This #MothersDay, celebrate with two odes to the miracle and mess of birth, by Sharon Olds & Bernadette Mayer. Feat Emily Oster, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, & Donna Lynne Champlin. Streaming free: bit.ly/3BNT28P

Where do the everyday objects in our lives come from? Find out about one object, the legal pad, through Martín Espada's "Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper." Featuring @johnmturturro, @justinwolfers, & many more! Streaming free! bit.ly/3UQyhoe #PBS #poetry

Tune in! This Poetry In America episode featuring our faculty Justin Wolfers and Betsey Stevenson airs this week. 👇 #PBS #GoBlue

The new episode of Poetry In America features my poem "Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper." Host Elisa New joins me along with actor John Turturro, retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, & historian Jill Lepore, among others. ➡️poetryinamerica.org/episode/who-bu….⬅️

This might be the most fun I've had in my academic career—trying my hand as a poetry critic as we dig into Martín Espada's poem on the meaning of labor. Plus it's kind of crazy to be appear alongside Stephen Breyer, Jill Lepore, John Turturro, Natasha Sarin and Betsey Stevenson.

The American Poet Emily Dickinson died #OnThisDay in 1886. "Penmanship is a form of self-presentation that writers once thought about while crafting their work. Dickinson’s poems work as visual, as well as verbal, art." Elisa New of Poetry In America buff.ly/3WJoG41 :

WATCH: Associate Professor Natasha Sarin and others discuss National Book Award-winner and former lawyer Martín Espada’s poem about a raw material of poetry and law.

On Wednesday, Martín Espada & Elisa New talked “Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper” w/ WHMP Radio. “Martín’s poem was just such a universal favorite with my students that we decided it had to be the focus of an episode.” Listen to the podcast here: bit.ly/44MVGu2

This week on Arizona PBS, #ArizonaHorizon host Ted Simons asked Elisa New for advice on reading a #poem. Skip to 25:45 for her terrific response (with an assist from Billy Collins) to.pbs.org/3wHaFcj

NAR Contributing Editor Martín Espada's poem "Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper" is featured on the latest Poetry In America poetryinamerica.org/episode/who-bu…

Dance through the streets of 1950s New York with Frank O’Hara’s classic poem “Steps.” Stream our season finale! bit.ly/3QOXjSg Feat. Mark Morris Dance Group, Eileen Myles, Rachael & Vilray, Robert Pinsky & more. #PBS#poetry#FrankOHara#NewYork#1950s#NYC

.@RachaelnVilray are on the latest episode of PBS's Poetry In America, focused on Frank O'Hara's "Steps," an ode to NYC art and dance, from his 'Lunch Poems.' You can watch the episode, which also features original music performed by Vilray and band, at nonesuch.com/journal/watch-…

Jay Parini, a guest in our Robert Frost episode, has a new interview out with Library of America about the outdoorsy poet. Read it here: bit.ly/4c3K9cl and head over to our site to watch our episode on Frost's "Mending Wall" bit.ly/3UZNn9P

Now streaming, & not to be missed, #FrankOHara on PBS, Poetry in America Poetry In America. Sentimental fave datum: Todd Colby picked up his 1st LUNCH POEMS in Ottawa, Iowa. poetryinamerica.org/episode/steps/

Once again, Poetry in America has been featured in the Post Book World newsletter by Ron Charles. Sign up for the newsletter, bit.ly/3V7We9l, and, if Ron Charles persuaded you, check out the new season: bit.ly/3V6mPUg

Poetry in America’s Elisa New spoke with musician Alynda Segarra (hurray for the riff raff) at Aspen Ideas about the poetry, lyrics, Puerto Rican life in New York, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith and more. Watch the interview here: bit.ly/4cIznIJ

Get PD hours or graduate credit! With a principal’s signature, middle or high school teachers can take our Fall courses at Harvard Extension School for just $250! Apply by August 14th (bit.ly/3ygI8Ge) and enroll (bit.ly/4eY4pOP) in either of our fall courses.

Tune in tomorrow at 6 pm ET to Sirius XM channel 132 for Poetry in America host Elisa New’s interview with Alan H. H. Fleischmann for #LeadershipMattersSXM.

Last chance to get PD hours or graduate credit! With a principal’s signature, middle or high school teachers can take our Fall courses at Harvard Extension School for just $250! Apply by August 14th (bit.ly/3ygI8Ge) and enroll (bit.ly/4eY4pOP) in either of our fall courses.