Celebrating Pride Month with Poems, a New LGBTQ Feature, Brand-New Audio & More

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend May 31, 2016 The Poetry of Pride   In celebration of gay pride this month, we hope you’ll read and share our selection of poems by LGBTQ writers from the past to the present.   “Lullaby” by W. H. Auden “Ceremonial” by Eduardo C. Corral “The Embrace” by Mark Doty “Love Poem” by Audre Lorde “Abandonment Under the Walnut Tree” by D. A. Powell “The Lioness” by Adrienne Rich “Blue” by May Swenson “Dear Melissa—” by TC Tolbert “Calamus [In Paths Untrodden]” by Walt Whitman

LGBTQ Resources for Pride Month   Celebrate pride this month by exploring the rich tradition of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer poets and poetry through our new selection of poems, audio, videos, essays, books, and more, on our LGBTQ Poetry page. Eleven Queer Poets on the Poems That Changed Their Lives   In this brand-new feature, poets Mark Doty, JP Howard, Joan Larkin, and others remember the poems that influenced their lives as LGBTQ writers and individuals. Read about the powerful impact poets such as Marilyn Hacker, Audre Lorde, and Walt Whitman have had on these writers. Read this collection of letters queer writers wrote to their younger selves. Read Mark Doty’s essay on sex and holiness in Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl.” Read this Stephen Burt essay on Frank O’Hara’s casual, personable poetics. New Audio from the Academy Chancellors   If you missed last year’s Chancellors Reading at the 2015 Poets Forum, experience the memorable evening with this new audio playlist of readings by the Chancellors; and don’t forget to join the Chancellors this year as we present our annual Poets Forum as part of the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, October 20–23, 2016. 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