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Dual enrollment opportunity for high school students

by Gideon Leek Last month, on February 19th, 2021, The New York Times highlighted the work we’ve been doing with our partners at the National Educational Equity Lab in a front-page article by Erica L. Green, “A Program Inspires Ivy League Dreams in Disadvantaged Teens.”

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Production Diary 11/8 & 11/9: John Turturro, Terrance Hayes, Rachael & Vilray and more in NYC

by Gideon Leek roduction for Season 4 of Poetry in America continues on location in the East Village with some exciting guests! On November 8th and 9th, our Host Elisa New and Producer Cathleen O’Connell went down to New York City to interview some exciting guests.

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Martín Espada speaks with Poetry of the City Students

by Gideon Leek On November 3rd, 2021, this year’s National Book Award winning poet Martín Espada spoke with high schoolers in our dual-enrollment course Poetry in America: Poetry of the City from Whitman to Hip Hop.

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Elisa New Reviews African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song for Harvard Magazine

by Gideon Leek On Friday August 13th, Harvard Magazine published a review by Professor Elisa New of Kevin Young’s 1,000-plus page anthology African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song. A polymath, Young is, among other things, the Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, the poetry editor for The New Yorker, the author of 15 volumes of poetry and prose, and the prolific editor of eight previous collections of poetry.

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Elisa New’s Letter to the Editor of Inside Higher Ed

by Gideon Leek On July 15th, 2021, Poetry in America host Professor Elisa New wrote a letter to the editor of Inside Higher Ed, entitled “Bridging the moat between K-12 and higher education.”

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Elisa New featured on panel at Poetry and Power Symposium

by Gideon Leek Did you know that President John F. Kennedy’s final speech, at the dedication of Amherst College’s Robert Frost Library in 1963, hailed Robert Frost as a guardian of democracy and a role model for students?

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Poetry in America’s High School Dual Enrollment Program featured in The American South

by Gideon Leek On July 13th, 2021, Andrew Yawn published an article on the experience of students at McKinley High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who enrolled in Poetry In America: The City from Whitman to Hip Hop last Fall via Arizona State University.

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Poetry in America Featured Guests

by Leah Reis-Dennis Poetry in America believes that anyone can have a conversation about a poem. Here are some of the distinguished guests who have spoken with us so far.

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IN THE NEWS: Poetry in America for High-Schoolers

by Caitlin Ballotta Rajagopalan

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Poetry in America is a multiplatform initiative that brings poetry into literature classrooms and living rooms around the world. Created by Elisa New, Poetry in America draws students of all ages into conversations about poetry.

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