Ernest Hilbert Reads with Daniel Tobin at the Cambridge Public Library
Ernest Hilbert Reads with Daniel Tobin, Thursday, November 13th at 6:30PM, Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, Hosted by Daniel Wuenschel, introductions by Bill Coyle… Read More
Jonathan Creasy Interviews Ernest Hilbert for New Dublin Press, Part One, Plus a New Poem, “Caligulan,” with Audio
Jonathan Creasy, an editor at New Dublin Press, conducted a comprehensive, long-form interview with me over the course of several months. The first installment has been published, along with a new poem,… Read More
“You’ve Just Got To Face the Ugly Realities Of It”: Ernest Hilbert Interviewed by Ken Michaels on NPR-Affiliate WDIY 80.1
Last April, radio personality Ken Michaels interviewed me for his arts program "Musings" on NPR-Affiliate WDIY 80.1FM Allentown/Bethlehem. We talked about All of You on the Good Earth, influences, inspirations, music, and… Read More
Ernest Hilbert Reads “Calavera for a Friend” at KGB Bar in New York City
Calculated to reflect the sixty minutes in an hour of heightened imaginative contemplation, the poems in Ernest Hilbert’s first book, Sixty Sonnets, contain memories of violence, historical episodes, humorous reflections, quiet despair,… Read More
“4AM Cab Ride” by Ernest Hilbert
Ernest Hilbert has written some of the most elegant poems in American literature since the loss of Anthony Hecht. A fascinating blend of the Augustan and romantic (an Augustanism that flirts with… Read More
“The Metal-head Image Was Like Armor Donned Each Day”: Ernest Hilbert Interviewed for Daniel Nester’s “Behind the Sestina”
"We go Behind the Sestina with Hilbert to uncover the metallic truth about his poem 'Hel[l]ical Double Sestina: [Metal Number One]' featured in The Incredible Sestina Anthology."… Read More
Ernest Hilbert and Dave Young Interviewed on NPR-Affiliate WDIY 88.1 in the Lehigh Valley, Today at 3PM EST
Ernest Hilbert talks about his spoken word poetry album Elegies & Laments with the album's producer, Dave Young, owner of Pub Can Records in Philadelphia. Tune in and check it out!… Read More
Ernest Hilbert’s Poem “Between Sides Seven and Eight of Die Walkure” in the Summer Issue of Listen! Magazine
Listen: Life with Classical Music is North America’s classical music magazine covering people, places and events; recommendations of recordings, books, and film; and all the many ways our lives are touched by… Read More
Ernest Hilbert Reads at Legendary Dante Hall in Atlantic City
Just behind the colossal casinos that loom and brood in cold fog from the ocean, tucked away on Atlantic Avenue, is the famous Dante Hall, where Aubrey Rahab Gerhardt continues her incredibly… Read More
Finally, Some Love from Bookselling Giants Barnes & Noble
This is just one of this nice little moments that make you feel a bit better as you wander the city on your lunch break. I stopped into Barnes & Noble on… Read More
Ernest Hilbert Interviewed by Marty Moss-Coane on Radio Times, WHYY
On Tuesday, April 16th, Marty Moss-Coane featured me as a guest on her live WHYY program Radio Times, syndicated nationally on NPR and available on XM and online. The radio ad for… Read More
“AS IF WE’RE BORN FOR WAR AND IT FOR US”: FINE PRESS LIMITED EDITION OF ERNEST HILBERT’S “AGAINST THE ART OF WAR”
The press informs me that this hand-made, letterpress, collectible fine-art edition of my three-part poem "Against the Art of War" will likely sell out before its stated publication date of February 15th.… Read More
Final Solutions: Ernest Hilbert Discusses Frederick Seidel’s Troubled First Collection
The latest issue of The Dark Horse contains new poems by the likes of David Mason, Jason Guriel, Nicholas Friedman, and Linda Besner. It also contains a selection of poets writing on… Read More