Richard O. Moore Returns with Poetry (and Videos!) May 7, 2013: Bay Area poets participated in an amazing reading on Sunday by 93 year-old emerging poet Richard O. Moore (who's no stranger to us here, and here). He's the co-founder of KPFA (first listener-supported radio station in the U.S., 1949), a founding member of KQED-TV (sixth U.S. public station to go on the air, 1954) a filmmaker, and the director [...] by Harriet Staff

Robert Hass & Brenda Hillman Protest Keystone Pipeline February 14, 2013: Poets & Writers points us to the news that poets Robert Hass and Brenda Hillman, among others, are protesting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Their collective action address: We’re here today to show the depth of our resolve that President Obama take immediate, decisive action against climate change—to show that if the [...] by Harriet Staff

Snyder, Hillman, Wojahn, and Barnett Honored by the Academy of American Poets September 27, 2012: Wonderful news coming from the Academy of American Poets today. Winning the big Wallace Stevens Award for outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry is Gary Snyder, while Brenda Hillman takes home a Fellowship for distinguished poetic achievement. Two other poets winning for individual volumes of poetry are David Wojahn for World [...] by Harriet Staff