The New Colossus - Emma Lazarus -
poetry in america

Host Elisa New rediscovers the freshness and the still-potent charge of Emma Lazarus's iconic sonnet of immigration alongside singer-songwriter Regina Spektor, activist and founder of the United We Dream Foundation Cristina Jimenez, President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten, financier and philanthropist David Rubenstein, and poet Duy Doan.

Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 112

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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