MEDIA COVERAGE
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Emmy Award-winner and bestselling author Kwame Alexander tells Stephen how he first got interested in poetry as a young man, and he reads a poem that appears in his latest book, This is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets. Watch the full segment…
TODAY
From books about Black trailblazers to suspenseful thrillers, #1 New York Times bestselling author and Emmy® Award-winning producer Kwame Alexander joins TODAY to share his top book recommendations for February and discuss his newest book, This is the Honey: An…
MSNBC Morning Joe
Kwame Alexander joins MSNBC Morning Joe to discuss the new book, This Is The Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets.
Morning Edition with Michel Martin
NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Kwame Alexander about This Is The Honey — an anthology of contemporary Black poets that he curated.
LIBRARY JOURNAL REVIEW: THIS IS THE HONEY
“This amazing anthology may be the most important poetry collection of this decade. It is a book for poetry lovers, a book for the curious, a book of comfort, a book of prayer, a book of passion and a book of joy, a book of sorrow and a book of desire, but in…
Fresh Air with Terry Gross
Poet Kwame Alexander reflects on ‘Why Fathers Cry at Night’ | “I’m not a grown man — I’m a growing man,” Alexander says. His new memoir started as a book of love poems, but ended up being a collection of essays and poems about love, divorce and raising children.
Barnes & Noble BN READS: Why Fathers Cry at Night
“Kwame Alexander delivers us a powerful and intimate memoir-in-verse. Emily Dickenson once said, “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant.” Alexander works his life into his poetry to help us reflect on our own lives. A memoir in a book of poetry — a most sublime gift….
WASHINGTON POST REVIEW: WHY FATHERS CRY AT NIGHT
“Offers a refreshing masculine vulnerability that is rarely seen.” The Washington Post reviews Why Fathers Cry at Night.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, NEW BOOKS THIS WEEK: WHY FATHERS CRY AT NIGHT
“We sometimes find poems in the strangest and most uncomfortable places,” Alexander writes in this tender memoir, employing poetry, prose, letters and recipes to tell stories of love and grief. The New York Times Book Review features Why Fathers Cry at Night in New…
WNYC’S ALL OF IT WITH ALISON STEWART: WHY FATHERS CRY AT NIGHT
Kwame joins WNYC’s All of It host Alison Stewart to discuss his new memoir, Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances, which tells the story of his parents, and his own journey as a father.