Macedonian poet Nikola Madzirov and Ilya Kaminsky discuss the poetics of war and its aftermath, and the nature of memory and rediscovering.

Poets Reginald Gibbons, Rachel Jamison Webster, Christina Pugh, and Ed Roberson are accompanied on piano by Mabel Kwan and Ari Brown. Recorded in April 2011, recording courtesy of WBEZ Chicago Amplified.

The Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute hosts a conversation between Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Linda Hogan, and Sherwin Bitsui.

Kwame Dawes reads poems from four of his books at the Art Institute of Chicago in January 2008.

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A conversation between Chilean poet Raúl Zurita and American poet Forrest Gander.

Rita Dove speaking at the Key West Literary Seminar.

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The Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute hosts Aleš Šteger who reads from his works and talks about poetry in Slovenia.

Poet Philip Levine reads from his own work.

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The second half of a 2008 reading featuring four Latino poets, as part of the American Perspectives series at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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The first half of a 2008 reading featuring four Latino poets, as part of the American Perspectives series at the Art Institute of Chicago.