Robert Hass

In celebration of a lifetime of dazzling work spanning poetry, editing, and food writing, Daniel Halpern is joined by former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass to discuss his life and legacy. Halpern co-founded the influential literary journal Antaeus and is founder and publisher of Ecco, now an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. He is the author of nine books of poetry and publisher of many famous poets, writers, and food critics, including Hass, Jorie Graham, and Anthony Bourdain. (rmharris)… (more)

A tribute to W. S. Merwin, with Sonnet Coggins, Robert Hass, Edward Hirsch, Howard Norman, Naomi Shihab Nye, Michael Ondaatje, John Burnham Schwartz, Tracy K. Smith, Michael Wiegers, and Terry Tempest Williams.

Friends and fellow writers read from the work of W. S. Merwin in commemoration of his death on March 15, 2019. A two-term U.S. Poet Laureate, Merwin’s influence on American poetics has been profound. (rmharris)… (more)

Robert Hass; E. O. Wilson discusses The Social Conquest of Earth.

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass, author of What Light Can Do: Essays on Art, Imagination, and the Natural World, engages in conversation with the internationally acclaimed scientist, entomologist and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner E.O. Wilson, author of The Social Conquest of Earth, about the intersections between science and poetry. These two extraordinary thinkers and writers—together for an unmissable conversation—discuss poetry, consciousness, evolution and the environment. Co-sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History. $15, $13.50 for Poets House members To take advantage of special pricing, contact Joe Fritsch at joe@poetshouse.org. Please arrive early to allow extra time for museum entry. (rmharris)… (more)

Robert Hass reads from Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005.

Robert Hass, former U.S. Poet Laureate, is a champion of the literacy and environmental movements. A recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “genius” fellowship and two National Book Critics Circle Awards, Hass is the author of five collections of poetry, including Field Guide, Praise, Human Values, Sun Under Wood, and his much-anticipated new collection, Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005. The Atlantic Monthly writes, “No practicing poet has more talent than Robert Hass.” Time and Materials recently won the National Book Award for Poetry. (philosojerk)… (more)