In this episode we speak with Elizabeth Burke-Dain, Marketing and Media Director for the Poetry Foundation. With a $200M endowment and its prestigious Poetry Magazine dating to 1912, The Poetry Foundation is the largest organization promoting poetry in the United States. Join us as we learn how the Poetry Foundation works to ensure poetry has a "vigorous presence... in our culture".
Podcast Notes:
The Poetry Foundation: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
Mission: "To bring a more vigorous presence for poetry in our culture"
Poetry Magazine: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/
Ruth Lilly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Lilly
Robert Polito, President: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-polito
Polly Faust, Media Assistant
Mentioned Poets:
Robert Frost: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-frost
Sylvia Plath: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/sylvia-plath
Lisel Mueller: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/lisel-mueller
Henry James: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/henry-james
John Keats: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/john-keats
James Joyce: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/james-joyce
Harriet Monroe: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/harriet-monroe
Walt Whitman: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/walt-whitman
Ezra Pound: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/ezra-pound
T.S. Eliot: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/t-s-eliot
Marianne Moore: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/marianne-moore
H.D.: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/h-d
CAConrad: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/c-a-conrad
Ocean Vuong: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/ocean-vuong
Poetry Foundation Programs:
Poetry Out Loud: http://www.poetryoutloud.org/
Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/poetryinstitute
Media Sponsorships:
PBS News Hour: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
NPR: http://www.npr.org/
The Writer's Almanac: http://writersalmanac.org/
American Life and Poetry: http://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/
Poetry Now: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/press/2015/186494
Experimental Music and Sound:
LAMPO: http://www.lampo.org/
Perfumer D.S. & Durga: http://www.dsanddurga.com/
Noted Lily Rosenburg Fellows with Political Work:
Wendy Xu: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/wendy-xu
Ocean Vuong: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/ocean-vuong
On Earth We are Briefly Gorgeous: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/249156
Danez Smith, Dinosaurs in the Hood: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/249154
Hannah Gamble, I Wanted to Make Myself Like the Ravine: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/249152
Solmaz Sharif, Persian Letters: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/249144
Eric Ekstrand: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/eric-ekstrand
Segment Break, 3-Sentence Reviews
3-Sentence Reviews: http://tatestreet.org/category/reviews/three-sentence-reviews/
Winter Stars 3-Sentence Review: http://tatestreet.org/2011/04/13/spring-review-of-winter-stars/
Larry Levis: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/larry-levis
Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning
Produced by: tatestreet.org: http://tatestreet.org
Music Provided by: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander: http://www.campusfive.com
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