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Musée des Beaux Arts by W.H. Auden

Musée des Beaux Arts by W.H. Auden

Season 1 Episode 7
25:33
Shirt by Robert Pinsky

Shirt by Robert Pinsky

Season 1 Episode 8
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To Prisoners by Gwendolyn Brooks

To Prisoners by Gwendolyn Brooks

Season 1 Episode 9
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The Gray Heron by Galway Kinnell

The Gray Heron by Galway Kinnell

Season 1 Episode 10
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N.Y. State of Mind by Nas

N.Y. State of Mind by Nas

Season 1 Episode 11
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The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus

The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus

Season 1 Episode 12
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Urban Love Poem, by Marilyn Chin

Urban Love Poem, by Marilyn Chin

Season 2 Episode 1
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One Art, by Elizabeth Bishop

One Art, by Elizabeth Bishop

Season 2 Episode 2
26:46
The Fish, by Marianne Moore

The Fish, by Marianne Moore

Season 2 Episode 3
26:46
This Your Home Now, by Mark Doty

This Your Home Now, by Mark Doty

Season 2 Episode 4
26:46
Finishing the Hat, by Stephen Sondheim

Finishing the Hat, by Stephen Sondheim

Season 2 Episode 5
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Poetry in America

Harlem by Langston Hughes

Season 1 Episode 6

“What happens to a dream deferred?” Langston Hughes’s question calls President Bill Clinton, pianist and composer Herbie Hancock, poet Sonia Sanchez, and students from the Harlem Children’s Zone to interpret Hughes’s most iconic poem,“Harlem.” Together with host Elisa New, the President and other guests, explore the poem’s rhythms and rhymes, and discuss its enduring call for justice.

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The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus
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25:27
Contemplate the physical—and figurative—journeys charted by all immigrants.
N.Y. State of Mind by Nas
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25:45
Explore the transformation of America’s long tradition of urban verse by hip hop artists.
The Gray Heron by Galway Kinnell
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25:26
Explore Galway Kinnell's poem with E.O. Wilson, Robert Hass, Laura McPhee and other guests
To Prisoners by Gwendolyn Brooks
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25:26
Explore Gwendolyn Brooks's poem with John McCain, Anna Deavere Smith, and other guests.
Shirt by Robert Pinsky
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25:27
Explore Robert Pinsky's poem with Stuart Weitzman, Johnson Hartig, and the poet himself.
Musée des Beaux Arts by W.H. Auden
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25:33
Explore W.H. Auden's poem with guests Samantha Power, David Brooks, and Peter Sacks.
Skyscraper by Carl Sandburg
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25:27
Can a building have a soul? Frank Gehry, Zhang Xin, Robert Polito, and others weigh in.
Hymmnn and Hum Bom! by Allen Ginsberg
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25:27
Explore Ginsberg's poetry with Bono, US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, and others.
Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden
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25:26
Explore Hayden's poem with Joe Biden, Elizabeth Alexander, Angela Duckworth, and others.
Fast Break by Edward Hirsch
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25:27
Can basketball be poetic? NBA players Shaq, Pau Gasol, and Shane Battier weigh in.
I cannot dance opon my toes by Emily Dickinson
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25:29
Host Elisa New explores Emily Dickinson's poem with Cyntha Nixon, Yo-Yo Ma, and others.
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