Orem Library

A performance film of contemporary poets which celebrates poetry's ancient oral tradition. Here twenty-four leading North American poets sing, chant and read from their own works.

133 of the world's most famous poems cleverly preformed and artistically interpreted by The First Poetry Quartet and celebrity guests.

In the second season of Poetry in America, guests join Elisa New to discuss the poems of Marilyn Chin, Elizabeth Bishop, Marianne Moore, Mark Doty, Yusef Komunyakaa, Stephen Sondheim, William Carlos Williams, and Walt Whitman.

Rosenthal examines a selection of poems by various authors, analyzing the poetic forms, discussing the emotions evoked, and explaining the science behind the reactions. In doing this, he shows us how poetry has the power to help us understand ourselves.

When she was thirteen years old, Anderson was a shy, bookish girl who was raped by a boy she trusted. She has since become known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed in the years since, she has written a poetry memoir that shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that...