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100 Years, 100 Poems: the Centennial for Poetry Magazine

100 Years, 100 Poems: Celebrating the Centennial for Poetry Magazine

12/24/2012

PBS News Hour

100 Years, 100 Poems: the Centennial for Poetry Magazine

Clip: 12/24/2012 | 7m 56s

100 Years, 100 Poems: Celebrating the Centennial for Poetry Magazine

"Print the best poetry written today, in whatever style, genre or approach." Those were the ambitious words written 100 years ago by Harriet Monroe when she founded Poetry, now the oldest monthly journal devoted to verse. Jeffrey Brown speaks with the magazine's editor, poet Christian Wiman, about a new anniversary collection.

12/24/2012

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