Poetry in America
Premiering Jan-March, 2022
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. (official site)
Featured Videos
Poems about Motherhood by Sharon Olds and Bernadette Mayer
02/25/2022 | 25m 38s | WETA Passport
Two poems, by Linda Hogan and Alberto Ríos
03/04/2022 | 25m 14s | WETA Passport
Sonnet IV; I shall forget you presently, my dear, by Millay
03/11/2022 | 25m 41s | WETA Passport
Episodes
Sonnet IV; I shall forget you presently, my dear, by Millay
03/11/2022 | 25m 41s | WETA Passport
Two poems, by Linda Hogan and Alberto Ríos
03/04/2022 | 25m 14s | WETA Passport
Poems about Motherhood by Sharon Olds and Bernadette Mayer
02/25/2022 | 25m 38s | WETA Passport
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Extras
Poetry In America Season 3 Preview
Preview: S3 | 30s
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