#NPM 2017: Last Chance to Get the Poster; Meet Our New Walt Whitman Winner

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend March 31, 2017 Happy #NPM17   National Poetry Month begins tomorrow! Kick off the celebration by reading these poems about the art of poetry, and don't miss our special commissioned poem by Kaveh Akbar featured in Monday's Poem-a-Day. Be sure to share your love of poetry throughout April with #NPM17.   "El Poema/The Poem" by Homero Aridjis "Endnote" by Hayden Carruth "The Secrets of Poetry" by Linda Gregg "Poetry as Insurgent Art [I am signaling you through the flames]" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti "Poetry" by Monica Ferrell "How Do I Know When a Poem Is Finished?" by Naomi Shihab Nye "This is a Wonderful Poem" by David Wagoner "The Uses of Poetry" by William Carlos Williams

Find 30 ways to celebrate National Poetry Month. Submit to the James Laughlin Award & Lenore Marshall Prize, deadline May 15. Mai Der Vang's Afterland, winner of the 2016 Whitman Award, is out in April. 2017 Whitman Winner: Jenny Xie   We're pleased to announce this year's Walt Whitman Award winner, Jenny Xie's Eye Level, selected by former Chancellor and U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, who called it "a timely collection of beauty, clarity, and expansive humanity." American Poets New Issue   The Spring–Summer 2017 issue of American Poets, featuring a cover designed by Debbie Millman, has just landed. Keep an eye out for book reviews of new and upcoming poetry collections, along with poem samplers from each, which we'll be sharing during April. Dear Poet Project 2017   Bring National Poetry Month to your classroom with Dear Poet, a multimedia education project that invites students in grades five through twelve to write letters in response to poems written and read by Academy Chancellors. Watch Lucille Clifton discuss what poetry is in this week's new Poetry Breaks video. Watch this week's new P.O.P video, featuring Angel Nafis reading and discussing a poem by Ross Gay. Listen to a conversation between poet Yusef Komunyakaa and jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant. Get Your 2017 National Poetry Month Poster   It's your last chance to request a free 2017 poster before National Poetry Month! This year's poster was designed by Maira Kalman, who designer Chip Kidd called "the John Ashbery of painted illustration." Order yours while supplies last and read a related lesson plan of activities to go with it. Poem in Your Pocket Day 2017   This year, Poem in Your Pocket Day will be held on April 27. Find your perfect pocket poem with our downloadable Poem in Your Pocket Day PDF and discover other ways to participate. Take Note of National Poetry Month   It's National Poetry Month—the perfect occasion to make time for poetry. Find inspiring items for readers and writers in the Poets Shop, and take 10% off for a limited time with code ten4NPM17. In Case You Missed It   Chancellors Win the Bobbitt Prize Current Chancellor Claudia Rankine and former Chancellor Nathaniel Mackey will be awarded the Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry.   Poetry & Migration PBS takes a look at some of the Poetry Coalition's efforts this month.   Nonpartisan Nonprofits Fight for Free Expression Publisher's Weekly reports on how nonprofits are responding to cultural threats.   Thank You to Our National Poetry Month Sponsors   We'd like to extend our gratitude to all of the publishers and organizations that helped make National Poetry Month 2017 possible. We'll continue thanking our sponsors throughout the weeks ahead:   Four Way Books; Graywolf Press; Hanging Loose Press; HarperCollins Children's Books; Hollins University: Jackson Center for Creative Writing; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Lambda Literary; Milkweed Editions; Modern Language Association; National Association for Poetry Therapy; National Council of Teachers of English; National Endowment for the Arts; NetGalley; New Directions; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; New York State Council on the Arts; Nightboat Books; North American Review; Northwestern University Press; O, Miami; Papyrus; Penguin Books; and Penguin Random House, Inc.   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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