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Log in to Watch OnlinePoems about Motherhood by Sharon Olds and Bernadette Mayer
S3 Ep6 |Elisa New, Emily Oster, Sharon Olds, & Bernadette Mayer explore poems on motherhood.
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Finishing the Hat, by Stephen Sondheim
S2 Ep5 |Stephen Sondheim blends lyrics and music in his poem "Finishing the Hat". - Embedded Video LinkImage
This Your Home Now, by Mark Doty
S2 Ep4 |In Doty's poem “This Your Home Now,” a barber shops sparks a meditation on love and more. - Embedded Video LinkImage
The Fish, by Marianne Moore
S2 Ep3 |Explore Moore’s great poem of marine life, with Al Gore, Jorie Graham, and others. - Embedded Video LinkImage
One Art, by Elizabeth Bishop
S2 Ep2 |Katie Couric, Mary Chapin Carpenter and others explore Elizabeth Bishop's poem "One Art". - Embedded Video LinkImage
Urban Love Poem, by Marilyn Chin
S2 Ep1 |Maxine Hong Kingston, Randy Komisar and others explore Marilyn Chin's "Urban Love Poem". - Embedded Video LinkImage
The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus
S1 Ep12 |Contemplate the physical—and figurative—journeys charted by all immigrants. - Embedded Video LinkImage
N.Y. State of Mind by Nas
S1 Ep11 |Explore the transformation of America’s long tradition of urban verse by hip hop artists. - Embedded Video LinkImage
The Gray Heron by Galway Kinnell
S1 Ep10 |Explore Galway Kinnell's poem with E.O. Wilson, Robert Hass, Laura McPhee and other guests
About Poetry in America
In the second season of Poetry in America, guests join Elisa New for a lively and immersive discussion of the poems of Marilyn Chin, Elizabeth Bishop, Marianne Moore, Mark Doty, Yusef Komunyakaa, Stephen Sondheim, William Carlos Williams, and Walt Whitman. POETRY IN AMERICA premieredApril 4, 2020 (check local listings).
