Elisa New on Poetry in America and Beyond | Conversations with Tyler
Elisa New talks with Tyler Cowen about reading poetry, Emily Dickinson's manuscripts, changing language and the place of poetry beyond the classroom. These notes cover selected literary and teaching passages, not the full interview. Political, religious and personal-history debates are omitted. Interpretations of poets and predictions about future readers remain New's views; historical platform examples are not current market data. Release date follows the official June 20, 2018 episode; the linked YouTube copy was uploaded later. Full official transcript: https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/elisa-new/ . Topic labels are untimed.
Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Elisa New talks with Tyler Cowen about reading poetry, Emily Dickinson's manuscripts, changing language and the place of poetry beyond the classroom. These notes cover selected literary and teaching passages, not the full interview. Political, religious and personal-history debates are omitted. Interpretations of poets and predictions about future readers remain New's views; historical platform examples are not current market data. Release date follows the official June 20, 2018 episode; the linked YouTube copy was uploaded later. Full official transcript: https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/elisa-new/ . Topic labels are untimed.
Key Takeaways
The manuscript can be part of the poem
New describes scholars who treat Dickinson's manuscripts as visual texts and attend to calligraphy and page movement. A standardized printed edition makes some choices for the reader. Comparing forms can reveal what those choices preserve or flatten.