Ranked #1
The Beat: Matthew Wimberley and Herman Melville
The Beat: Matthew Wimberley and Herman Melville
Matthew Wimberley grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He’s the author of Daniel Boone's Window and All the Great Territ... Read more
24 Jun 2022
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7mins
Ranked #2
The Beat: Amelia Martens and Marianne Moore
The Beat: Amelia Martens and Marianne Moore
Amelia Martens is the author of four chapbooks and the full-length collection The Spoons in the Grass are There to Dig a... Read more
25 May 2022
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6mins
Ranked #3
The Beat: Ashley M. Jones and Phillis Wheatley Peters
The Beat: Ashley M. Jones and Phillis Wheatley Peters
Ashley M. Jones is Alabama's first African American Poet Laureate, and she's also the youngest. Her books are Magic Cit... Read more
28 Apr 2022
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8mins
Ranked #4
The Beat: Joyelle McSweeney; Season 2 Intro.
The Beat: Joyelle McSweeney; Season 2 Intro.
Joyelle McSweeney is the author of ten books of poetry, stories, novels, essays, translations, and plays. She has won Th... Read more
25 Mar 2022
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6mins
Ranked #5
The Beat: Janet McAdams
The Beat: Janet McAdams
Janet McAdams is the author of the novel Red Weather and the poetry collections Feral and The Island of Lost Luggage, wh... Read more
18 Aug 2021
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3mins
Ranked #6
The Beat: Jesse Graves
The Beat: Jesse Graves
Jesse Graves is a Professor of English and Poet-in-Residence at East Tennessee State University. His poems have appeared... Read more
4 Aug 2021
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5mins
Ranked #7
The Beat: Bruce Alford
The Beat: Bruce Alford
Bruce Alford’s work has appeared in the African American Review, Imagination & Place Press, The Comstock Review, and... Read more
21 Jul 2021
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5mins
Ranked #8
The Beat: Robert Penn Warren
The Beat: Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren is primarily known as the author of the great American novel All the King’s Men, but he’s also a well... Read more
6 Jul 2021
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3mins
Ranked #9
The Beat: Chris Tonelli
The Beat: Chris Tonelli
Chris Tonelli is a founding editor of the independent poetry press Birds, LLC; co-director of the NC Book Festival; and ... Read more
22 Jun 2021
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3mins
Ranked #10
The Beat: Adelaide Crapsey
The Beat: Adelaide Crapsey
Adelaide Crapsey is best known as the inventor of the American cinquain. She was born in 1878 in Brooklyn, NY, and she g... Read more
8 Jun 2021
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2mins