Poetry in America with Elisa New Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

I Cannot Dance Opon My Toes

Sun, Apr 1, 201825 mins

"I cannot dance opon my toes" by Emily Dickinson, featuring Cynthia Nixon, Marie Howe, Yo Yo Ma, Jill Johnson.

Episode 2

Fast Break

Sun, Apr 1, 201825 mins

"Fast Break" by Edward Hirsch, featuring Shaquille O'Neal, Edward Hirsch, Shane Battier, Pau Gasol, and a chorus of pick-up basketball players.

Episode 3

Those Winter Sundays

Sun, Apr 1, 201825 mins

"Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden, featuring Vice President Joe Biden, Elizabeth Alexander, Angela Duckworth, and a chorus of working fathers and sons.

Episode 4

Hymmnn and Hum Bom!

Sun, Apr 1, 201825 mins

"Hymmnn" and "Hum Bom" by Allen Ginsberg, featuring Bono, Juan Felipe Herrera, and a chorus of religious chant practitioners

Episode 5

Skyscraper

Sun, Apr 1, 201825 mins

"Skyscraper" by Carl Sandburg, featuring Frank Gehry, Robert Polito, Zhang Xin, and a chorus of National Student Poets

Episode 6

Harlem

Sun, Apr 1, 201825 mins

"Harlem" by Langston Hughes, featuring Herbie Hancock, Bill Clinton, Sonia Sanchez, and a chorus of kids at the Harlem Children's Zone

Episode 7

Musée des Beaux Arts

Sun, Apr 1, 201825 mins

"Musee des Beaux Arts" by W.H. Auden, featuring Samantha Power, Peter Sacks, David Brooks

Episode 8

Shirt

Sun, Apr 1, 201825 mins

"Shirt" by Robert Pinsky, featuring Stuart Weitzman, Robert Pinsky, Betty Halbreich, Johnson Hartig, and students at Parsons School of Design.

Episode 9

To Prisoners

Sun, Apr 1, 201825 mins

"To Prisoners" by Gwendolyn Brooks, featuring Anna Deveare Smith, John McCain, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Li-Young Lee, and Innocence Project Exonerees.

Episode 10

The Gray Heron

Sun, Apr 1, 201825 mins

"The Gray Heron" by Galway Kinnell, featuring E.O. Wilson, Robert Hass, Laura McPhee, and young naturalists at the Massachusetts Audubon Society.

Episode 11

N.Y. State of Mind

Sun, Apr 1, 2018

Episode 12

The New Colossus

Sun, Apr 1, 201825 mins

"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, featuring Regina Spector, Duy Doan, Randi Weingarten, David Rubenstein, and Cristina Jimenez.