Announcing the 2020 Poem-a-Day Guest Editors

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901 New York, NY 10038 info@poets.org Dear Poem-a-Day Readers,    I'm thrilled to share with you the twelve new guest editors of Poem-a-Day who will each curate a month of poems in 2020. These award-winning poets, who include the current U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo, represent wide-ranging expertise and editorial perspectives, and hail from ten different states.   Working with guest editors to produce Poem-a-Day helps ensure that we are publishing an even greater array of poets and poems. With the guidance of the forthcoming 2020 guest editors, we'll present another year of essential reading.    The twelve guest editors are:   January:  Meg Day February:  Roger Reeves March: Dana Levin April (National Poetry Month):  Joy Harjo May:  Monica Youn June:  Ari Banias July:  Brian Blanchfield August:  Fatimah Asghar September:  David Tomas Martinez October:  Sasha Pimentel November:  Heid E. Erdrich December:  Jane Hirshfield   The full press release, including the editors' biographies, is available here.   Thank you for being a part of the Poem-a-Day community of readers. I hope you look forward to the year of reading we have ahead.    My best regards,  Jennifer Benka Executive Director       You are receiving this e-mail because you subscribe to Poem-a-Day. If you would like to unsubscribe, clickhere.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038