Listen to John Berryman read on Halloween night 1963

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend October 22, 2014 The World Will Love Its Darkness   Read a selection of spooky poems for Halloween, listen to a historic recording of John Berryman reading on Halloween night in 1963, and watch Mary Jo Salter discuss and read her poem “The Buttonhook” inspired by a photograph from the National Archives.   “The Vampire” by Conrad Aiken “Haunted Houses” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Anne Waldman “All Hallows Night” by Lizette Woodworth Reese “Bats” by Paisley Rekdal “A Season in Hell” by Arthur Rimbaud Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I [Round about the cauldron go] by William Shakespeare

Henry at One Hundred   On Halloween 1963 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, John Berryman read from The Dream Songs for the very first time. To coincide with Berryman’s centennial this week, David Wojahn revisits the poet’s iconic The Dream Songs. Read Wojahn’s essay “Henry at One Hundred” and listen to the historic recording of “Dream Song 1” and “Dream Song 4.” More Poems for Halloween Featured Lesson Plan: Ghosts and Spirits Perfect Halloween Bag: Poe-ka Dot Tote October Is American Archives Month   To celebrate, we’ve collaborated with the National Archives on the project We the Poets, commissioning poets to write original works inspired by the archives’ holdings. We’ll be posting the poems, plus videos of the poets reading them, throughout the month on Poets.org. Visit the National Archives blog, Prologue: Pieces of History, to read about the images and documents behind the poems. We the Poets   Watch Mary Jo Salter discuss and read "The Buttonhook," her poem inspired by a photograph of the inspection line at Ellis Island taken in 1923. Available Now: Limited-Edition Renga   To celebrate our eightieth anniversary, our esteemed Chancellors composed a renga, which we’ve published as a limited-edition, letterpress broadside. Buy this special keepsake now before they run out—all proceeds support the Poets Emergency Fund. A Poets Forum Thank You   We’d like to extend our gratitude to our many members who were in attendance at last week’s Poets Forum. Your support makes our programs possible. We are also grateful to The New School Creative Writing Program, The New York University Creative Writing Program, the National Endowment of the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Long Shadows Vinters, and Two Roads Brewing Company for helping to make this year’s Poets Forum a success. 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

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