Blog Post Poetry in America featured in Psychology Today by Brie Martin On May 30th, 2020, Psychology Today featured a blog post on Langston Hughes’s poem “Harlem" and the current protests, referencing (and encouraging readers to watch) our Season 1 episode…
Episode Looking for The Gulf Motel Richard Blanco’s poem “Looking for The Gulf Motel” transports readers to 1970s Florida, recalling a Cuban-American family’s vacations on the sparkling sands of Marco Island. Blanco and international superstar…
Blog Post Elisa New Reviews African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song for Harvard Magazine by Gideon Leek On Friday August 13th, Harvard Magazine published a review by Professor Elisa New of Kevin Young’s 1,000-plus page anthology African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song. A…
Blog Post Elisa New’s Letter to the Editor of Inside Higher Ed by Gideon Leek On July 15th, 2021, Poetry in America host Professor Elisa New wrote a letter to the editor of Inside Higher Ed, entitled “Bridging the moat between K-12 and higher…
Blog Post Poetry in America featured in The Paris Review by Brie Martin On July 10, 2020, Poetry in America was featured in The Paris Review's weekly round-up of staff picks. Alongside the work of novelists Marie NDiaye and Halle Butler, essayist…
Episode Bear Fat & Rabbits and Fire Two poems, by Linda Hogan and Alberto Ríos, follow wolves, jackrabbits, and other animals across the harsh Great Plains and Sonoran Desert. Both poets join wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin,…
Blog Post Amplify and Poetry in America Release New Grade 8 ELA Content Featuring Jamaal May by Gideon Leek Eighth grade, a turning point in adolescence, is a great time to be introduced to contemporary poetry. Reading poetry can feel daunting for newcomers, but at Poetry in America,…
Blog Post The Production Design of Modernism by Aaron Blanton When we began filming the core segments for our Modernism course, the production team knew that we wanted to move beyond the one-note aesthetic of previous edX Poetry in…
Course Poetry in America [Non-Credit]: Nature and Nation, 1700-1850 This free, not-for-credit online course considers the poetry written in the years directly before and after the birth of the American Republic. It examines the creation of a national…