Elisa New

Elisa New (born 1958) is Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature at Harvard University. She holds a BA from Brandeis University (1980), as well as a MA and a PhD from Columbia University (1982 and 1988, respectively). Her interests include American poetry, American literature, religion in literature, and Jewish literature.[1] Before moving to Harvard, she taught at the University of Pennsylvania.

New is the creator and host of the television show Poetry in America.[2]

Early life

She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Maryland.[3]

Family

She had three daughters (Yael, Orli, and Maya) with her first husband, Fred David Levine, who died in 2013. Before moving to Boston, Massachusetts, the family had resided in Miami, Florida. Mr. Levine was a member of the professional staff of the Anti-Defamation League, serving in both the National and Florida Regional Offices.

On December 11, 2005, she married economist Lawrence Summers.[4]

Selected works

• The Regenerate Lyric: Theology and Innovation in American Poetry. Cambridge University Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0-521-43021-0.
• The Line's Eye: Poetic Experience, American Sight. Harvard University Press. 1999. ISBN 978-0-674-53462-9.
• Jacob's Cane: A Jewish Family's Journey from the Four lands of Lithuania to the Ports of Baltimore and London. Basic Books. 2009. ISBN 978-0-465-01525-2.

Notes

1. "Harvard English Department faculty profile". Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
2. Desk, BWW News. "Star Studded New Public Television Series POETRY IN AMERICA Launches In Time For National Poetry Month". Retrieved 2018-05-15.
3. Bio Elisa New, author Jacob's Cane
4. Nuptials article in New York Times.