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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Poetry in America (Television program). Season 1.

Title:

Poetry in America. Season 1 : explore and debate 12 unforgettable American poems / WGBH ; a production of Verse Video Education ; written and directed by Elisa New ; producer, Leah Reis-Dennis.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2019]

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

Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

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.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Subjects:

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.

Kinnell, Galway, 1927-2014. Gray heron.

Nas (Musician). N.Y. state of mind.

Lazarus, Emma, 1849-1887. New colossus.

American poetry -- History and criticism.

American poetry -- Appreciation.

American poetry -- Explication.

American poetry -- 20th century.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Television series.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

New, Elisa, screenwriter, television director, host.

Reis-Dennis, Leah, television producer.

WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), presenter.

Verse Video Education (Firm), production company.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.

PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Notes:

Title from container.

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

Wide screen (16x9).

Host, Elisa New.

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

In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH).

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.

ISBN:

9781531708702

1531708706

9786317580640 : DVD

6317580642 : DVD

Publisher Number:

PTRY601

Other Number:

1077099651

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

766166

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 811 Poetry i