E10: Poetry, A Lifestyle Choice: An Interview with Elizabeth Burke-Dain from The Poetry Foundation

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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 Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tatestreetorg Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/tatestreetorg Podcast Email: mailto:writeus@tatestreet.org