Chris Hedges: Letter to Refaat Alareer
By Chris Hedges / The Chris Hedges Report This article is read by Eunice Wong, a Juilliard-trained actor, featured on Audible’s list of Best Women Narrators. Her work is on…
Thank You for Dying for My Sins: For Nhất Chi Mai and Aaron Bushnell
By Erik Wennermark / Original to ScheerPost “There is nothing more painful than burning oneself. To say something while experiencing this kind of pain is to say it with utmost…
Chris Hedges: Death of an Oracle
We have very few oracles. The loss of the poet Gerald Stern means we have one less.
Celeste Ng’s Piercing Portrayal of the Dystopia in Which We Live
Reading “Our Missing Hearts” becomes an exercise in recognizing the many ways today’s America is already a nightmare.
In Memory of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the Immortal Beat
A page in honor of legendary poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who died today in San Francisco at the age of 101.
Ferlinghetti: From Normandy and Nagasaki to Ginsberg and City Lights
The poet and co-founder of famed City Lights Bookstore talks about his life and work publishing writers of the Beat Generation on "Scheer Intelligence."
Joel Whitney: The Egregious Price America Exacts for Integrity
The "Finks" author joins Robert Scheer to talk about the lives of poets George and Mary Oppen, two admirable Americans persecuted for their leftist ideals.
Time to Stop Bankrolling War and the Wealthy
A jubilee moment in pandemic America? The poetry of a movement to change this country.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti: A Champion for the Beats
The poet and co-founder of famed City Lights Bookstore talks about his life and work publishing writers of the Beat Generation.