Media Partnerships

American Life in Poetry

American Life in Poetry provides newspapers and online publications with a free weekly column featuring contemporary American poems selected and introduced by former US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser. Nationally syndicated to 4 million readers in more than 60 publications every week, the column is published by Poetry Foundation Media Services with administrative support provided by the English Department of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

http://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org

Poetry Everywhere

A series of more than 60 newly produced short poetry films created by the Poetry Foundation Media Initiative in collaboration with WGBH/Boston and docUWM, Poetry Everywhere features contemporary and classical poems read by poets and celebrities. Through a partnership with PBS, Poetry Everywhere provides the poetry films to public television stations as free interstitial content. The student-produced animated films are broadcast on transit TV systems across the country.

http://www.pbs.org/poetry

Poetry Tours

The Poetry Tours series, produced by the Poetry Foundation, encourages listeners to explore the history of select cities through poetry. You can take a virtual tour online or download an audio version to your mp3 player and take the tour on foot. The online tours feature archival and contemporary recordings of poets and scholars, local music, and historic photographs.

Start Chicago Poetry Tour

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PBS NewsHour

The Poetry Series, featured on the PBS NewsHour and funded by the Poetry Foundation, engages a broader audience with poetry through a series of thoughtful, in-depth reports on contemporary poets and poetry. The series includes short-form profiles of living American poets and long-form segments on current debates in poetry. Segments in the series have featured Washington, DC-area high school students as they prepare for and participate in the national poetry recitation contest, reports on the poetry of the Middle East and the business of publishing poetry, and profiles of poets, including Galway Kinnell, Lucille Clifton, John Ashbery, Li-Young Lee, Natasha Trethewey, and Kevin Young.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour

The Writer’s Almanac

Garrison Keillor recounts the literary highlights of this day in history and reads a poem or two in this beloved radio program. Heard by more than 2 million listeners on more than 300 public radio stations and XM Satellite Radio every day, production and distribution of the program is sponsored by the Poetry Foundation.

http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org

Reader’s Digest

The Poetry Foundation partners with Reader’s Digest to provide contemporary poetry to the magazine’s loyal and extensive audience. Reader’s Digest publishes one new poem in each issue.

http://www.rd.com/

HBO Classical Baby

An HBO original program produced in association with the Poetry Foundation, Classical Baby (I’m Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show introduces audiences to poetry through animation and song. The show received an Emmy® for Outstanding Children’s Program. It plays on HBO Family and is available on DVD.

http://www.hbofamily.com/programs/classical-baby.html

Poetry Radio Project

American Public Media and the Poetry Foundation have collaborated to launch the Poetry Radio Project in an effort to bring the unique perspectives of poets to APM's news and entertainment programs including Marketplace, Performance Today, Being, The Story, Weekend America and The Splendid Table. Through features and conversations with poets in a variety of contexts, the project seeks to enrich and deepen listeners' perspectives on global events and American culture and to expand listeners' engagement with contemporary and classical poetry.

http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/projects/poetry