![]() ![]() When I taught Edna St Vincent Millay, to convey how she embodied ‘the new woman,’ I brought in 1920s magazines so students could see how she wore her hair and her hemlines. When I taught Langston Hughes to students, to relay how he was influenced by jazz and blues, I brought a clumsy cassette player to class. The series endeavors to enhance the experience of poetry using tools that are unique to TV. Your television series Poetry in America throws off what you’ve called “the scholarly harness.” Tell us about this approach to poetics. Plus, the process of opening poetry up is really fun. An ‘aha’ moment often occurs after just one poem people just need a nudge to incorporate poetry into their lives. ![]() People are so phobic about poetry and so easy to convert. What inspires you to be such a spirited self-described “poetry evangelist”? You proselytize for poetry as a professor at Harvard and through Poetry in America, a multi-platform program that includes online courses and an intensely-entertaining television series. Foreign Policy & International Relations. ![]()
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