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Elisa New is the Director and Host of Poetry in America, director of the Center for Public Humanities at Arizona State University, director of Verse Video Education, and Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature at Harvard University.
Poetry in America is a TV series and educational initiative that brings poetry into classrooms and living rooms around the world. Created by Elisa New, Poetry in America draws students of all ages into conversations about poetry.
Hosted by Elisa New, Poetry in America draws students of all ages into conversations about poetry. Every half-hour episode offers the viewer a fully immersive experience in hearing, reading, and interpreting a single American poem.
In each episode, poets, public figures and members of various American communities join host Elisa New to engage in close readings of American poems.
Poetry in America, created and directed by Harvard professor Elisa New, is a public television series and multi-platform educational initiative that brings poetry into classrooms and living rooms around the world.
16 de feb. de 2021 · Poetry in America is a multiplatform initiative that brings poetry into literature classrooms and living rooms around the world. Created by Elisa New, Poetry in America draws students of all ages into conversations about poetry.
Host Elisa New considers the rise of the skyscraper–and the emergence of the modernist poem–in an episode featuring celebrated architect Frank Gehry, Chinese visionary and real estate developer Zhang Xin, poet Robert Polito, and student poets from around the United States.
