Poetry in America.

Poetry in America

Looking for the Gulf Motel

"Looking for the Gulf Motel" by Richard Blanco centers on a Cuban American family vacation in 1970s Florida. (30 minutes)

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UPCOMING EPISODES

Sat, 4/27 at 6:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Phillis Wheatley: To the University

Two poems by Phillis Wheatley. (30 minutes)

Sat, 4/27 at 6:30 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Six Years Later, Epitaph for a Centaur

Two poems by exiled Russian poet Joseph Brodsky. (30 minutes)

Mon, 4/29 at 3:00 am on Austin PBS WORLD

Phillis Wheatley: To the University

Two poems by Phillis Wheatley. (30 minutes)

Mon, 4/29 at 3:30 am on Austin PBS WORLD

Six Years Later, Epitaph for a Centaur

Two poems by exiled Russian poet Joseph Brodsky. (30 minutes)

Wed, 5/1 at 4:00 am on Austin PBS WORLD

Phillis Wheatley: To the University

Two poems by Phillis Wheatley. (30 minutes)

Wed, 5/1 at 4:30 am on Austin PBS WORLD

Six Years Later, Epitaph for a Centaur

Two poems by exiled Russian poet Joseph Brodsky. (30 minutes)

Wed, 5/1 at 10:00 am on Austin PBS WORLD

Phillis Wheatley: To the University

Two poems by Phillis Wheatley. (30 minutes)

Wed, 5/1 at 10:30 am on Austin PBS WORLD

Six Years Later, Epitaph for a Centaur

Two poems by exiled Russian poet Joseph Brodsky. (30 minutes)

Sat, 5/4 at 6:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

Mushrooms, Weakness and Doubt

Poems by Sylvia Plath and Kay Ryan explore the cultural significance of mushrooms. (30 minutes)

Sat, 5/4 at 6:30 pm on Austin PBS WORLD

July in Washington

Robert Lowell's poem about the contradictions between American idealism and American policy. (30 minutes)