The Politician & the Poem: Verses, Votes, and Civic Acts for Election Time

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend November 1, 2016 The Poetry of Politics   As this election cycle comes to a close, we remember the place for the political in poetry, as well as the role of the poet as artist and citizen. Read this selection of poems about politics.   "Exquisite Candidate" by Denise Duhamel "In a Country" by Larry Levis "The American middle class…" by Dawn Lundy Martin "Laundry" by Alicia Ostriker "Some Effects of Global Warming in Lackawanna County" by Jay Parini "Election Year" by Donald Revell "The Border: A Double Sonnet" by Alberto Ríos "Vendetta, May 2006" by Tim Seibles "December 2, 2002" by Juliana Spahr "Election Day, November, 1884" by Walt Whitman

Watch this video of our Chancellors discussing the civic responsibility of the poet today. Read Edward Hirsch's entry on political poetry, from A Poet's Glossary. Browse poems for Veterans Day. Philip Levine, On the Job   "He was a poet of the night shift, a late, ironic Whitman of our industrial heartland," writes Edward Hirsch of the late Philip Levine in this new essay on Levine's work and his posthumous collection The Last Shift, which is set for release next week. Poets on Poetry   Check out poet and visual artist Rachel Eliza Griffiths's Poets on Poetry (P.O.P.) video series, which features noted contemporary American poets reading poems and talking about poetry. Every week we'll be premiering a new video in the series, beginning with this week's, featuring Aimee Nezhukumatathil. A Tribute to C. D. Wright   On October 19, we cosponsored a celebration of the life and work of late Academy Chancellor C. D. Wright (1949–2016), featuring Brenda Hillman, Ben Lerner, Michael Ondaatje, Brenda Shaughnessy, Arthur Sze, Anne Waldman, and others. Watch a video of the tribute event on Poets.org. Poetry Breaks: Charles Simic   Halloween might be over, but you can get in one last scare with this week's new Poetry Breaks video, featuring Charles Simic reading his haunting poem "The Clocks of the Dead." Blaney Lecture: Sharon Olds   Join us on November 3 at The New School in New York City for this year's Blaney Lecture, "Favorite Moments in Poems from Chaucer to Clifton," presented by Pulitzer Prize winner and 2016 Wallace Stevens Award winner Sharon Olds. Free and open to the public. In Case You Missed It   Elizabeth and Alice The New Yorker on former Chancellor Elizabeth Bishop's loves, losses, and "One Art."   NSK Neustadt Prize Winner Chancellor Marilyn Nelson is awarded the 2017 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature.   American Stanzas Poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths opens an exhibit on black identity and poetry at Poets House.   Brenda Hillman on Teaching Chancellor Brenda Hillman on teaching poetry at the University of Arizona Poetry Center blog.   Claudia Rankine on Whiteness Chancellor Claudia Rankine on her plans for the Racial Imaginary Institute.   RIP David Antin, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Lucia Perillo Remembering poets David Antin (1932–2016), Brigit Pegeen Kelly (1951–2016), and Lucia Perillo (1958–2016). Wrap Up for Fall   Keep out the cold with a fun, artful, or elegant literary scarf, then take a walk in the woods with our naturalist notebooks, available in Poets Shop.   The Academy of American Poets is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. 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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