I’m thrilled to be joining Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, and to be bringing my team’s skills to bear on the important, groundbreaking work the college is doing to rethink what education—what teaching, learning and school itself—can look like. … Read more
On March 29th, 2024, journalist Erik Pedersen interviewed Poetry in America host Elisa New for his newsletter Book Pages. … Read more
Poetry in America host Elisa New was interviewed by Midday Edition’s Jade Hindmon for KPBS, San Diego’s local PBS and NPR affiliate. … Read more
On April 8, 2024, Temple Beth Zion in Brookline, Massachusetts hosted an interfaith screening of our season four episode “Hill Country,” followed by a panel discussion with the poet Tracy K. Smith, episode guests Rav Claudia Kreiman and Rav Tiferet Berenbaum, and PIA’s own Elisa New. … Read more
The first three seasons of Poetry in America will air on the WORLD Channel in honor of National Poetry Month. Tune in to your local WORLD Channel 2-5pm ET / 11am-2pm … … Read more
On Thursday, March 7, 2024, The San Diego Union-Tribune’s Pam Kragen reported on the Robert Frost Society’s poetry conference in honor of his Sesquicentennial (his 150th birthday!). The celebration … … Read more
I am Hannah Maria Stanislaus and I have chosen Poetry in America for my Churchill Fellowship 2023 research project. … Read more
“All of us at Arizona PBS are excited to join the Poetry in America team in its ongoing effort to spread enthusiasm for an art form that inspires humanity and reveals important truths about the human experience,” … Read more
What can the 18th-century Black, enslaved teenage poet Phillis Wheatley teach us today about how language can be wielded artfully to create power? … Read more
