In The Margins

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