I Cannot Dance Upon My Toes - Emily Dickinson -
poetry in america

Tue, Apr 1 2:00 P.M. NH World (11.3)

"I cannot dance upon my toes," Emily Dickinson writes -- "no man instructed me." Join host Elisa New, actor Cynthia Nixon, cellist Yo Yo Ma, dancer and choreographer Jill Johnson, and poet Marie Howe in an exploration of the challenges of art and audience across time, space, and artistic medium.

Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 101

All broadcast times for this episode: (show all)

Tue, Apr 1	2:00 P.M.	I Cannot Dance Upon My Toes - Emily Dickinson NH World (11.3)
Wed, Apr 9	4:30 P.M.	I Cannot Dance Upon My Toes - Emily Dickinson NH World (11.3)

About Poetry In America:

Poetry in America explores the diversity of American poetry.

In each episode, members of various American communities join host Elisa New, following Gwendolyn Brooks to the South Side of Chicago, Alberto Rios to the Sonoran Desert, Richard Blanco to Marco Island, and more.

Joining along the way are singers and Supreme Court justices, playwrights and physicists, and teachers and their students.

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