


Premiering Jan-March, 2022
Celebrated guests join Elisa New for a lively discussion of poems by renowned poets.
Poetry in America explores the diversity of American poetry. In each episode, members of various American communities join host Elisa New, following Gwendolyn Brooks to the South Side of Chicago, Alberto Ríos to the Sonoran Desert, Richard Blanco to Marco Island, and more. Joining along the way are singers and Supreme Court justices, playwrights and physicists, and teachers and their students.
Poetry in America explores the diversity of American poetry. In each episode, members of various American communities join host Elisa New, following Gwendolyn Brooks to the South Side of Chicago, Alberto Ríos to the Sonoran Desert, Richard Blanco to Marco Island, and more. Joining along the way are singers and Supreme Court justices, playwrights and physicists, and teachers and their students.
Poetry In America Season 3 Preview
Poets, public figures, and everyday Americans join host Elisa New to read American poems.
Poetry In America Season 3 Preview
Poetry In America: Season 2: Preview
Poets, public figures and other guests join Elisa New for readings of American poems.
Poetry In America: Season 2: Preview
Explore 12 unforgettable poems with Shaquille O’Neal, Bill Clinton, Bono, and others.
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Poetry in America gathers distinguished interpreters from all walks of life to explore and debate 12 unforgettable American poems.
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