Waxahatchee Unplugged at the Sunday Sessions Berlin
"Alabama native Katie Crutchfield—twin sister of Swearin's Allison Crutchfield—writes in the liner notes of American Weekend, her piercing debut as Waxahatchee. Crutchfield builds her songs from humble materials—usually just an acoustic guitar… Read More
Ernest Hilbert at Poets House to Celebrate The Dark Horse’s 20th Anniversary
Hey, New Yorkers, join us at Poets House to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the legendary literary magazine The Dark Horse, hosted by editor and poet Gerry Cambridge. The New York event… Read More
“The Gelding” by Ernest Hilbert (with Audio)
"Tough-minded and precise, Ernest Hilbert’s lyrics, like his old mirror left out at the curb, turn an unflinching gaze on pieces of inner and outer landscapes we often push to the periphery.… Read More
“Adam’s Curse” by William Butler Yeats
"One of the few [poets] whose history is the history of their own time, who are a part of the consciousness of an age which cannot be understood without them." --T.S. Eliot… Read More
Two Poems from Anne Boleyn’s Sleeve by Juliana Gray
"Juliana Gray is a beautiful and keen poet. My word, a gifted vision, almost egoless and yet fullhearted." - Barry Hannah … Read More
“Just Because I Love You” by BC Camplight
From the new album How to Die in the North. … Read More
“the rites for Cousin Vit” by Gwendolyn Brooks
"Her formal range is most impressive, as she experiments with sonnets, ballads, spirituals, blues, full and off-rhymes. She is nothing short of a technical virtuoso." --Elizabeth Alexander… Read More
“I Literally Can’t Even Right Now”: Daniel Nester on the Vogue for Vaguebooking on Facebook
E-Verser Daniel Nester, noted essayist, poet, and personality, has published an article on the new phenomenon of vaguebooking over at Buzzfeed.… Read More
“The Darkling Thrush” by Thomas Hardy
"There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there." - Thomas Hardy… Read More
“Bad Newz” by Stephen Burt
Breezily contemporary in feel, yet deeply lyrical in quality and effect. . . . Belmont is an outstanding collection at once thoughtful and witty, meditative but rapid-fire, a domestically rooted yet lyrically… Read More
“Little League” Kevin Durkin
Kevin Durkin attended schools in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Germany before earning his degree in English literature from Princeton University. He has taught English in Singapore, Kitakyushu (Japan), New York City, and… Read More
Ernest Hilbert with Brian Heston and Therese Halcheid
A Sunday Evening of Poetry with Ernest Hilbert, Brian Heston, and Therese Halchied Sunday, May 24, 7:30PM Tattooed Mom… Read More
Ernest Hilbert Reads with Anna Evans in Princeton
An Evening of New Poetry with Ernest Hilbert and Anna Evans Free and open to the public Monday, May 11th, 7:30PM Princeton Public Library 65 Witherspoon St Princeton, New Jersey 08542 (609)… Read More
“The Third Rail” by Brian Heston
Brian Patrick Heston grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His poems have won awards from the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Foundation, the Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation, and the Lanier Library Association. His first… Read More
“L’An Trentiesme de Mon Eage” by Archibald MacLeish
"[Archibald MacLeish] is one of the few American poets to have a sound of his own." -- James Dickey… Read More
“Black Woman” by Erica Dawson
"Reading Erica Dawson's poems reminds me of the time a former race car driver took me on a crazy tour along the southern French coast's narrowest roads. It felt dangerous and exhilarating.… Read More
“Ruby Ring” by Kyle Potvin
Kyle Potvin’s poetry has appeared in The New York Times, Measure, The Huffington Post, JAMA, Blue Unicorn, Alimentum, and on BBC’s World Update, among others. She was named a finalist for the… Read More
“Divine Intervention” by James Feichthaler
James Feichthaler is the co-founder of the poetry group "Dead Bards of Philadelphia," who meet every month at The Spiral Bookcase in the Manayunk section of the city to share their works.… Read More
“After Alaska” by Therése Halscheid
Therése Halscheid’s new book of poems is Frozen Latitudes (Press 53). Other collections include Uncommon Geography, Without Home, Powertalk, and a Greatest Hits chapbook award. Her poems and essays have appeared in… Read More
“Purgatory” by Maxine Kumin
Maxine Kumin was born in Philadelphia. She received her BA and MA from Radcliffe College. She has published numerous books of poetry, including And Short the Season: Poems (W. W. Norton, 2014);… Read More
“Neptune Court” by Anton Yakovlev
Originally from Moscow, Russia, Anton Yakovlev lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey and works as a college textbook editor. He studied filmmaking and poetry at Harvard University. His work is published or forthcoming… Read More
Cynthia Brings You America’s Nessie
Everyone has heard about Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, who continues to hide somewhere in a Scottish lake, but did you know that America has its own submerged monster in Lake Champlain?… Read More
“Dominion of the Parthians” by Ernest Hilbert
Ernest Hilbert received his doctorate in English Literature from Oxford University, where he edited the Oxford Quarterly and studied with Jon Stallworthy—biographer of Wilfred Owen and Louis MacNeice and editor of the… Read More
“Taking Chances” by Sharon Van Etten
SVE contacted me a few months back to see if I'd like to come up with some ideas for "Taking Chances," her first single off the new record. When I first heard… Read More
“Coast Redwood” by Amy Glynn
Amy Glynn Greacen is the author of A Modern Herbal (Measure Press, 2014). Her work also appears in Best American Poetry (2010, 2012), New England Review, Poetry Northwest, Southwest Review, The New… Read More
“Addiction to an Old Mattress” by Rosemary Tonks
"Rosemary Tonks' imagery has a daring for which it's hard to find a parallel in British poetry" - John Hartley Williams… Read More
“Bric-a-Brac” by Dorothy Parker
Happy National Poetry Month, everyone. Every month is poetry month here at E-Verse, just so you know. … Read More
“Homeland” by Mercury Radio Theater, from the Static Sessions
Mercury Radio Theater, Punk Rock Exotica from Philly!… Read More
“The Murderer” by Kate Northrop
Kate Northrop is the author of Back Through Interruption, Things Are Disappearing Here (a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice), and Clean. She teaches at the University of Wyoming. … Read More
“The Dead House” by J. T. Barbarese
J.T. Barbarese has published five books of poems, his most recent, Sweet Spot (Northwestern University Press, 2012). His poems and translations have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Boulevard, Poetry, The New Yorker… Read More