Ernest Hilbert Reads from Storm Swimmer in Greenwich Village, New York City
Ernest Hilbert will read from his new collection of poems, Storm Swimmer, with Carolyn Raphael in New York City for the Carmine Street Metrics series. … Read More
Ernest Hilbert in Wisconsin
I visited Appleton, Wisconsin from April 24th to the 28th for purposes of poetry and music, always a good reason to travel. The Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra flew me out and put… Read More
Ernest Hilbert with Petr Hruška (Czech Republic) and Rob A. Mackenzie (Scotland) at Head House Books
I’ll be reading with poets from the Czech Republic and Scotland at the excellent Head House Books in Philadelphia. Come on by and check it out! Tuesday, March 19th, 6:30PM Head House… Read More
Watch Ernest Hilbert’s Closing Reading as Poet-in-Residence at West Chester University
My two weeks as poet-in-residence at West Chester University included talks and class visits in the music, book history, literature, and writing programs, an hour long interview, a talk at the library's… Read More
Ernest Hilbert’s Closing Reading for his Residency at West Chester University
For my closing reading at West Chester University I read two poems from each of my five books. Here is the full reading. … Read More
E-Verse Equinox Returns with Paul Muldoon, Courtney Sender, and Patricia Davis-Muffett
Join us for an evening of poetry with Pulitzer-Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon with short-story author Courtney Sender (from Boston), and poet Patricia Davis-Muffett (from Washington, DC) upstairs at Fergie’s Pub (thanks, Fergie),… Read More
Ernest Hilbert Appears on Sleerickets Podcast to Talk about Poetry Book Designs
Matthew Buckley Smith invited me onto his highly diverting and enjoyable poetry podcast Sleerickets to talk about poetry book design and much else besides. He's moved some of our two hour talk… Read More
Ernest Hilbert on Rattlecast: “You’re in an Element Much More Powerful than You Are”
I was invited onto Tim Green's Rattlecast, a livestreaming poetry reading and podcast series, to talk about my new book, Storm Swimmer. I appear from the 1:14 mark until 1:35. During the… Read More
“Pelagic” from Storm Swimmer, with Audio
"Pelagic" first appeared in Hopkins Review, Volume 13, Number 2, Spring 2020. It appears in the book Storm Swimmer.… Read More
Ernest Hilbert Wins the Meringoff Award for Poetry
Ernest Hilbert won the annual Meringhoff Writing Award for Poetry given out by the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers. Garrett Hongo was also a recipient of the poetry award this… Read More
Ernest Hilbert’s Book Storm Swimmer in the Washington Post Book Club Newsletter
This weekend's Washington Post Book Club Newsletter has much to say about banned books, Bridgerton, Tom Hanks, book to prepare for the coronation, and more, but they also make room for my… Read More
E-Verse Equinox Reading Series Returns with Andrew Hallman, Courtney Bambrick, and George Elliott Clarke!
Join us for an evening of poetry and short fiction by novelist Andy Hallman, poet Courtney Bambrick, and all the way from Canada George Elliott Clarke, upstairs at Fergie’s Pub (thanks, Fergie),… Read More
Two Poems by Ernest Hilbert in the Bennington Review
Two of my poems appear in the new issue of The Bennington Review, "My Autocorrect Always Changes Poems to Problems" and "Salvaging." … Read More
“Vertebrate” by Ernest Hilbert in 32 Poems
My poem "Vertebrate," which will appear in my book Storm Swimmer (UNT Press, 2023) is in the new issue of the astoundingly good magazine 32 Poems (No. 39, Spring Summer 2022). Many… Read More
Congratulations to Rebecca Wisniewski, Winner of the 2021 Poetry Out Loud Delaware State Championship with Poems by Ernest Hilbert, Emily Dickinson, and Ada Limón
Congratulations to Rebecca Wisniewski, who won the 2021 Poetry Out Loud Delaware State Championships reading Ernest Hilbert's poem "Domestic Situation" along with poems by Emily Dickinson and Ada Limon. … Read More
Ernest Hilbert’s Book Last One Out Listed on Poetry Foundation’s Reading List May 2020
Poet, translator, and critic A. E. Stallings, recipient of the prestigious MacArthur "Genius" Grant, among many other distinctions, includes Ernest Hilbert's 2019 poetry collection Last One Out alongside several others for her… Read More
“Hilbert’s Poems are Thick with Frameworks, References, and Dense Barbed Lines Which Demand Rereading”: Last One Out Reviewed in Literary Matters
"Ernest Hilbert has an enviable ability to speak about contemporary America as if his words were washed in the blood of Achaean soldiers. Hilbert, speaking to the violence underlying human nature, sees… Read More
Ernest Hilbert Publication Party for His New Book Last One Out at The Rosenbach
Join us for a conversation with Ernest Hilbert about his new book of poems, Last One Out. This new volume traces the poet’s life from childhood memories of his father, both elegiac… Read More
Ernest Hilbert’s Poem “Visitations” Appears in the First Print Annual of Cassandra Voices
You can read more from the volume online at Cassandra Voices. … Read More
“Poet in the Pit: Slayer, Heavy Metal, and the Limits of Poetry” By Ernest Hilbert
Last year I wound up with a broken rib after spending an hour in a mosh pit at a Slayer concert. It took place on asphalt, at night, in torrential rain, ideal… Read More
Launch Reading for the Best American Poetry 2018
Ernest Hilbert and other contributors will read their poetry for the Best American Poetry 2018 Launch, Thursday, September 20th, 7PM at The New School’s Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, NY 10011. This edition… Read More
Photos from the Mexico City Performance of “Nights of 1998”
As E-Verse readers will know from earlier posts (here and here), my poem “Nights of 1998,” from my book All of You on the Good Earth, was set to music by composer… Read More
Ernest Hilbert Writes about Books in the Wall Street Journal
I had a chance to review three new books about books for the Spring books insert at the Wall Street Journal. Check it out.… Read More
AoYotGE for National Poetry Month at the Cambridge Public Library
I was pleased to learn that my books were on display at the Cambridge Public Library in Massachusetts for National Poetry Month. I asked librarian Daniel Wuenschel to send a photograph, but by… Read More
Ernest Hilbert Reviews John Y. Cole’s New History of the Library of Congress in the Washington Post
My review of a new history of the Library of Congress appears in today's Sunday Washington Post. Check it out. I notice they altered my bio slightly to make me a "dealer… Read More
Ernest Hilbert on Illustrated Dust Jackets in the Washington Post
We are cautioned to avoid judging a book by its cover, yet that is precisely what publishers hope we will do. Dust jacket illustration, which came into its own in the 1920s,… Read More
Books Read or Reread by Ernest Hilbert in 2017
I don't get to nearly as many books as I used to, but I still manage to sneak a few in. Here are the ones I got to in 2017. I'd love… Read More
Hear Afaa M. Weaver Interviewed by Ernest Hilbert Live at Fergie’s Pub
Ernest Hilbert interviewed poet, translator, and professor Afaa M. Weaver before a live audience at Fergie's Pub in Philadelphia on the afternoon of Sunday, November 19th, 2017. … Read More
What Lurks Down There? Ernest Hilbert’s Dark Web Magazine, Cocytus
What’s lurking out there on the infamous Dark Web? A lot of unsavory activity and characters, to be sure. But poets? It’s already got a reputation for hiding the worst human activity,… Read More
“Mars Ultor” by Ernest Hilbert
"Just as the work of the modernists showed that the best free verse usually has something masterfully formal about it, Hilbert’s fine collection might serve to remind us that the best formal… Read More