The World is Her Classroom: Lisa New’s Aspire Masterclass Bridges Continents with Poetry

October 17, 2025 PiA Communications Team

How does reading poetry make you a better leader? This question was on the minds of the more than 1200 young adults from 69 countries participating in a Masterclass … … Read more

Walt Whitman, The Humanities, and Our Shared Conversation

September 18, 2025 PiA Communications Team

Ever wonder what Walt Whitman would have to say about today’s world? Our director and host, Elisa New, has some thoughts! She recently joined WGBH’s The Culture Show to discuss her New … … Read more

Poetry in America in The NY Times

July 6, 2025 PiA Communications Team

This July 4th weekend, Poetry in America Director and Host Elisa New published an op-ed in the New York Times reflecting on the dismantling of the National Endowment for … … Read more

Poetry in America on Book Pages

April 19, 2024 Gideon Leek

On March 29th, 2024, journalist Erik Pedersen interviewed Poetry in America host Elisa New for his newsletter Book Pages. … Read more

Poetry in America on KPBS

April 19, 2024 Gideon Leek

Poetry in America host Elisa New was interviewed by Midday Edition’s Jade Hindmon for KPBS, San Diego’s local PBS and NPR affiliate. … Read more

Poetry in America and Temple Beth Zion present an Interfaith Dialogue on Tracy K. Smith’s “Hill Country”

April 18, 2024 Colby Meeks

On April 8, 2024, Temple Beth Zion in Brookline, Massachusetts hosted an interfaith screening of our season four episode “Hill Country,” followed by a panel discussion with the poet Tracy K. Smith, episode guests Rav Claudia Kreiman and Rav Tiferet Berenbaum, and PIA’s own Elisa New.  … Read more

WORLD Channel Poetry Month Marathon 2024

March 15, 2024 Gideon Leek

The first three seasons of Poetry in America will air on the WORLD Channel in honor of National Poetry Month. Tune in to your local WORLD Channel 2-5pm ET / 11am-2pm … … Read more

Poetry in America featured in The San Diego Union-Tribune

March 14, 2024 Gideon Leek

On Thursday, March 7, 2024, The San Diego Union-Tribune’s Pam Kragen reported on the Robert Frost Society’s poetry conference in honor of his Sesquicentennial (his 150th birthday!). The celebration … … Read more

CHURCHILL FELLOWSHIP 2023 – POETRY RESEARCH PROJECT

February 20, 2024 Hannah Stanislaus

I am Hannah Maria Stanislaus and I have chosen Poetry in America for my Churchill Fellowship 2023 research project. … Read more