Poetry In America

Cuts to the NEH have slashed critical financial support to US cultural institutions—including to Poetry in America. Help Poetry in America continue to foster and support humanities (and civic) education. Visit our donation page: link in bio #humanities #civics #education

In a @nytopinion piece published this #independenceday2025 weekend, @PoetryInAmerica Director and Host Elisa New called us to consider our role in preserving culture…for ourselves and for future generations. Link in bio. #NYT #oped #humanities #poetryinamerica #neh #whitman

In a @NYTOpinion piece published this July 4th weekend, Poetry In America Director & Host Elisa New reflects on the dismantling of the National Endowment for the Humanities & draws attention to the crucial role of the humanities in civic life. bit.ly/46whg8X

Dance through the streets of 1950s New York with Frank O’Hara’s classic poem “Steps.” Stream our season finale! bit.ly/3QOXjSg Feat. @MarkMorrisDance, @EileenMyles, @rachaelnvilray, @RobertPinsky & more. #PBS#poetry#FrankOHara#NewYork#1950s#NYC

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Turns out Whitman made his feelings about statues pretty clear! Thx, @waltwhitmaninitiative, for pointing us to this quote. You can watch our episode on Whitman’s Leaves of Grass—and read Director & Host Elisa New’s recent NY Times op-ed on NEH cuts Links in bio. #whitman #neh

ANNOUNCING A DONOR MATCH Through 9/1, one donor will match contributions up to $250,000 Your support will power TV production following NEH cuts—while enabling us to grow our educational programming for audiences of all kinds 2x your impact by giving today bit.ly/44fWIjA

Last chance to get PD hours or graduate credit! With a principal’s signature, middle or high school teachers can take our Fall courses at @HarvardExt for just $250! Apply by August 14th (bit.ly/3ygI8Ge) and enroll (bit.ly/4eY4pOP) in either of our fall courses.

Tune in tomorrow at 6 pm ET to Sirius XM channel 132 for Poetry in America host Elisa New’s interview with @AHHFleischmann for #LeadershipMattersSXM.

Get PD hours or graduate credit! With a principal’s signature, middle or high school teachers can take our Fall courses at @HarvardExt for just $250! Apply by August 14th (bit.ly/3ygI8Ge) and enroll (bit.ly/4eY4pOP) in either of our fall courses.

Poetry in America’s Elisa New spoke with musician Alynda Segarra (@HFTRR) at @aspenideas about the poetry, lyrics, Puerto Rican life in New York, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith and more. Watch the interview here: bit.ly/4cIznIJ

Once again, Poetry in America has been featured in the @BookWorld newsletter by @RonCharles. Sign up for the newsletter, bit.ly/3V7We9l, and, if Ron Charles persuaded you, check out the new season: bit.ly/3V6mPUg

Now streaming, & not to be missed, #FrankOHara on @PBS, Poetry in America @PoetryInAmerica. Sentimental fave datum: @ToddColbyPoet picked up his 1st LUNCH POEMS in Ottawa, Iowa. poetryinamerica.org/episode/steps/

Jay Parini, a guest in our Robert Frost episode, has a new interview out with @LibraryAmerica about the outdoorsy poet. Read it here: bit.ly/4c3K9cl and head over to our site to watch our episode on Frost's "Mending Wall" bit.ly/3UZNn9P

NAR Contributing Editor @mespadapoet's poem "Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper" is featured on the latest @PoetryInAmerica poetryinamerica.org/episode/who-bu…

.@RachaelnVilray are on the latest episode of @PBS's @PoetryInAmerica, focused on Frank O'Hara's "Steps," an ode to NYC art and dance, from his 'Lunch Poems.' You can watch the episode, which also features original music performed by Vilray and band, at nonesuch.com/journal/watch-…

This week on @arizonapbs, #ArizonaHorizon host @tedatpbs asked Elisa New for advice on reading a #poem. Skip to 25:45 for her terrific response (with an assist from Billy Collins) to.pbs.org/3wHaFcj

On Wednesday, @mespadapoet & Elisa New talked “Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper” w/ @WHMP Radio. “Martín’s poem was just such a universal favorite with my students that we decided it had to be the focus of an episode.” Listen to the podcast here: bit.ly/44MVGu2

WATCH: Associate Professor @NatashaRSarin and others discuss National Book Award-winner and former lawyer Martín Espada’s poem about a raw material of poetry and law.

This might be the most fun I've had in my academic career—trying my hand as a poetry critic as we dig into @mespadapoet's poem on the meaning of labor. Plus it's kind of crazy to be appear alongside Stephen Breyer, Jill Lepore, @JohnMTurturro, @NatashaRSarin and @BetseyStevenson.