An Invitation to Poetry

The widely acclaimed Favorite Poem Project anthology, An Invitation to Poetry, edited by Robert Pinsky and Maggie Dietz, is now available in a value-priced student paperback edition. Bringing together 200 poems chosen by American readers, the anthology includes work by Sappho, Keats, Rilke, Whitman, and Dickinson, as well as by contemporary poets. The selections are introduced by people from all walks of life-a construction worker, a Supreme Court justice, a glass blower, a marine-each commenting on his or her connection to the poem.

An Invitation to Poetry is accompanied by a free DVD featuring a video introduction by Robert Pinsky and 27 of the Favorite Poem Project segments as seen on PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

Classroom Guide

Provides practical guidance—teaching strategies, activities, and assignments—for 65 poems, as well as general lessons for instructors on using the DVD and, among other topics, reading poems aloud and talking about poems. The Classroom Guide draws on materials from the Favorite Poem Project Summer Institutes for educators, hosted by Boston University.