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Subway Poetry Project Connects New Yorkers

As National Poetry Month comes to close, PBS NewsHour Weekend correspondent Ivette Feliciano introduces us to Madeline Schwartzman, a professor at Columbia University and Barnard College who collects a poem a day from New York subway riders. The project brings new meaning to the phrase “Poetry in Motion.”
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MetroFocus: May 18, 2023
28:00
Season 2023 Episode 8154
MetroFocus: May 18, 2023
TO CATCH HER SON’S KILLERS; NEW YORK’S RESPONSE TO THE OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC
MetroFocus: May 17, 2023
28:00
Season 2023 Episode 8153
MetroFocus: May 17, 2023
LYME: “THE QUIET EPIDEMIC”
MetroFocus: May 16, 2023
28:00
Season 2023 Episode 8152
MetroFocus: May 16, 2023
“AGING TOGETHER IN NEW YORK”
MetroFocus: May 15, 2023
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Season 2023 Episode 8151
MetroFocus: May 15, 2023
DANIEL PENNY IS CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER IN THE DEATH OF JORDAN NEELY
MetroFocus: May 11, 2023
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Season 2023 Episode 8149
MetroFocus: May 11, 2023
KRISTI YAMAGUCHI DISCUSSES THE 2023 JAPAN PARADE; TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD CHANGE HUMANITY
MetroFocus: May 10, 2023
28:00
Season 2023 Episode 8148
MetroFocus: May 10, 2023
LEGAL TROUBLES FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP & REP. GEORGE SANTOS; NYC’S FIRST FEMALE FIREFIGHTER
MetroFocus: May 9, 2023
28:00
Season 2023 Episode 8147
MetroFocus: May 9, 2023
PROTECTING NEW YORK FROM CLIMATE CHANGE; INSIDE AKWESASNE FREEDOM SCHOOL
MetroFocus: May 8, 2023
28:00
Season 2023 Episode 8146
MetroFocus: May 8, 2023
SPECIAL METROFOCUS FRONTPAGE FORECAST
MetroFocus: May 4, 2023
28:00
Season 2023 Episode 8144
MetroFocus: May 4, 2023
“ANXIOUS NATION”: DOCUMENTARY EXPLORES THE ANXIETY CRISIS AND OUR CHILDREN
MetroFocus: May 3, 2023
28:00
Season 2023 Episode 8143
MetroFocus: May 3, 2023
ACTRESS AND ACTIVIST SOPHIA BUSH; UPCOMING CIVILIAN MISSION TO ORBIT THE MOON
MetroFocus: May 1, 2023
28:01
Season 2023 Episode 8141
MetroFocus: May 1, 2023
EXPLORING HATE: “MISSING GENERATIONS”; “SPOTLIGHT ON ANTISEMITISM”
MetroFocus: April 27, 2023
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Season 2023 Episode 8139
MetroFocus: April 27, 2023
YALE PROFESSORS REVEAL THE SECRET TO A “LIFE WORTH LIVING”
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