Poetry in America

Celebrated guests join Elisa New for a lively discussion of poems by renowned poets.

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    Poems about Motherhood by Sharon Olds and Bernadette Mayer

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    Elisa New, Emily Oster, Sharon Olds, & Bernadette Mayer explore poems on motherhood.
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    I cannot dance opon my toes by Emily Dickinson

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    Host Elisa New explores Emily Dickinson's poem with Cyntha Nixon, Yo-Yo Ma, and others.

About Poetry in America

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 Moore, Mark Doty, Yusef Komunyakaa, Stephen Sondheim, William Carlos Williams, and Walt Whitman. POETRY IN AMERICA premieredApril 4, 2020 (check local listings).