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

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: