Happy July 4, Where's My Notebook?, and More

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend July 1, 2014 Happy Independence Day   This year marks the 200th anniversary of when Frances Scott Key penned “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the poem that became our National Anthem. Read this and our selection of other poems about America to celebrate July 4.   “América” by Richard Blanco “A Nation’s Strength” by Ralph Waldo Emerson “New Stanzas for Amazing Grace” by Allen Ginsberg “I, Too, Sing America” by Langston Hughes “The Star-Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus  “The Congressional Library” by Amy Lowell “America” by Walt Whitman

More Poems About America "Our People, Our Future: Richard Blanco in Conversation" Literary Sites in Washington, D.C. Don’t Miss Poets Forum 2014   Join us for a weekend full of inspired readings, thoughtful conversations, and provocative panel discussions by some of our country’s leading poets. Our eighth annual Poets Forum, held from October 16 to 18, is a once-a-year opportunity to explore contemporary poetry and fuel your reading and writing life.   Highlights include a panel with small press experts about publishing your poetry, a lecture by inaugural poet Richard Blanco, a discussion of endangered languages and texts with Bob Holman, and our eightieth anniversary reception. And, we’ll kick off this year’s event with a reading by the twelve distinguished poets who serve on our Board of Chancellors, including Edward Hirsch, Jane Hirshfield, and Naomi Shihab Nye.   Buy Your Poets Forum All-Events Pass Now and Save 20% Where’s My Notebook?   On the old Poets.org, users could save their favorite poems as list of links that we called “notebooks.” With the new Poets.org, we’ve improved this functionality. You can now save poems in their entirety to an anthology that is linked to your user account and can be shared via social media or by embedding it in a blog or web page. To save any poem in an anthology, click the options button, then the plus button that appear at the bottom of the panel, and follow the prompts.  Poets on Poetry Series   Watch Tracy K. Smith read a poem from her Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, Life on Mars, and discuss poetry and politics in the latest installment of P.O.P., poet and photographer Rachel Eliza Griffiths's video series of literary profiles.   Like a Prayer   For those who couldn’t make it to our first Summer Reading Series event or—or for those who want to hear it again—listen to Edward Hirsch and Rachel Eliza Griffits talk about poetry and prayer in a discussion that followed a reading of their work at the Art.Write.Now. 2014 National Exhibition in New York City.  Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038