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 Nautilus Features Poetry in America Conversation with Richard Dawkins by Caitlin Ballotta Rajagopalan What are the forces that shape us, that make us the way we are? How much control do we have over the decisions we make each day? Are we…
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 on Montana Public Radio by Brie Martin On November 8th, 2018, Poetry in America host Professor Elisa New was interviewed on Montana Public Radio discussing the mission of the show and the state of the poetry.
Blog Post Poetry in America in The Washington Post Book World Newsletter by Gideon Leek On January 21st, Poetry in America was featured in The Washington Post Book World Newsletter. Ron Charles described Walt Whitman’s “The Wound-Dresser,” the subject of our season premier, as…
Blog Post Elisa New Interviewed on KJZZ by Gideon Leek On Wednesday, January 19th, Poetry in America host Elisa New was interviewed by Steve Goldstein for KJZZ (NPR Phoenix). Goldstein and New discuss what the broad term “humanities” means,…
Blog Post Poetry in America featured in The Los Angeles Daily News by Gideon Leek On February 19th, 2022, Erik Pedersen featured Poetry in America in The Los Angeles Daily News’s popular newsletter “Book Pages.” While channel surfing, Pedersen and his wife watched our…
Blog Post A new summer intensive for students in India by Gideon Leek This summer, in collaboration with Arizona State University’s Center for the Public Humanities, Poetry in America is launching a summer intensive workshop for high school students in India.
Blog Post On the Power of Writing Poetry: A PBS Books Discussion with Richard Blanco by Gideon Leek Richard Blanco is a poet who, when reflecting on his past, displays both his inimitable uniqueness and the universality of his experiences.