Blog Post Poetry of the City Graduation 2022 by Gideon Leek May 2022 marked the graduation of the first class of Poetry in America, 1850-1945.
Blog Post So make the most of this, your little day: Poetry in America and National Student Poets in Conversation by Gideon Leek On April 12th, 2022, Poetry in America’s own Elisa New and Gillian Osborne joined the National Student Poets Class of 2020 for a discussion of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s…
Blog Post “you can say that again, billie” on PBS Books by Gideon Leek Poetry in America reunited with PBS Books on January 26th, 2022 to host another virtual event on trailblazing women poets. Elisa New and PBS Books host Heather-Marie Montilla were…
Blog Post Poetry in America featured in The Arts Fuse by Gideon Leek On Friday, January 21st, 2022, Poetry in America host Elisa New was interviewed for The Arts Fuse. Speaking to Robert Israel, Professor New noted the importance of “the immersive…
Blog Post Production Diary: Poetry of Art, Sport, and Play by Leah Reis-Dennis During the first two weeks of May, the Poetry in America team hit the road, filming classrooms at Greenwich Country Day School and Success Academy Charter Schools. The project?…
Blog Post Poetry in America featured in Poets & Writers by Gideon Leek On March 27th, 2018, Poets & Writers included the upcoming launch of Season One of Poetry in America in their daily news roundup.
Episode Poetry in America Season 2 Trailer Season 2 of Poetry in America returns with eight new episodes that will air on public television stations nationwide and on the World Channel starting this April, National Poetry…
Blog Post Poetry in America featured in Time Magazine by Gideon Leek On April 2nd, 2018, Time Magazine’s Olivia Waxman discussed John McCain’s poetic leanings—his famous recitation on TV, his time in the Hanoi Hilton—and referred readers to Poetry in America’s…
Blog Post Elisa New and Stuart Weitzman appear on Cheddar by Gideon Leek On April 10th, 2018, Poetry in America host Elisa New and alum Stuart Weitzman appeared on Cheddar News to discuss their collaboration in an episode on Robert Pinsky’s “Shirt,”…