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Extraction Summary
32
People
12
Organizations
3
Locations
2
Events
4
Relationships
3
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Project status report / proposal update
File Size:
3.43 MB
Summary
This document is a progress report (likely from late 2016) detailing the work of Verse Video Education and the 'Poetry in America' project within Harvard's Derek Bok Center. It outlines the launch of a teacher training course in January 2017 and a television series airing in 2018, listing numerous high-profile celebrity guests including Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, Woody Allen, and Bono. The document bears a House Oversight Committee Bates stamp, indicating it is part of an investigation file (likely regarding Epstein's funding of academic projects).
People (32)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Rob Lue | Director |
Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
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| Shaquille O’Neal | Participant |
Featured in episode on Edward Hirsch’s 'Fast Break'
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| Pau Gasol | Participant |
Featured in episode on Edward Hirsch’s 'Fast Break'
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| Shane Battier | Participant |
Featured in episode on Edward Hirsch’s 'Fast Break'
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| Edward Hirsch | Poet/Participant |
Featured in episode on his poem 'Fast Break'
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| Samantha Power | Ambassador/Participant |
Featured in episode on W.H. Auden
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| David Brooks | Participant |
Featured in episode on W.H. Auden
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| Peter Sacks | Participant |
Featured in episode on W.H. Auden
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| Joe Biden | Vice President/Participant |
Featured in episode on Robert Hayden’s 'Those Winter Sundays'
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| Elizabeth Alexander | Participant |
Featured in episode on Robert Hayden’s 'Those Winter Sundays'
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| Angela Duckworth | Participant |
Featured in episode on Robert Hayden’s 'Those Winter Sundays'
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| Kevin Young | Participant |
Featured in episode on Robert Hayden’s 'Those Winter Sundays'
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| Frank Gehry | Participant |
Featured in episode on Carl Sandburg’s 'Skyscraper'
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| Robert Polito | Participant |
Featured in episode on Carl Sandburg’s 'Skyscraper'
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| Nas | Artist/Participant |
Featured in episode on his song 'New York State of Mind'
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| Russell Simmons | Participant |
Featured in episode on Nas’s 'New York State of Mind'
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| Salamishah Tillet | Participant |
Featured in episode on Nas’s 'New York State of Mind'
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| Steve Stoute | Participant |
Featured in episode on Nas’s 'New York State of Mind'
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| E.O. Wilson | Participant |
Featured in episode on Galway Kinnell’s 'The Grey Heron'
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| Robert Hass | Participant |
Featured in episode on Galway Kinnell’s 'The Grey Heron'
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| Laura McPhee | Participant |
Featured in episode on Galway Kinnell’s 'The Grey Heron'
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| Anna Deavere Smith | Participant |
Featured in episode on Gwendolyn Brooks’s 'To Prisoners'
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| Reginald Dwayne Betts | Participant |
Featured in episode on Gwendolyn Brooks’s 'To Prisoners'
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| Li-Young Lee | Participant |
Featured in episode on Gwendolyn Brooks’s 'To Prisoners'
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| Woody Allen | Participant |
Featured in episode on William Carlos Williams’s 'This Is Just To Say'
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| Jane Hirshfield | Participant |
Featured in episode on William Carlos Williams’s 'This Is Just To Say'
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| Rafael Campo | Participant |
Featured in episode on William Carlos Williams’s 'This Is Just To Say'
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| Bill Clinton | President/Participant |
Featured in episode on Langston Hughes’s 'Harlem'
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| Herbie Hancock | Participant |
Featured in episode on Langston Hughes’s 'Harlem'
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| Sonia Sanchez | Participant |
Featured in episode on Langston Hughes’s 'Harlem'
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| Bono | Participant |
Featured in episode on Allen Ginsberg
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| Juan Felipe Herrera | Participant |
Featured in episode on Allen Ginsberg
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Organizations (12)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning | ||
| Verse Video Education | ||
| HarvardX | ||
| Harvard's Center for the Environment | ||
| Harvard Medical School | ||
| Arts and Humanities Initiative | ||
| Harvard's Graduate School of Education | ||
| WGBH | ||
| American Public Television | ||
| Success Academy Charter School | ||
| The Innocence Project | ||
| Promise Academy |
Timeline (2 events)
2018
Airing of 'Poetry in America, The Television Series' nationwide
Nationwide
January 23, 2017
Launch of course 'Poetry in America for Teachers: The City from Whitman to Hip Hop'
Online / HarvardX
Locations (3)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Harvard University (implied context)
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Relationships (4)
As a Bok Fellow this year, and alongside Bok director Rob Lue in the years to come
Listed as participant in episode 'This Is Just To Say'
Listed as participant in episode 'Harlem'
Listed as participant in episode 'Those Winter Sundays'
Key Quotes (3)
"By next year at this time, I will be turning some of my attention beyond poetry... to create a wider base of humanities materials for use in American schools and other institutions."Source
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Quote #1
"We are currently discussing group enrollments with major educational systems and reformers across the nation, and we are also raising scholarship funds for strapped enrollees."Source
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Quote #2
"In May 2016, Verse Video Education was asked by WGBH and American Public Television to expand its television series in development from 8 to 13 episodes"Source
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Quote #3
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