Poetry in America. Season 1 : explore and debate 12 unforgettable American poems
by
 
New, Elisa, screenwriter, television director, host.

Title
: 
Poetry in America. Season 1 : explore and debate 12 unforgettable American poems

Author
: 
New, Elisa, screenwriter, television director, host.
 
Reis-Dennis, Leah, television producer.
 
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), presenter.
 
Verse Video Education (Firm), production company.
 
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.
 
PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Summary
: 
Scholar and host Elisa New travels the country, joining up with distinguished poets, celebrities, and everyday Americans to create a fully immersive experience in hearing, reading, and interpreting twelve American poems.

Audience
: 
Not rated.

General Note
: 
Title from container.
 
Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2018.
 
Wide screen (16x9).

Contents
: 
I cannot dance opon my toes, by Emily Dickinson -- Fast break, by Edward Hirsch -- Those winter Sundays, by Robert Hayden -- Hymmnn and hum bom!, by Allen Ginsberg -- Skyscraper, by Carl Sandburg -- Harlem, by Langston Hughes -- Musée des Beaux Arts, by W.H. Auden -- Shirt, by Robert Pinsky -- To prisoners, by Gwendolyn Brooks -- The gray heron, by Galway Kinnell -- N.Y. state of mind, by Nas -- The new colossus, by Emma Lazarus.

Physical Description
: 
2 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre
: 
Documentary television programs.
 
Television series.
 
Nonfiction television programs.
 
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Personal Subject
: 
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.
 
Hirsch, Edward.
 
Hayden, Robert, 1913-1980.
 
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967.
 
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
 
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.
 
Pinsky, Robert.
 
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000.
 
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
 
Kinnell, Galway, 1927-2014.
 
Nas (Musician)
 
Lazarus, Emma, 1849-1887.

Subject Term
: 
American poetry -- History and criticism.
 
American poetry -- 20th century.

Author(s)
: 
New, Elisa,
 
Reis-Dennis, Leah,

Added Corporate Author
: 
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.),
 
Verse Video Education (Firm),
 
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),
 
PBS Distribution (Firm),

Publisher
: 
PBS,
 
Distributed by PBS Distribution,

Publication Date
: 
2019
 
2018

ISBN
: 
9781531708702

Publication Information
: 
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2019]
 
[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2019]
 
©2019

Call Number
: 
DVD 811 POETRY


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