, the new U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin visited with public librarians at Poets House in a free program in which he spoke about his commitment to the en...
4:01 W S Merwin at Poets House: On foxes poetshouse 616 views 1 year ago On October 21, 2010, the new U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin visited with public librarians at Poets House in a free program in which he spoke about his commitment to the en...
7:03 Bridgewalk2010 poetshouse 346 views 1 year ago On June 14, 2010, as part of Poets House's 15th Annual Poetry Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge, actor Bill Murray, Brooklyn Poet Laureate Tina Chang, and poets Anne Carson, ...
6:29 Gathering Paradise: Bill Murray Reads to Construction Workers at Poets House.mov poetshouse 173,330 views 2 years ago Members of the construction team which built Poets House's new home joined actor Bill Murray in May 2009 for the first poetry reading at 10 River Terrace. Produced for Poet...
9:19 Invocation of the Muse: Poets & Musicians Toast the New Poets House.mov poetshouse 1,210 views 2 years ago Highlights from a blowout celebration on Poets House's new "front lawn," Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, celebrating the opening of the organization's new home in Battery Park ...

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Poets House is a national poetry library and literary center that invites poets and the public to step into the living tradition of verse. Our resources and literary events document the wealth and diversity of modern poetry, and stimulate public dialogue on issues of poetry in culture.