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View this email on a browser Forward to a friend July 15, 2014 Somewhere Hearts Are Light   Summer is the season of baseball games, beach reading, and other forms of leisurely pleasure. To help you enjoy it to its fullest, we present a selection of poems, a new collection of poetry and sports, a roundup of books not to miss, and more.    “Fishing on the Susquehanna in July” by Billy Collins “After Skate” by Carol Muske-Dukes “Seance at Tennis” by Dana Goodyear “Baseball and Writing” by Marianne Moore “Swimming in the Presence of Lurid Opposition” by Sawako Nakayasu “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Poetry and Sports   One of the new features on Poets.org is our series of collections—select essays, poems, videos, audio, and other texts—organized around a central theme. We’ll be curating more collections in the months ahead, but for today we look at Poetry and Sports.   Summer Reading   If you’re looking to catch up on your reading this summer, don’t miss this roundup of poetry collections published in the past year, including the latest by Nobel Prize-winning poet Derek Walcott and newly appointed United State Poet Laureate Charles Wright. Poems for Summer Poets Shop: Totes to Carry Your Summer Reading Books Plan for Poets Forum: October 16-18 We Sing the Poets Electra   Commercial Type partner Christian Schwartz, who customized a digital version of Electra for our website redesign, discusses the inspiration behind our new exclusive typeface, Poets Electra. Poets on Poetry Series   Watch Michael Klein read his poem "Real Men" and talk about his fellowship-by-the-sea at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, in the latest installment of P.O.P., poet and photographer Rachel Eliza Griffiths's video series of literary profiles.   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