‎Season 2 - Apple TV

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In the second season of Poetry in America, guests join Elisa New to discuss the poems of Marilyn Chin, Elizabeth Bishop, Marianne Moore, Mark Doty, Yusef Komunyakaa, Stephen Sondheim, William Carlos Williams, and Walt Whitman.

Documentary · 2020 · 25 min

Starring Elisa New

Director Elisa New

EPISODE 1

I Cannot Dance Opon My Toes

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

25 min · Mar 28, 2018
EPISODE 2

Fast Break

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

25 min · Mar 28, 2018
EPISODE 3

Those Winter Sundays

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

25 min · Apr 4, 2018
EPISODE 4

Hymmnn and Hum Bom

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

25 min · Apr 4, 2018
EPISODE 5

Skyscraper

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

25 min · Apr 11, 2018
EPISODE 6

Harlem

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

25 min · Apr 11, 2018