June is Pride Month; Translation Contest; Hmong American Poets; and more.

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend May 29, 2019 June is Pride Month   Celebrate LGBTQ people and honor their history by reading and sharing our curated round-up of poems, audio, video, and ephemera from our archives on poets.org.   "Cento Between the Ending and the End"        by Cameron Awkward-Rich "The School of Night & Hyphens" by Chen Chen "From the Desire Field" by Natalie Diaz "Great Art" by Tim Dlugos "The Talking Back of Miss Valentine Jones: Poem #1"        by June Jordan "Vows (for a gay wedding)" by Joseph O. Legaspi "[To find a kiss of yours]" by Federico Garcia Lorca "My Lover is a Woman" by Pat Parker "Dressing Down" by Kamilah Aisha Moon "And Now Upon My Head the Crown"        by Phillip B. Williams "Calamus [In Paths Untrodden]" by Walt Whitman

May Guest Editor: Victoria Chang   Sign up for Poem-a-Day to receive poems curated by Victoria Chang for Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, and read a Q&A that discusses her curating approach and more. Photo Credit: Margaret Molloy Browse more LGBTQ poetry Check out our round-up in commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Riots LGBTQ Pride Month: Poems for Kids Poems in Translation Contest   Words Without Borders, the digital magazine for international literature and a content partner of the Academy of American Poets, has launched a new Poems in Translation Contest to celebrate the art of translating poetry. The four winning translated poems will be co-published in Poem-a-Day throughout September in honor of National Translation Month.  Listen: Poem-a-Day with Victoria Chang   Listen to Alison Stewart, host of WNYC's All of It, as she speaks to Victoria Chang about guest editing Poem-a-Day for the month of May. Writing from the Absence: Voices of Hmong American Poets   In honor of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, read through this five-part series that highlights a small community of Hmong American Poets curated by Mai Der Vang, 2016 Walt Whitman Award winner.  Poetry Breaks   Celebrate pride month by watching a video from the archival series "Poetry Breaks," filmed in the late 1980s and early 1990s by creator Leila Luchetti. In this video, Allen Ginsberg reads his poem "A Supermarket in California." In Case You Missed It   Academy of American Poets Awards Amazon Literary Partnership Fund Grants "We're extremely grateful for the opportunity to work with the Amazon Literary Partnership to support poetry organization and poetry presses..." says Jen Benka, Executive Director of the Academy of American Poets. Jobs for Poets Look out every Wednesday for a new Jobs for Poets, including arts and literary opportunities from fellow organizations across the country.   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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