Table of Contents
Introduction
Dan Vera Introduction to U.S. Poets Laureate Issue, Part II
1937-1941, Joseph Auslander
Joseph Auslander Unfurl the Flags of April
Dan Vera The Library and its Laureates: The Examples of Auslander, Williams, Dickey & Kumin
1943-1944, Allen Tate
1944-1945, Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren’s First Term Office and House
1945-1946, Louise Bogan
Louise Bogan The Correspondence of Louise Bogan
1946-1947, Karl Shapiro
Dan Vera Karl Shapiro, Poet and Anti-Critic
1947-1948, Robert Lowell
Lowell, Robert July in Washington
1948-1949, Leonie Adams
Léonie Adams Inaugurates the Public Reading Series
1949-1950, Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop Visits to St. Elizabeths
1950-1952, Conrad Aiken
1952, William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams Three Winter Poems
William Carlos Williams It is a Living Coral
Dan Vera The Library and its Laureates: The Examples of Auslander, Williams, Dickey & Kumin
1956-1958, Randall Jarrell
Peter Montgomery Randall Jarrell in Washington
1958-1959, Robert Frost
Frost Blows Out the Candles and Makes Headlines
Linda Pastan Remembering Frost at Kennedy’s Inauguration
1959-1961, Richard Eberhart
Richard Eberhart, the “Jolly Salesman”
1961-1963, Louis Untermeyer
1963-1964, Howard Nemerov
Peter Montgomery Howard Nemerov
1964-1965, Reed Whittemore
Reed Whittemore Six Poems by Reed Whittemore
Reed Whittemore The Happy Genius of the Household
1965-1966, Stephen Spender
National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities Act
Stephen Spender Spender on Political Poetry in the 1930s and Auden’s Poetic Brinksmanship
1966-1968, James Dickey
Ed Madden James Dickey: In Touch with Darkness
Dan Vera The Library and its Laureates: The Examples of Auslander, Williams, Dickey & Kumin
1968-1970, William Jay Smith
William Jay Smith Variety in Poetry
1970-1971, William Stafford
Myra Sklarew Myra Sklarew on William Stafford
Christy J. Zink An Area of Possible Encounter: William Stafford in Washington, DC
1971-1973, Josephine Jacobsen
Josephine Jacobsen On the Incoming Tide
Grace Cavalieri Interview with Josephine Jacobsen
1973-1974, Daniel Hoffman
Daniel Hoffman Moonlight Dries No Mittens: Carl Sandburg Reconsidered
1974-1976, Stanley Kunitz
Stanley Kunitz Stanley Kunitz: Naked in His Prose
1976-1978, Robert Hayden
Robert Hayden Robert Hayden on the Art of Saying What Cannot Be Said
1978-1980, William Meredith
William Meredith Reasons for Poetry
1981-1982, Maxine Kumin
Maxine Kumin The Poet and the Mule
Dan Vera The Library and its Laureates: The Examples of Auslander, Williams, Dickey & Kumin
1982-1984, Anthony Hecht
Anthony Hecht Six Poems by Anthony Hecht
Michael Gushue Three Anecdotes About Anthony Hecht
1984-1985, Robert Fitzgerald
1984-1985, Reed Whittemore
Reed Whittemore The Happy Genius of the Household
Reed Whittemore Six Poems by Reed Whittemore
1985-1986, Gwendolyn Brooks
Grace Cavalieri The Writer Who Changed the Future: On Gwendolyn Brooks
1986-1987, Robert Penn Warren
Dan Vera The Tenaciousness of Spark Matsunaga
1987-1988, Richard Wilbur
Richard Wilbur Poetry and Happiness
Grace Cavalieri Interview with Richard Wilbur
1988-1990, Howard Nemerov
Peter Montgomery Howard Nemerov
1990-1991, Mark Strand
Jean Nordhaus The Uncontrollable Elements: An Interview with Mark Strand
1991-1992, Joseph Brodsky
Grace Cavalieri The Generous Spirit of American Poetry: An Interview with Joseph Brodsky
1992-1993, Mona Van Duyn
Andrea Carter Brown Leda in Red Sneakers: A Remembrance of Mona Van Duyn
1993-1995, Rita Dove
Rita Dove A Writing Assignment from Rita Dove
Grace Cavalieri Rita Dove Interview
1995-1997, Robert Hass
Robert Hass Some Notes on Form
1997-2000, Robert Pinsky
Grace Cavalieri Robert Pinsky Interview
2000-2001, Stanley Kunitz
Stanley Kunitz Stanley Kunitz: Naked in His Prose
2001-2003, Billy Collins
Grace Cavalieri Billy Collins Interview
2003-2004, Louise Gluck
Grace Cavalieri In the Magnificent Region of Courage: An Interview with Louise Glück
2004-2006, Ted Kooser
Grace Cavalieri Interview with Ted Kooser
2006-2007, Donald Hall
Donald Hall Amid the Sunflowers
2007-2008, Charles Simic
Alan King Orphan of Silence: Charles Simic
2008-2010, Kay Ryan
Danielle Evennou The Elephant in the Room: Kay Ryan
2010-2011, W.S. Merwin
Melissa Tuckey W.S. Merwin and Eco-Justice
2011-2012, Philip Levine
Kim Roberts A Small Tribute to Philip Levine
2012-2014, Natasha Trethewey
Grace Cavalieri Natasha Trethewey Interview
2014-2015, Charles Wright
Grace Cavalieri Charles Wright Interview
2015-2017, Juan Felipe Herrera
Francisco Aragón “You have a beautiful voice”: snippets of a laureateship
2017-2019, Tracy K. Smith
The Poetry Office
Dan Vera The Poetry Office: A Photo Essay
Patricia Gray Poetry Behind the Scenes at the Library of Congress
Patricia Gray Fingering the Past
Phyllis Armstrong At Watergate
Audrey Wurdemann Five Poems by Audrey Wurdemann
Karren LaLonde Alenier On Archibald MacLeish