Walt Whitman -
poetry in america

Mon, Apr 7 2:00 P.M. NH World (11.3)

In 1855 Walt Whitman declared "The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem." Poetry In America celebrates the 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman's birth with Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, playwright Tony Kushner, poets Mark Doty and Marilyn Chin, and a chorus of National Student Poets, discussing Whitman's powerful and timeless work.

Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 208

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Mon, Apr 7	2:00 P.M.	Whitman 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.

Watch Poetry In America - Clips, Episodes & Previews

Shirt by Robert Pinsky

Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden

Fast Break by Edward Hirsch

I cannot dance opon my toes by Emily Dickinson

The Gray Heron by Galway Kinnell

The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus

Future Broadcast times for "Poetry In America": (show all)

Wed, Apr 2	2:00 P.M.	Musee Des Beaux Arts - W.H. Auden NH World (11.3)
Wed, Apr 2	2:30 P.M.	Shirt - Robert Pinsky NH World (11.3)
Wed, Apr 2	3:00 P.M.	To Prisoners - Gwendolyn Brooks NH World (11.3)
Wed, Apr 2	3:30 P.M.	The Gray Heron - Galway Kinnell NH World (11.3)
Wed, Apr 2	4:00 P.M.	The New Colossus - Emma Lazarus NH World (11.3)
Wed, Apr 2	4:30 P.M.	Urban Love Poem - Marilyn Chin NH World (11.3)
Thu, Apr 3	2:00 P.M.	One Art - Elizabeth Bishop NH World (11.3)
Thu, Apr 3	2:30 P.M.	The Fish - Marianne Moore NH World (11.3)
Thu, Apr 3	3:00 P.M.	This Your Home Now - Mark Doty NH World (11.3)
Thu, Apr 3	3:30 P.M.	Finishing The Hat - Stephen Sondheim NH World (11.3)
Thu, Apr 3	4:00 P.M.	You and I Are Disappearing - Yusef Komunyakaa NH World (11.3)
Thu, Apr 3	4:30 P.M.	"This Is Just to Say" - William Carlos Williams NH World (11.3)
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