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Academy of American Poets
Poem-a-Day, #NationalPoetryMonth & more, celebrating 90 years as the nation's leading champion of poets, poetry, and the work of poetry organizations.
Ada Limón
Writer & Observer & 24th Poet Laureate of the United States
Patricia Smith
Academy Chancellor, Ruth Lilly Prize, Pulitzer finalist, Kingsley Tufts, LA Times Book Prize, NAACP Image Award, Poetry Prof @ Princeton
Carl Phillips
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Poetry Daily
Poetry Daily presents a poem each day from new books and journals, along with poetry news, announcements, and more. Est. 1997.
“Sometimes a few words are all we need.” In today’s #CraftCapsule , Annell López considers what short fiction writers can learn from studying popular music: at.pw.org/Songs
#FromTheArchive : “I took a notebook on these walks and wrote down small observations—the ducks that swam in the water, the dialogue of people I walked past, the plants nearby,” says Eric Nguyen on taking walking breaks in #WritersRecommend . at.pw.org/WREricNguyen
#PWNonfictionPrompt : Though most do not conjure welcome memories, scars are an important part of our lives—both physically and metaphorically. Write about a scar you have and what it means to you. #FromTheArchive : at.pw.org/ScarTissue
#ClipOfTheDay : In this 2023 The Center for Fiction event, Jayne Anne Phillips reads from her Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, Night Watch, and discusses setting her story during the Civil War in a conversation with Bellevue Literary Review editor Danielle Ofri. at.pw.org/NightWatch
The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a seminal anthology of global poetry edited by the late Jerome Rothenberg, and #PWWritingPrompts on addresses, campus stories, and self-healing. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN
#ClipOfTheDay : “These are notes on encountering the daily, the literary, the visual, the beautiful…the ordinary, extraordinary matter of Black life.” In this Virginia Museum of Fine Arts event, Christina Sharpe discusses her latest book, Ordinary Notes (@fsgbooks). at.pw.org/Sharpe
#PWNonfictionPrompt : Write a personal essay on the theme of self-healing. Think about experiences when you’ve witnessed another person perform this task, or particularly resonant memories that pertain to your own past behavior. Read more: at.pw.org/SelfHealing
Our latest Literary MagNet explores the literary magazines Saba Keramati (Saba Keramati) gravitates toward—ones with “editors of color and an aesthetic and a mission that resonate with her.” Dana Isokawa in our new issue: at.pw.org/KeramatiMagNet
#ClipOfTheDay : In this Brown University Department of Literary Arts event, Xochitl Gonzalez reads from her new novel, Anita de Monte Laughs Last (Flatiron Books), and discusses writing about Latino art and academia. at.pw.org/AnitaDeMonte
#PWFictionPrompt : Taking inspiration from the concept of a campus novel, write a story that engages with a school setting, whether prominently situated in the context of the plot or used for a particular scene. Read more: at.pw.org/CampusStory
In this Q&A by Emily Perez (she/her), the new Academy of American Poets president, Ricardo Alberto Maldonado discusses how new funding will enable the Academy to “build a bench of younger BIPOC administrators” and more: at.pw.org/QAMaldonado
“When I’m unable to write...I return to the photos I took in Gaza: of the sunset and the beach, my family’s garden, the trees in the street, strawberry farms, my students, the plants that continue to grow beside our bombed house,” writes Mosab Abu Toha, author of Forest of Noise…
#ClipOfTheDay : In this 2014 Louisiana Channel interview from his home in Brooklyn, the late Paul Auster talks about how a chance meeting with legendary baseball player Willie Mays led him to become a writer and what he has learned about writing. at.pw.org/Auster
#PWPoetryPrompt : Inspired by the late Jerome Rothenberg’s poem “The Last Friend,” try your hand at writing a poem that mentions its subject directly, but which also deliberately obfuscates or remains ambiguous in its intentions. Read more: at.pw.org/TheLastFriend
“The task of the novelist, I think, consists of treating life as a research project.” In today’s #TenQuestions , Nicolás Medina Mora discusses his debut novel, out now from Soho Press: at.pw.org/10Q4Mora
#ClipOfTheDay : In this Politics and Prose event, Paul Yamazaki talks about his book, Reading the Room: A Bookseller’s Tale, and discusses his life and career as the principal buyer City Lights Books in San Francisco. at.pw.org/ReadingTheRoom
Beginning May 28, we’re offering a special edition of Mapping the Maze geared towards narrative nonfiction writers, presented in partnership with the Asian American Writers Workshop (Asian American Writers' Workshop). This online intensive will help you build a personalized plan to get your writing…
“Poetry alone was never enough.” In our latest issue Philip Metres فيليب أبورجيلي writes about the violence in Gaza and its effect on his work as a poet and longtime activist. at.pw.org/TheMusesRefuse…
