Two poets who have crossed paths in readings and at conferences and have found that they are writing about something that shows up differently for each of them -- maternal estrangement. This conversation will cover how our work evolves as we age and how writing such a viscerally personal experience can also be universal. Lisa […]

Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Sasha Waters: A Handsome Life In this conversation poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi and filmmaker Sasha Waters will discuss Sasha's American Masters documentary about Mary Oliver (forthcoming Spring 2026) as a means of entering into the good deep work of figuring what one might mean by "a handsome life": a phrase that Oliver coined […]