Name: Poetry in America Season 1
Genre: Education
Released: 2018

S01 Episode 1

I Cannot Dance Opon My Toes -- Emily Dickinson

The challenges of art and audience across time, space and artistic medium; guests include Cynthia Nixon, Yo-Yo Ma, Jill Johnson and Marie Howe.

25 mins · Wed, 28 Mar 2018

S01 Episode 2

Fast Break -- Edward Hirsch

Using basketball to understand poetry and poetry to understand basketball; with poet Edward Hirsch, Shaquille O'Neal, Pau Gasol and Shane Battier.

25 mins · Wed, 28 Mar 2018

S01 Episode 3

Those Winter Sundays -- Robert Hayden

Reflections on "Those Winter Days" by Robert Hayden; with Joe Biden, Elizabeth Alexander and Angela Duckworth.

25 mins · Wed, 4 Apr 2018

S01 Episode 4

Hymmnn and Hum Bom -- Allen Ginsberg

Two emotional poems by Allen Ginsberg -- the "Hymmnn" from Kaddish and the anti-war "Hum Bom!"; with Bono and Juan Felipe Herrera.

25 mins · Wed, 4 Apr 2018

S01 Episode 5

Skyscraper -- Carl Sandburg

The rise of the skyscraper and the emergence of the modernist poem; with Frank Gehry, Zhang Xin, poet Robert Polito and student poets from across the U.S.

25 mins · Wed, 11 Apr 2018

S01 Episode 6

Harlem -- Langston Hughes

A discussion of "Harlem" by Langston Hughes; with Bill Clinton, Herbie Hancock, Sonia Sanchez and students from the Harlem Children's Zone.

25 mins · Wed, 11 Apr 2018

S01 Episode 7

Musee des Beaux Arts -- W.H. Auden

W.H. Auden's World War II-era "Musee des Beaux Arts"; with Samantha Power, David Brooks and Peter Sacks.

25 mins · Wed, 18 Apr 2018

S01 Episode 8

Shirt -- Robert Pinsky

Robert Pinsky offers his own reflections on his poem "Shirt"; with Johnson Hartig, Betty Halbreich and Stuart Weitzman.

25 mins · Wed, 18 Apr 2018

S01 Episode 9

To Prisoners -- Gwendolyn Brooks

Poetry's resonance for people in prison; with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Anna Deavere Smith, Reginald Dwayne Betts and Li-Young Lee.

25 mins · Wed, 25 Apr 2018

S01 Episode 10

The Grey Heron -- Galway Kinnell

A discussion of Galway Kinnell's "The Grey Heron" with E.O. Wilson, Robert Hass, Laura McPhee and Joel Wagner.

25 mins · Wed, 25 Apr 2018

S01 Episode 11

New York State of Mind -- Nas

Exploring "N.Y. State of Mind" by hip-hop artist Nas; with Nas, Steve Stoute and Salamishah Tillet.

25 mins · Wed, 2 May 2018

S01 Episode 12

The New Colossus -- Emma Lazarus

A discussion of "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus; with Regina Spektor, Cristina Jiménez, Randi Weingarten, David Rubenstein and Duy Doan.

25 mins · Wed, 2 May 2018

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