On the Road to National Poetry Month, Poetry & the Creative Mind, and more.

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend January 22, 2020 On the Road to National Poetry Month 2020   It's the beginning of the new year and teachers, students, and readers are preparing for the largest literary celebration in the world—National Poetry Month.

Poetry & the Creative Mind Gala   Join us on Wednesday, April 29 for our 18th annual Poetry & the Creative Mind gala reading at New York City's Lincoln Center. Tickets are now on sale for the event, which in previous years has featured such guests as Uma Thurman, Krista Tippett, Patty Griffin, Lorna Simpson, Meryl Streep, and more.  Poetry & Protest   The Poetry Coalition will devote March 2020 to exploring the theme "I am deliberate / and afraid / of nothing: Poetry & Protest" in a series of programs that will reach an anticipated audience of more than 300,000 individuals nationwide. Announcing the Winner of the 2020 National Poetry Month Poster Contest for Students   Congratulations to tenth grader Samantha Aikman, whose winning artwork is featured on the official National Poetry Month poster, which we'll distribute to 100,000+ libraries, schools, and bookstores across the country. Order your free poster now! Dear Poet 2020   Every National Poetry Month we present Dear Poet, a multimedia education project that invites young people in grades five through twelve to write letters in response to poems written and read by award-winning poets. In this video, Poets Laureate Fellow Jaki Shelton Green reads "i know the grandmother one had hands." Poem in Your Pocket Day is April 30. Find out how to celebrate. Share or search local poetry events with our Poetry Near You calendar. Don't miss our upcoming Blaney Lecture with Terrance Hayes. New Chancellors Elected   The Academy is excited to announce that Dorianne Laux and Kevin Young have been elected to its Board of Chancellors, a distinction shared by just 115 poets since the board was formed in 1946.  Subscribe to Poem-a-Day   Meg Day, author of Last Psalm at Sea Level (Barrow Street, 2014), winner of the Publishing Triangle's Audre Lorde Award, is curating Poem-a-Day for January. Read this Q&A to learn more about Meg Day and their curatorial approach.      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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