Barbara Crooker: Coffee
Because each day
is a fresh new start, revised as the sky
after rain. Because my mug is full
of dark goodness, and the day is a clean
blank sheet.
Video: Dick Allen reads If You Visit Our Country & Sleepy Old Towns
Born in Troy, New York, on August 8, 1939, Dick Allen is the author of eight poetry collections, including Present Vanishing (Sarabande Books, 2008). He received fellowships from the National Endowment for the … Continue reading
Eloise Stark: My Autism Journey
Autists are the ultimate square pegs, and the problem with pounding a square peg into a round hole is not that the hammering is hard work. It’s that you’re destroying the peg.
Michael Simms: On the Spectrum with Garrison Keillor
Many of the issues people have had with Keillor’s behavior through the years may have been caused by his autism.
Video: Garrison Keillor on Humor
In this Blank on Blank animation of a 1994 interview, George Plimpton interviews Garrison Keillor who claims, “My family was shocked when I came home with a volume of Hemingway … … Continue reading
Audio: “A Blessing” by James Wright
Garrison Keillor reads James Wright’s iconic poem. James Arlington Wright (December 13, 1927 – March 25, 1980) first emerged on the literary scene in 1956 with The Green Wall, a collection … Continue reading
Video: “One Boy Told Me” by Naomi Shihab Nye
Naomi Shihab Nye may be the most loved poet in America. Here she reads a poem that evokes a young boy’s imagination.
