#Stonewall50 and World Pride

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend June 28, 2019 World Pride   Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, and the start of World Pride weekend. Mark this important occasion and celebrate with a round-up of poems, audio, video and ephemera from our archives.   "The Next Table" by C. P. Cavafy "from obedience [maybe one day, during a point in       time]" by kari edwards "Single Lines Looking Foward. or One Monostich Past       45" by francine j. harris "Book of Statues" by Richie Hoffman "Broken Retablo for being on My Back, My Feet Bare       & in the Air" by Joe Jiménez "Exclusively on Venus" by Trace Peterson "Civilization" by Carl Phillips "Tonight No Poetry Will Serve" by Adrienne Rich "memories of the good daughter"       by Raquel Salas Rivera "The Conjugation of the Paramecium"       by Muriel Rukeyser

Browse more LGBTQ poetry Check out LGBTQ essays and texts Pride Month: Poems for Kids Queer Poets on the Poems that Changed Their Lives   We asked poets to tell us about the poems that influenced their lives as LGBTQ writers and individuals. Read about the powerful and long-lasting impact poetry had on their identity. Long Note on New Narrative   With the passing of Kevin Killian, and the start of World Pride, Robert Glück's poetry manifesto for the New Narrative movement takes on new meaning. Read the queer response that challenged Language Poetry and "could not let narration go." Stonewall 50 at The Poetry Project   We were proud to co-sponsor with Lambda Literary and The Poetry Project an event for  #Stonewall50 at St. Mark's church in NYC, which was attended by more than 350 people. Thanks to all who joined! Here is Jericho Brown's poem "Heart Condition," which he read at the event.   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