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POETRY IN AMERICA

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Monday, April 7th

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Whitman

In 1855 Walt Whitman declared "The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem." Poetry In America celebrates the 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman's birth with Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, playwright Tony Kushner, poets Mark Doty and Marilyn Chin, and a chorus of National Student Poets, discussing Whitman's powerful and timeless work.

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The Wound Dresser

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Looking for the Gulf Motel

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Cascadilla Falls

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You Can Say That Again, Billie

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Mending Wall

Tuesday, April 8th

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The Language of the Brag and the Desires of Mothers to Please Others In Letters

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Rabbits and Fire and Bear Fat

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Sonnet IV; I Shall Forget You Presently, My Dear

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Phillis Wheatley: to the University

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Six Years Later, Epitaph for a Centaur

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Mushrooms, Weakness and Doubt

Wednesday, April 9th

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July In Washington

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Hill Country

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Emperor of Ice Cream, Motive for Metaphor

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Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper

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Steps

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I Cannot Dance Upon My Toes - Emily Dickinson

"I cannot dance upon my toes," Emily Dickinson writes -- "no man instructed me." Join host Elisa New, actor Cynthia Nixon, cellist Yo Yo Ma, dancer and choreographer Jill Johnson, and poet Marie Howe in an exploration of the challenges of art and audience across time, space, and artistic medium.