Poems for Women's History Month, the New Poem-a-Day Guest Editor & More

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend February 27, 2018 Celebrating the Women in Poetry   This March, for Women's History Month, celebrate the accomplishments, lives, and voices of women past and present by reading and sharing this selection of poems and finding more on Poets.org.   "Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou "WWE" by Fatimah Asghar "A water woman has no body" by Lisa Ciccarello "You Foolish Men" by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz "The Soul selects her own Society (303)" by Emily Dickinson "[we fight back to control the outside]" by kari edwards "Moon for Our Daughters" by Annie Finch "Given to Rust" by Vievee Francis "Her Kind" by Anne Sexton from Fast Speaking Woman, Part 1 by Anne Waldman

Poetry Coalition: Poetry & the Body   In March the Poetry Coalition will launch its second annual programming initiative, Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body. As part of this initiative, we'll dedicate a week of our Poem-a-Day series to poems by Reginald Dwayne Betts, Meg Day, Heid E. Erdrich, Amanda Johnston, Lynn Melnick, TC Tolbert, and Javier Zamora that explore the theme through different lenses. Find out more about the Poetry Coalition and what our partners will be doing this month. March Guest Editor: Meghan O'Rourke   The new Poem-a-Day guest editor for March will be poet, critic, and memoirist Meghan O'Rourke, whose most recent collection is Sun in Days (W. W. Norton, 2017). Read more about O'Rourke and sign up for Poem-a-Day to see the poems she selected. Dear Poet 2018   Bring poetry into your classroom this National Poetry Month with Dear Poet, a multimedia project that invites students to write letters in response to poems written and read by our Chancellors. In this video, Jane Hirshfield reads her poem "Vinegar and Oil." Join Poets at AWP   Join us in Tampa, Florida, March 7 to 10 for the 2018 AWP Conference & Bookfair, where we'll be presenting signings and events, including a Saturday night reading featuring Mark Doty, Khaled Mattawa, and Layli Long Soldier. Say hello at booth #1305 and find out more about what'll be happening at AWP. Get Your Free Poster in Time for National Poetry Month   Get your classroom or library ready for National Poetry Month by ordering your free 2018 poster, designed by AIGA Medal and National Design Award-winning designer Paula Scher. In Case You Missed It   A Statement from the Chancellors In light of possible budget cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities in 2019, our Board of Chancellors once again calls for support of federal funding for the arts and humanities.   How to Apply for the NEA Poetry Fellowship We've put together a guide to help poets applying for the $25,000 National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship.   Layli Long Soldier Wins 2018 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Congratulations to Long Soldier for winning the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for WHEREAS. Join us on March 9 at the AWP Conference & Bookfair for a reading with Long Soldier, Mark Doty, and Khaled Mattawa.   Academy of American Poets Education Advisory Council We've established an Education Advisory Council to assist with our growing efforts to serve K-12 teachers and advocate for more poetry in classrooms.   Patricia Smith Wins Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award Congratulations to 2013 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize winner Patricia Smith for winning the $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Sponsored Content   Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Join our community of writers without uprooting your life. Our low-residency program helps turn passion into a completed book manuscript for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic novels or stage. Start your story at regis.edu/write or (800) 943-1628.   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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