Poetry in America - Season 1

Poetry in America - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes12
DatesApr. 1, 2018 - Apr. 29, 2018
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Episodes

I Cannot Dance Opon My Toes, by Emily Dickinson
Season 1Episode 130 min

I Cannot Dance Opon My Toes, by Emily Dickinson

"I cannot dance upon my toes" by Emily Dickinson, featuring Cynthia Nixon, Marie Howe, Yo Yo Ma, Jill Johnson

Apr. 1, 2018
Fast Break, by Edward Hirsch
Season 1Episode 230 min

Fast Break, by Edward Hirsch

"Fast Break" by Edward Hirsch, featuring Shaquille O'Neal, Edward Hirsch, Shane Battier, Pau Gasol, and a chorus of pick-up basketball players

Apr. 1, 2018
Those Winter Sundays, by Robert Hayden
Season 1Episode 330 min

Those Winter Sundays, by Robert Hayden

"Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden, featuring Vice President Joe Biden, Elizabeth Alexander, Angela Duckworth, and a chorus of working fathers and sons

Apr. 8, 2018
Hymmnn and Hum Bom, by Allen Ginsberg
Season 1Episode 430 min

Hymmnn and Hum Bom, by Allen Ginsberg

"Hymmnn" and "Hum Bom" by Allen Ginsberg, featuring Bono, Juan Felipe Herrera, and a chorus of religious chant practitioners

Apr. 8, 2018
Skyscraper, by Carl Sandburg
Season 1Episode 530 min

Skyscraper, by Carl Sandburg

"Skyscraper" by Carl Sandburg, featuring Frank Gehry, Robert Polito, Zhang Xin, and a chorus of National Student Poets

Apr. 15, 2018
Harlem, by Langston Hughes
Season 1Episode 630 min

Harlem, by Langston Hughes

"Harlem" by Langston Hughes, featuring Herbie Hancock, Bill Clinton, Sonia Sanchez, and a chorus of kids at the Harlem Children's Zone

Apr. 15, 2018
Musée des Beaux Arts, by W.H. Auden
Season 1Episode 730 min

Musée des Beaux Arts, by W.H. Auden

"Musee des Beaux Arts" by W.H. Auden, featuring Samantha Power, Peter Sacks, David Brooks

Apr. 22, 2018
Shirt, by Robert Pinsky
Season 1Episode 830 min

Shirt, by Robert Pinsky

"Shirt" by Robert Pinsky, featuring Stuart Weitzman, Robert Pinsky, Betty Halbreich, Johnson Hartig, and students at Parsons School of Design

Apr. 22, 2018
To Prisoners, by Gwendolyn Brooks
Season 1Episode 930 min

To Prisoners, by Gwendolyn Brooks

"To Prisoners" by Gwendolyn Brooks, featuring Anna Deveare Smith, John McCain, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Li-Young Lee, and Innocence Project Exonerees

Apr. 22, 2018
The Gray Heron, by Galway Kinnell
Season 1Episode 1030 min

The Gray Heron, by Galway Kinnell

"The Gray Heron" by Galway Kinnell, featuring E.O. Wilson, Robert Hass, Laura McPhee, and young naturalists at the Massachusetts Audubon Society

Apr. 29, 2018
New York State of Mind, by Nas
Season 1Episode 1130 min

New York State of Mind, by Nas

"New York State of Mind" by Nas, featuring Nas, Steve Stoute, Ben Horowitz, Salamishah Tillet, and a chorus of hip hop heads

Apr. 29, 2018
The New Colossus, by Emma Lazarus
Season 1Episode 1230 min

The New Colossus, by Emma Lazarus

"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, featuring Regina Spector, Duy Doan, Randi Weingarten, David Rubenstein, and Cristina Jimenez.

Apr. 29, 2018

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