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

Arizona PBS will present Season 4 of Poetry in America

February 9, 2024 Leave a comment

“All of us at Arizona PBS are excited to join the Poetry in America team in its ongoing effort to spread enthusiasm for an art form that inspires humanity and reveals important truths about the human experience,” … Read more

SXSW EDU 2024: Join Us for Teaching Literature & Civics with Phillis Wheatley

February 6, 2024 Leave a comment

What can the 18th-century Black, enslaved teenage poet Phillis Wheatley teach us today about how language can be wielded artfully to create power?  … Read more

Enhancing Digital Accessibility: Insights From My Internship at Poetry in America

December 1, 2023 Michelle Liu Leave a comment

My name is Michelle Liu, and I am currently a senior at Harvard College concentrating in computer science with a secondary in studio arts. … Read more

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

April 14, 2023 Leave a comment

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 … … Read more

Poetry in America & Flavor Flav featured in The Harvard Gazette

April 14, 2023 Leave a comment

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.” … Read more

Poetry in America course featured on CBS News

April 14, 2023 Leave a comment

On Thursday, April 6th, 2023, CBS News’s Jordyn Jagolinzer 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.”  … Read more