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Poetry in America explores the diversity of American poetry. In each episode, members of various American communities join host Elisa New, following Gwendolyn Brooks to the South Side of Chicago, Alberto Ríos to the Sonoran Desert, Richard Blanco to Marco Island, and more. Joining along the way are singers and Supreme Court justices, playwrights and physicists, and teachers and their students.
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S4 E6 Length 25:43 Premiere Date 05/06/24

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S4 E5 Length 25:21 Premiere Date 04/29/24

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S4 E4 Length 25:21 Premiere Date 04/22/24

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S4 E3 Length 25:21 Premiere Date 04/15/24

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S4 E2 Length 25:21 Premiere Date 04/08/24

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