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Poetry in America, 1, The Wound-Dresser
directed by Elisa New, fl. 2018; presented by Elisa New, fl. 2018; produced by Verse Video Education, in Poetry in America, 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 25 mins
Explore Walt Whitman’s “The Wound-Dresser,” set in the battlefield infirmaries and operating theaters of 1860s Washington, D.C. Actor David Strathairn, playwright Tony Kushner, composer Matthew Aucoin, opera star Davóne Tines, physician-writers Rafael Campo and Abraham Verghese, and historian Drew Faust joi...
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directed by Elisa New, fl. 2018; presented by Elisa New, fl. 2018; produced by Verse Video Education, in Poetry in America, 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 25 mins
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Explore Walt Whitman’s “The Wound-Dresser,” set in the battlefield infirmaries and operating theaters of 1860s Washington, D.C. Actor David Strathairn, playwright Tony Kushner, composer Matthew Aucoin, opera star Davóne Tines, physician-writers Rafael Campo and Abraham Verghese, and historian Drew Faust join Elisa New to discuss how the trauma of the Civil War shaped American history.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Verse Video Education
Author / Creator
Elisa New, fl. 2018
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Poetry in America
Person Discussed
Walt Whitman, 1819-1892
Topic / Theme
U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865, War and Violence, Civil War (1860–1865)
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Poetry in America, 2, Looking for the Gulf Motel
directed by Elisa New, fl. 2018; presented by Elisa New, fl. 2018; produced by Verse Video Education, in Poetry in America, 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 25 mins
Richard Blanco's poem "Looking for The Gulf Motel" transports readers to 1970s Florida, recalling a Cuban American family’s vacations on the sparkling sands of Marco Island. Blanco and international superstar Gloria Estefan join Elisa New and a chorus of Cuban American adults in Miami and middle school students...
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directed by Elisa New, fl. 2018; presented by Elisa New, fl. 2018; produced by Verse Video Education, in Poetry in America, 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 25 mins
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Richard Blanco's poem "Looking for The Gulf Motel" transports readers to 1970s Florida, recalling a Cuban American family’s vacations on the sparkling sands of Marco Island. Blanco and international superstar Gloria Estefan join Elisa New and a chorus of Cuban American adults in Miami and middle school students in New York City to reflect on family and what it means to call a place home.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Verse Video Education
Author / Creator
Elisa New, fl. 2018
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Poetry in America
Person Discussed
Richard Blanco, 1968-
Topic / Theme
Gender identity, Racial identity, Cultural identity, Immigrant life, Cubans, Latinos
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Poetry in America, 3, Cascadilla Falls
directed by Elisa New, fl. 2018; presented by Elisa New, fl. 2018; produced by Verse Video Education, in Poetry in America, 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 25 mins
Picking up a hand-sized stone near a rushing waterfall, the speaker of A.R. Ammons’s poem “Cascadilla Falls” is catapulted into the cosmos. Planetary scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton, composer DJ Spooky, geologist Daniel Schrag, poet Joshua Bennett, CEO Larry Berger, and philosopher Rebecca Goldstein join host...
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directed by Elisa New, fl. 2018; presented by Elisa New, fl. 2018; produced by Verse Video Education, in Poetry in America, 3 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 25 mins
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Picking up a hand-sized stone near a rushing waterfall, the speaker of A.R. Ammons’s poem “Cascadilla Falls” is catapulted into the cosmos. Planetary scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton, composer DJ Spooky, geologist Daniel Schrag, poet Joshua Bennett, CEO Larry Berger, and philosopher Rebecca Goldstein join host Elisa New to consider Ammons’s window onto the vast workings of the universe.
Field of Study
Literature
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Verse Video Education
Author / Creator
Elisa New, fl. 2018
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Poetry in America
Person Discussed
A. R. Ammons, 1926-2001
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Poetry in America, 4, you can say that again, billie
directed by Elisa New, fl. 2018; presented by Elisa New, fl. 2018; produced by Verse Video Education, in Poetry in America, 4 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 26 mins
Billie Holiday’s haunting song “Strange Fruit” winds beneath the unsettling, satiric humor of Evie Shockley’s poem “you can say that again, billie.” Shockley, jazz singer Cassandra Wilson, historian Robin D.G. Kelley, actor LisaGay Hamilton, novelist Beverly Lowry, and radio host Nick Spitzer join Elis...
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directed by Elisa New, fl. 2018; presented by Elisa New, fl. 2018; produced by Verse Video Education, in Poetry in America, 4 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 26 mins
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Billie Holiday’s haunting song “Strange Fruit” winds beneath the unsettling, satiric humor of Evie Shockley’s poem “you can say that again, billie.” Shockley, jazz singer Cassandra Wilson, historian Robin D.G. Kelley, actor LisaGay Hamilton, novelist Beverly Lowry, and radio host Nick Spitzer join Elisa New to discuss the history of racism, violence, and artistic tradition in the American south.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Verse Video Education
Author / Creator
Elisa New, fl. 2018
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Poetry in America
Person Discussed
Evie Shockley, 1965-
Topic / Theme
Women's issues, Race discrimination, African Americans
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Poetry in America, 5, Mending Wall
directed by Elisa New, fl. 2018; presented by Elisa New, fl. 2018; produced by Verse Video Education, in Poetry in America, 5 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 25 mins
Do good fences really make good neighbors? Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” asks surprising questions about the role of walls in civil society. Host Elisa New gathers Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, author Julia Alvarez, political commentator David Gergen, Frost biographer and poet Jay Parini, poet Rhina Espaillat...
