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This course draws from the acclaimed Poetry in America PBS series. Beginning with the poetry of the American Civil War and the series of major events and social movements that followed it, we read such poets as Herman Melville, Julia Ward Howe, Walt Whitman, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, and Emma Lazarus, and examine the language of patriotism ...
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 joined by PIA Season Three featured poet Evie Shockley to discuss her poem, “you can say that again, billie.”.
Feb 23, 2023 · Case in point: Christian Poetry in America Since 1940: An Anthology, edited by Micah Mattix and Sally Thomas. When Paraclete Press sent page proofs of this anthology a few months ago, I was knee-deep in books forecasting a dire future for the Church in the United States (books I was reading for an essay-review, still in progress).
Apr 3, 2020 · Preview: Season 2 | 2m |. My List. In the second season of Poetry in America, guests join Elisa New for a lively and immersive discussion of the poems of Marilyn Chin, Elizabeth Bishop, Marianne ...
A Harlem Scene (1943), courtesy of the Library of Congress. Poetry in America is a TV series and educational initiative that brings poetry into classrooms and living rooms around the world. Created by Elisa New, Poetry in America draws students of all ages into conversations about poetry.
Nov 12, 2021 · Preview: Season 3 | 30s |. My List. Poetry in America explores the diversity of American poetry. In each episode, members of various American communities join host Elisa New, following Gwendolyn ...
May 5, 2017 · Prof. Elisa New sat down with hip hop legend Nas to do a close-reading at “It Ain’t Hard to Tell,” a track from his iconic 1994 album Illmatic. Watch the video to see Nas explain rhymes like “wisdom be leakin’ out my grapefruit, troop,” and to hear Professor New connect Nas’s verse to the tradition of American poetic form.
