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At the Forefront of Tech-Driven Learning: Poetry in America featured in The Writer’s Chronicle

by Gideon Leek

In the November 2022 issue of The Writer’s Chronicle, poet and journalist Kristina Andersson Bicher discussed Poetry in America’s progress expanding access to high quality humanities education over the past decade.

Production Diary: Flavor Flav and Elisa New talk rhyme at Harvard and ASU

by Gideon Leek

On Tuesday, April 4th, 2023, Poetry in America was thrilled to bring hiphop legend Flavor Flav to Harvard University. The multi-platinum Public Enemy rapper and reality TV star reached …

Amplify and Poetry in America Release New Grade 8 ELA Content Featuring Jamaal May

by Gideon Leek

Eighth grade, a turning point in adolescence, is a great time to be introduced to contemporary poetry. Reading poetry can feel daunting for newcomers, but at Poetry in America, we work to present poetry not as academic and aloof, but real and relatable—an art form that is great fun, and that instigates growth of the mind.

Poetry in America & Flavor Flav featured in The Harvard Gazette

by Gideon Leek

On Wednesday, April 5th, 2023, The Harvard Gazette’s Anna Lamb reported on rapper Flavor Flav’s visit to Harvard Extension School, for a HELIX Forum event with the students and course staff of “Poetry in America: Whitman and Dickinson.”

Our reimagined Nautilus channel: What happens when you add Art+Science?

by Marissa Grunes

Three years ago, Poetry in America launched an online channel with the science magazine Nautilus, dedicated to bringing together science and poetry. This summer, as Poetry in America’s educational programs settle into their new home base at Arizona State University’s Center for Public Humanities, the Nautilus channel is once again breaking new ground.

Westward, Ho! Poetry in America arrives at ASU

by Gideon Leek

T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland begins: “April is the cruelest month.” In 1996, the American Academy of Poets declared the very same cruel April National Poetry Month, with a winking …

Poetry in America course featured in TMZ

by Gideon Leek

On Tuesday, April 4th, 2023, TMZ reported on a HELIX Forum event we organized with Flavor Flav at Harvard Extension School.

“To Seek a Newer World”: Postcards from Ross Island, Antarctica

by Gideon Leek

At the top of Observation Hill, seven hundred feet above McMurdo Station, Antarctica, stands a wooden cross.

IN THE NEWS: Poetry in America for High-Schoolers

by Caitlin Ballotta Rajagopalan

About Poetry In America

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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