David Yezzi Reads at the Legendary Dante Hall on Atlantic Avenue in Atlantic City
In Atlantic City, in the sea mist, under the looming blood-red TRUMP signs, one finds the classic theater known as Dante Hall, where Aubrey Rahab Gerhardt continues to cultivate her poetry miracle… Read More
Finally, Some Love from Bookselling Giants Barnes & Noble
This is just one of this nice little moments that make you feel a bit better as you wander the city on your lunch break. I stopped into Barnes & Noble on… Read More
The Red Silk Thread, an Opera by Stella Sung and Ernest Hilbert, at the University of Michigan Opera Studio Program
Here are some photographs from the workshop performances of my new opera with composer Stella Sung.… Read More
Ernest Hilbert Interviewed by Marty Moss-Coane on Radio Times, WHYY
On Tuesday, April 16th, Marty Moss-Coane featured me as a guest on her live WHYY program Radio Times, syndicated nationally on NPR and available on XM and online. The radio ad for… Read More
Ernest Hilbert Reads in Philadelphia with James Arthur, hosted by James Mancinelli of Moveable Beats
Moveable Beats Reading Series Ernest Hilbert Reads with James Arthur, hosted by James Mancinelli Good Karma Café 928 Pine St Philadelphia, PA 19107 (267) 519-8860 Sunday April 21st, 6PM FREE James Arthur’s… Read More
“Never Run Away” by Kurt Vile
Single version of "Never Run Away" from Kurt Vile's album Wakin' On A Pretty Daze. … Read More
“Rasmus Nielsen” by Nicholas Friedman
Nicholas Friedman is the recipient of a 2012 Ruth Lilly Fellowship. His newer work appears in The Dark Horse, The New Criterion, The New York Times, POETRY, Southwest Review, and other publications.… Read More
“Women’s Poetry” by Daisy Fried
Daisy Fried is the author of three books of poems, Women’s Poetry: Poems and Advice (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013), My Brother is Getting Arrested Again (Pitt, 2006), a finalist for the… Read More
A Guide to How Shakespeare’s Characters Kick the Bucket
Original concept by Cam Magee. Design by Caitlin S. Griffin. … Read More
“At Dawn: Eurydice” by Daniel Evans Pritchard
Daniel Evans Pritchard is a poet and essayist living in Boston. He is marketing and publicity director of Boston Review, publisher of The Critical Flame, and organizer of the bimonthly U35 Reading… Read More
Cynthia Waxes Nostalgic on Vintage Board Games
In honor of the new monopoly update, I'd like to wax nostalgic about a game that I had as a kid. … Read More
“Sailing the Mullica River (Great Bay Estuary) 1978” by Ernest Hilbert
“Hilbert is one of our best rhymers since Robert Frost, and his poems have been compared by superb poets to those of John Berryman and Robert Lowell. We haven’t had a… Read More
“Shanghai Cigarettes” by Caitlin Rose
Directed, shot and edited by Seth Graves. Studio footage shot by Kevin Doyle.… Read More
“The Socialites” by Dirty Projectors
A music video taken from the short film Hi Custodian.… Read More
Six Acre Lake is on the Way to Blow You Out of the Water!
The two-man big-sound battleship Six Acre Lake is slipping from its berth and steaming west from Philadelphia to unleash broadsides on the eardrums of local music fans. You've gotta see these guys… Read More
Elegies & Laments Available for Digital Download
Over the next few weeks, a variety of digital download services will make my new spoken world album Elegies & Laments available for purchase. You may buy the album for $5 (US)… Read More
Listen to a Segment of the “Legendary Misbehavior” Section of Elegies & Laments on Vinyl
This is a short video/sound clip from the limited-edition white vinyl series of Ernest Hilbert's album Elegies & Laments. … Read More
Copies of Elegies & Laments on Vinyl are Landing All Over the World
Have a look at some of the copies that have turned up on their very own turntables. These are the limited-edition 1/100 on white vinyl and signed by members of the project.… Read More
Ernest Hilbert Reads at the Legendary Cornelia Street Cafe in New York City
Hope to see you there!… Read More
Poetry and Music in Bed Together Again: Michael Zapruder’s New Album Pink Thunder
"Zapruder lets the songs wander, as if he's creating a melodic new method of storytelling... He builds songs in a Jon Brian-esque style, with Elliot Smith-like sensitivity and raw ache in his… Read More
“A Spoken Word Album? You’re Joking, Right?”
No, we're not joking! Really. Local Philadelphia rock veterans Marc Hildenberger and Dave Young recorded Ernest Hilbert reading sixteen poems they selected from his first book, Sixty Sonnets, and then, being utterly… Read More
Ernest Hilbert’s New Book All of You on the Good Earth Now Available!
All of You on the Good Earth, Ernest Hilbert's second full-length collection of poetry, is now available from Amazon, Amazon UK, Barnes and Noble, Powell's Books, The Book Depository, Tower Books, BookADDA… Read More
“At the 100th Anniversary of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association at the Royal Geographical Society” by Ernest Hilbert in the New Issue of Southwest Review
Begun in 1915 and located on the campus of Southern Methodist University, Southwest Review is the third oldest, continuously published literary quarterly in the United States. Selections from Southwest Review have been… Read More
Upcoming Poetry Readings at Penn Book Center on University of Pennsylvania Campus
Support local bookstores! Support local poets! … Read More
“Antler” by John Clegg
John Clegg grew up in Cambridge and currently lives in Durham, where he is completing a PhD on the Eastern European influence in contemporary poetry. A selection of his poetry was included… Read More
“The Envelope, Please” by Ernest Hilbert
"The Envelope, Please" first appeared in BEET magazine and appears in Ernest Hilbert's new collection All of You on the Good Earth. … Read More
Poor Pluto, no Longer a Full-Fledged Planet, but It’s Got More Moons than We Thought, and You Can Help to Name One!
Astronomers have now identified two more bodies orbiting Pluto, P4 and P5 for the moment. The SETI Institute is holding a vote on the names of the two new moons. Head on… Read More
“Cat and Mouse” by Ted Hughes
"Whether he wrote poems about the farm, or wild birds and animals, or birthday masques for Royal occasions, Hughes had the same spontaneity of craft which came from some inner joy in… Read More
“Who Killed Bambi?” by Quincy R. Lehr
Quincy R. Lehr's new collection, Shadows and Gifts, his first since 2012's Obscure Classics of English Progressive Rock, sees Lehr adopt a more visceral tone as he faces off against the economy,… Read More