Happy National Poetry Month!

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend April 1, 2018 National Poetry Month 2018   Happy National Poetry Month! Take part in the largest literary celebration in the world, created by the Academy of American Poets, by checking out all the events and programs happening this month and sharing these poems about poetry throughout the month of April with #nationalpoetrymonth.

April Guest Editor: Tracy K. Smith   Sign up for Poem-a-Day to receive poems specially curated by U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith for National Poetry Month. Read these 30 Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month on your own or in your community. Visit Poetry Near You to list a poetry event or find out what's happening in your community during April. Poem in Your Pocket Day is on April 26. Join thousands of people across the country who will carry a poem with them in celebration. 2018 Whitman Winner: Emily Skaja   Congratulations to Emily Skaja, whose manuscript, Brute, was selected by Joy Harjo as the winner of the 2018 Walt Whitman Award. Read more about Skaja and Brute, which Harjo called a "long elegiac howl for the end of a relationship." American Poets: Spring–Summer 2018   Check out a preview of the new issue of American Poets, which includes essays by Jane Hirshfield and Jenny Xie, a Q&A with our new Chancellors, poems from recently released collections, Books Noted by Major Jackson, and much more. Eye Level by Jenny Xie   Jenny Xie's Eye Level, selected by Juan Felipe Herrera as the winner of the 2017 Walt Whitman Award, is out this month from Graywolf Press. Read more about Xie and read her essay "Restoration in the Attention Economy: On Reading C. D. Wright's 'ShallCross'" from the new issue of American Poets. 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, Marilyn Nelson reads her poem "Moonlily." Order Your Free NPM Poster Now   Bring this year's National Poetry Month celebration to your classroom, library, home, or office by ordering your free 2018 poster, designed by Paula Scher. Poetry & the Creative Mind   Join us on April 25 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York City for a night of celebrating poetry's important place in our culture. Poetry & the Creative Mind, which benefits our education program, will feature readings and music from guests including Tim Daly, Patty Griffin, Lorna Simpson, Uma Thurman, and more. Break in a New Blank Book for National Poetry Month   Take more time to read and write this month with 15% off all books and stationery. Find a curated selection of notebooks, pens, and cards for all your NaPoWriMo needs. Offer ends April 8. In Case You Missed It   Alberto Ríos Leading in Poetry and Education The State Press on how Chancellor Alberto Ríos has advocated for poetry and the arts over the course of his career.   U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith Tracy K. Smith has been appointed to a second term as U.S. poet laureate. Smith will serve as the Poem-a-Day guest editor in April.   #SavetheNEA Congress has released its FY18 spending bill, and it includes increases for the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities.   Memory and Metaphor in Mai Der Vang's Afterland A reflection on Afterland, winner of the 2016 Walt Whitman Award, on the Ploughshares blog.   Thank You to Our National Poetry Month Sponsors   We'd like to extend our gratitude to all of the publishers and organizations that helped make National Poetry Month 2018 possible. We'll continue thanking our sponsors throughout the weeks ahead:   826 National; AGNI; Ahsahta Press; Alaska Quarterly Review; Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; American Booksellers Association; American Girl; American Library Association; American Poetry Review; American Writers Museum; Andrews McMeel Publishing; Barnes & Noble; Betsy South Beach Hotel; Bilingual Press; BkMk Press; BOA Editions, Ltd.; Bookish; Bright Hill Press; CavanKerry Press; Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University; City Lights Books; Civitella Ranieri Foundation; Coffee House Press; Columbia University School of the Arts MFA Writing Program; Copper Canyon Press; Ecco; Farrar, Straus & Giroux; Four Way Books; Graywolf Press; Hanging Loose Press; HarperCollins Children's Books; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Jackson Center for Creative Writing at Hollins University; Milkweed Editions; and Modern Language Association.  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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