Poetry in America. Season 1 [DVD video] : explore and debate 12 unforgettable American poems

Title:

Added Author:

New, Elisa, screenwriter, television director, host.

Reis-Dennis, Leah, television producer.

Publication Date:

2019

Publication Information:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2019]

[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2019]

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 305 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

ISBN:

9781531708702

Abstract:

Scholar and host Elisa New travels the country, joining up with distinguished poets, celebrities, and everyday Americans to create a fully immersive experience in hearing, reading, and interpreting twelve American poems.

General Note:

Title from container.

Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2018.

Wide screen (16x9).

Performers:

Host, Elisa New.

Contents:

I cannot dance opon my toes, by Emily Dickinson -- Fast break, by Edward Hirsch -- Those winter Sundays, by Robert Hayden -- Hymmnn and hum bom!, by Allen Ginsberg -- Skyscraper, by Carl Sandburg -- Harlem, by Langston Hughes -- Musée des Beaux Arts, by W.H. Auden -- Shirt, by Robert Pinsky -- To prisoners, by Gwendolyn Brooks -- The gray heron, by Galway Kinnell -- N.Y. state of mind, by Nas -- The new colossus, by Emma Lazarus.

Technical Details:

DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.

Personal Subject:

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. I cannot dance opon my toes.

Hirsch, Edward. Fast break.

Hayden, Robert, 1913-1980. Those winter Sundays.

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Hymmnn and hum bom!

Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. Skyscraper.

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Harlem.

Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. Musée des Beaux Arts.

Pinsky, Robert. Shirt.

Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000. To prisoners.