Poetry in America
Sonnet IV; I Shall Forget You Presently, My Dear
The sonnets written by Edna St. Vincent Millay in 1920s Greenwich Village challenge cliches of love and romance. (30 minutes)
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UPCOMING EPISODES
Mon, 4/7 at 1:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
Whitman
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, playwright Tony Kushner and poets Mark Doty and Marilyn Chin celebrate the work of Walt Whitman. (30 minutes)
Mon, 4/7 at 1:30 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
The Wound-Dresser
An exploration of Walt Whitman's "The Wound-Dresser," set in the battlefield infirmaries of the Civil War. (30 minutes)
Mon, 4/7 at 2:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
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)
Mon, 4/7 at 2:30 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
Cascadilla Falls
Exploring the science of A.R. Ammon's poem "Cascadilla Falls." (30 minutes)
Mon, 4/7 at 3:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
You Can Say That Again, Billie
A discussion of Billie Holiday's song "Strange Fruit," Evie Shockley's poem "you can say that again, billie" and the history of racism and violence in the American South. (30 minutes)
Mon, 4/7 at 3:30 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
Mending Wall
Robert Frost's "Mending Wall" addresses the role walls play in society. (30 minutes)
Tue, 4/8 at 1:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
The Language of the Brag and the Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters
"The Language of the Brag" by Sharon Olds and "The Desires of Mothers to Please Others in Letters" by Bernadette Mayer offer tributes to motherhood. (30 minutes)
Tue, 4/8 at 1:30 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
Rabbits and Fire and Bear Fat
Poems by Linda Hogan and Alberto Rios follow the survival stories of animals across the Great Plains and Sonoran Desert. (30 minutes)
Tue, 4/8 at 2:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
Sonnet IV; I Shall Forget You Presently, My Dear
The sonnets written by Edna St. Vincent Millay in 1920s Greenwich Village challenge cliches of love and romance. (30 minutes)
Tue, 4/8 at 2:30 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
Phillis Wheatley: To the University
Two poems by Phillis Wheatley. (30 minutes)
Tue, 4/8 at 3:00 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
Six Years Later, Epitaph for a Centaur
Two poems by exiled Russian poet Joseph Brodsky. (30 minutes)
Tue, 4/8 at 3:30 pm on Austin PBS WORLD
Mushrooms, Weakness and Doubt
Poems by Sylvia Plath and Kay Ryan explore the cultural significance of mushrooms. (30 minutes)