Poetry in America.

Poetry in America

I Cannot Dance Opon My Toes -- Emily Dickinson

The challenges of art and audience across time, space and artistic medium; guests include Cynthia Nixon, Yo-Yo Ma, Jill Johnson and Marie Howe. (30 minutes)

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UPCOMING EPISODES

Mon, 4/1 at 1:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

I Cannot Dance Opon My Toes -- Emily Dickinson

The challenges of art and audience across time, space and artistic medium; guests include Cynthia Nixon, Yo-Yo Ma, Jill Johnson and Marie Howe. (30 minutes)

Mon, 4/1 at 1:30 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Fast Break -- Edward Hirsch

Using basketball to understand poetry and poetry to understand basketball; with poet Edward Hirsch, Shaquille O'Neal, Pau Gasol and Shane Battier. (30 minutes)

Mon, 4/1 at 2:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Those Winter Sundays -- Robert Hayden

Reflections on "Those Winter Days" by Robert Hayden; with Joe Biden, Elizabeth Alexander and Angela Duckworth. (30 minutes)

Mon, 4/1 at 2:30 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Hymmnn and Hum Bom -- Allen Ginsberg

Two emotional poems by Allen Ginsberg -- the "Hymmnn" from Kaddish and the anti-war "Hum Bom!"; with Bono and Juan Felipe Herrera. (30 minutes)

Mon, 4/1 at 3:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Skyscraper -- Carl Sandburg

The rise of the skyscraper and the emergence of the modernist poem; with Frank Gehry, Zhang Xin, poet Robert Polito and student poets from across the U.S. (30 minutes)

Mon, 4/1 at 3:30 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Harlem -- Langston Hughes

A discussion of "Harlem" by Langston Hughes; with Bill Clinton, Herbie Hancock, Sonia Sanchez and students from the Harlem Children's Zone. (30 minutes)

Tue, 4/2 at 1:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Musee des Beaux Arts -- W.H. Auden

W.H. Auden's World War II-era "Musee des Beaux Arts"; with Samantha Power, David Brooks and Peter Sacks. (30 minutes)

Tue, 4/2 at 1:30 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Shirt -- Robert Pinsky

Robert Pinsky offers his own reflections on his poem "Shirt"; with Johnson Hartig, Betty Halbreich and Stuart Weitzman. (30 minutes)

Tue, 4/2 at 2:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

To Prisoners -- Gwendolyn Brooks

Poetry's resonance for people in prison; with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Anna Deavere Smith, Reginald Dwayne Betts and Li-Young Lee. (30 minutes)

Tue, 4/2 at 2:30 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

The Grey Heron -- Galway Kinnell

A discussion of Galway Kinnell's "The Grey Heron" with E.O. Wilson, Robert Hass, Laura McPhee and Joel Wagner. (30 minutes)

Tue, 4/2 at 3:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

The New Colossus -- Emma Lazarus

A discussion of "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus; with Regina Spektor, Cristina Jiménez, Randi Weingarten, David Rubenstein and Duy Doan. (30 minutes)

Tue, 4/2 at 3:30 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Urban Love Poem -- Marilyn Chin

Exploring San Francisco's history through Marilyn Chin's poem about her youth; guests include Maxine Hong Kingston, tech investor Randy Komisar, and four Bay Area residents. (30 minutes)