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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Celebrating Pride Month with Poems, a New LGBTQ Feature, Brand-New Audio & More

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May 31, 2016

The Poetry of Pride

 

In celebration of gay pride this month, we hope you’ll read and share our selection of poems by LGBTQ writers from the past to the present.

 

“Lullaby” by W. H. Auden
“Ceremonial” by Eduardo C. Corral
“The Embrace” by Mark Doty
“Love Poem” by Audre Lorde
“Abandonment Under the Walnut Tree” by D. A. Powell
“The Lioness” by Adrienne Rich
“Blue” by May Swenson
“Dear Melissa—” by TC Tolbert
“Calamus [In Paths Untrodden]” by Walt Whitman

 
Frank O'Hara

LGBTQ Resources for Pride Month

 

Celebrate pride this month by exploring the rich tradition of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer poets and poetry through our new selection of poems, audio, videos, essays, books, and more, on our LGBTQ Poetry page.

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Pride Month

Eleven Queer Poets on the Poems That Changed Their Lives

 

In this brand-new feature, poets Mark Doty, JP Howard, Joan Larkin, and others remember the poems that influenced their lives as LGBTQ writers and individuals. Read about the powerful impact poets such as Marilyn Hacker, Audre Lorde, and Walt Whitman have had on these writers.

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Read this collection of letters queer writers wrote to their younger selves.

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Read Mark Doty’s essay on sex and holiness in Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl.”

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Read this Stephen Burt essay on Frank O’Hara’s casual, personable poetics.

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Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets

New Audio from the Academy Chancellors

 

If you missed last year’s Chancellors Reading at the 2015 Poets Forum, experience the memorable evening with this new audio playlist of readings by the Chancellors; and don’t forget to join the Chancellors this year as we present our annual Poets Forum as part of the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, October 20–23, 2016.

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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.

 

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