Month archive: March 2022

Clockwise from top left: Elisa New, Evie Shockley, Robin D.G. Kelley, and LisaGay Hamilton

“you can say that again, billie” on PBS Books

March 25, 2022 Leave a comment

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.” The group was joined by two distinguished guests, who also appear in our Season Three episode: historian Robin D.G. Kelley, and actor LisaGay Hamilton.

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An Instagram story photo featuring from left to right: Elisa New, Richard Blanco, Nely Galán, and Mitchell Kaplan. The location is tagged as the Sanctuary of the Arts.

An Evening with Richard Blanco in Coral Gables, FL

March 25, 2022 Leave a comment

On Friday, March 11th, 2022, the independent Miami bookshop Books and Books hosted a screening of our episode on Richard Blanco’s “Looking for The Gulf Motel,” atSanctuary of the Arts in Coral Gables, Florida. The sold-out screening was followed by a fascinating discussion and audience Q&A with Blanco, Elisa New, and entrepreneur Nely Galán, as well as a reading and book signing with Blanco.

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