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directed by Elisa New, fl. 2018; presented by Elisa New, fl. 2018; produced by Verse Video Education, in Poetry in America, 5 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 25 mins
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Do good fences really make good neighbors? Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” asks surprising questions about the role of walls in civil society. Host Elisa New gathers Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, author Julia Alvarez, political commentator David Gergen, Frost biographer and poet Jay Parini, poet Rhina Espaillat, and former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith to delve into this classic poem.
Field of Study
Literature
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Verse Video Education
Author / Creator
Elisa New, fl. 2018
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Poetry in America
Person Discussed
Robert Frost, 1874-1963
Topic / Theme
Interpersonal conflict
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Poetry in America, 6, The Language of the Brag and The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters
directed by Elisa New, fl. 2018; presented by Elisa New, fl. 2018; produced by Verse Video Education, in Poetry in America, 6 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 26 mins
Sharon Olds’ “The Language of the Brag” and Bernadette Mayer’s “The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters” are exuberant, boisterous tributes to motherhood. Both poets join host Elisa New, actor Donna Lynne Champlin, writer Emily Oster, activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, obstetrician Lorna Wilkerson, a...
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directed by Elisa New, fl. 2018; presented by Elisa New, fl. 2018; produced by Verse Video Education, in Poetry in America, 6 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 26 mins
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Sharon Olds’ “The Language of the Brag” and Bernadette Mayer’s “The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters” are exuberant, boisterous tributes to motherhood. Both poets join host Elisa New, actor Donna Lynne Champlin, writer Emily Oster, activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, obstetrician Lorna Wilkerson, and co-founders of Our Bodies Ourselves to explore the miracle, and mess, of creating new life.
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Verse Video Education
Author / Creator
Elisa New, fl. 2018
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Poetry in America
Person Discussed
Sharon Olds, 1942-, Bernadette Mayer, 1945-
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Poetry in America, 7, Rabbits and Fire and Bear Fat
directed by Elisa New, fl. 2018; presented by Elisa New, fl. 2018; produced by Verse Video Education, in Poetry in America, 7 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 25 mins
Two poems, by Linda Hogan and Alberto Ríos, follow wolves, jackrabbits, and other animals across the harsh Great Plains and Sonoran Desert. Both poets join wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin, film director Chris Eyre, Native American scholars Philip Deloria and Stephanie Fitzgerald, and a chorus of students to discus...
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directed by Elisa New, fl. 2018; presented by Elisa New, fl. 2018; produced by Verse Video Education, in Poetry in America, 7 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 25 mins
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Two poems, by Linda Hogan and Alberto Ríos, follow wolves, jackrabbits, and other animals across the harsh Great Plains and Sonoran Desert. Both poets join wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin, film director Chris Eyre, Native American scholars Philip Deloria and Stephanie Fitzgerald, and a chorus of students to discuss how the poems call back difficult histories of human migration in the American west.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Verse Video Education
Author / Creator
Elisa New, fl. 2018
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Poetry in America
Person Discussed
Alberto Ríos, 1952-, Linda Hogan, fl. 1997
Topic / Theme
Indigenous peoples, American Indians
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Poetry in America, 8, Sonnet IV: I shall forget you presently, my dear
directed by Elisa New, fl. 2018; presented by Elisa New, fl. 2018; produced by Verse Video Education, in Poetry in America, 8 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 26 mins
In 1920s Greenwich Village, Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote sonnets that toppled clichés of love and romance. To probe this unsentimental break-up poetry, host Elisa New speaks with musician Natalia Zukerman, poet Olivia Gatwood, New York Times advice columnist Philip Galanes, writer Leslie Jamison, scholar of Gree...
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directed by Elisa New, fl. 2018; presented by Elisa New, fl. 2018; produced by Verse Video Education, in Poetry in America, 8 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 26 mins
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In 1920s Greenwich Village, Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote sonnets that toppled clichés of love and romance. To probe this unsentimental break-up poetry, host Elisa New speaks with musician Natalia Zukerman, poet Olivia Gatwood, New York Times advice columnist Philip Galanes, writer Leslie Jamison, scholar of Greenwich Village Jeffery Kennedy, and a chorus of National Student Poets.
Field of Study
Literature
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Verse Video Education
Author / Creator
Elisa New, fl. 2018
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Poetry in America
Person Discussed
Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1892-1950
Topic / Theme
Romantic relationships
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