Hearkening back to the TV of the late ’50 and early ’60s — when visionary producers tried to spread high culture to the masses — the PBS series features an all-star cast of actors, musicians, athletes, writers and politicians, reciting and commenting on some of the most significant poems in America’s literary history. The 12-episode first season runs the gamut from Emma Lazarus’s Statue of Liberty poem “The New Colossus” and Emily Dickinson’s “I cannot dance upon my toes” to works by Allen Ginsberg and the rapper Nas, with commentary from the likes of Shaquille O’Neal, Bono, Bill Clinton, Anna Deavere Smith and Yo Yo Ma.
Source: L.A. Times – Entertainment News