Announcing 3 New Chancellors, the 1st Poem-a-Day Guest Editor, Poems for the New Year & More

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend January 3, 2017 Beginning with Poems   In "The Year," Ella Wheeler Wilcox writes, "We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear, / And that's the burden of the year." Whatever 2018 has to bring, begin a new year of resolve, growth, and change with this selection of poems to read and share.   "Darkening, Then Brightening" by Kim Addonizio "Song for the New Year" by Eliza Cook "A New Law" by Greg Delanty "Elegy for a Year" by Joseph Fasano "Prayer at Sunrise" by James Weldon Johnson "Burning the Old Year" by Naomi Shihab Nye "Resolution" by Lia Purpura "Duet" by Lisa Russ Spaar "Twentieth Century" by Maggie Smith

We're thrilled to announce that Marilyn Chin, Kwame Dawes, and Marie Howe have joined our distinguished Board of Chancellors. They will begin their tenure this month and will serve a six-year term. Read poems for the New Year. Browse poems about beginnings. Find poems about time. January Guest Editor: Kaveh Akbar   We're excited to introduce our first Poem-a-Day guest editor of 2018, Kaveh Akbar, founder and editor of Divedapper and author of Calling a Wolf a Wolf (Alice James Books, 2017). Find out more about Akbar and sign up for Poem-a-Day to see the poems he selected this month. Submissions Open: Laughlin Award, Marshall Prize   Submissions are now open for the James Laughlin Award, for a forthcoming second book of poetry, and the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, for the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous year. Translators, don't forget to submit to our Ambroggio Prize, Landon Translation Award, and Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize by February 15. In Memoriam 2017   American poetry lost some major voices in 2017. Join us in remembering the poets we lost in this brief in memoriam video, featuring lines from their poetry. Remembering Derek Walcott   Join us on January 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the 92nd Street Y in New York City for A Celebration of Derek Walcott, copresented by the Academy of American Poets; Cave Canem Foundation; Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Poets House; and the Poetry Society of America. Buy tickets and find out more on the 92Y website. Doing More for Poetry in 2018   Thanks to your incredible generosity this giving season, we have surpassed our year-end fundraising goal! As a nonprofit organization, the Academy of American Poets relies on the support of readers like you in order to advocate for poets and grow the audience for this important art form. Thank you to those who have made our free programs and publications possible! In Case You Missed It   50 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018 Eye Level, by 2017 Walt Whitman Award winner Jenny Xie, is included on both Nylon's and Bustle's roundups of exciting books forthcoming in the new year.   Honoring C. D. Wright The Foundation of Contemporary Arts has announced the new C. D. Wright Award for Poetry, in memory of Wright, who served on our Board of Chancellors from 2013 until her death in 2016.   Poetry I Was Grateful for in 2017 Poet and critic Dan Chiasson includes 2016 Walt Whitman Award winner Mai Der Vang in his 2017 poetry roundup in The New Yorker.   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