In 2024, the Academy of American Poets invited twelve poets to each curate a month of poems. In this short Q&A, Sawako Nakayasu discusses her curatorial approach and her own creative work. Sawako ...

Since 2018, the Academy of American Poets has invited twelve new Guest Editors to each curate a month of Poem-a-Day, the original and only daily poetry series sharing previously unpublished poems by ...

In this workshop, we will be guided by the words of NYC writer and educator, Leslie Jamison, who, in her 2018 memoir, The Recovering, boldly examines "if stories about getting better [can] be as ...

Now, during his Guest Editor Q&A in January 2022, Joseph O. Legaspi described how you infuse what he called “nonpolitical elements” into your work, including recipes and menus, particularly in Loves ...

Cindy Juyoung Ok is the author of Ward Toward (Yale University Press, 2024) and is the translator of The Hell of That Star by ...

Tell me upon seeing the sweet rays Of the splendid morning The majestic flag Of the stars and stripes? Yesterday upon death he prayed, Ostentatious deeds On the solid bastion. In the middle of the ...

ARIANA BENSON’s collection Black Pastoral (University of Georgia Press, 2023) has received the LENORE MARSHALL POETRY PRIZE. This $25,000 award recognizes the most outstanding book of poetry published ...

Down the close, darkening lanes they sang their way To the siding-shed, And lined the train with faces grimly gay. Their breasts were stuck all white with wreath and spray As men’s are, dead. Dull ...

The Poetry Circus is a free event for all ages. It will include Merry-Go-Round Rides, Poetry readings by over 40 well known poets, tables housing several Los Angeles publishers and literary ...

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Yang Licai, born in Panjin, China, is a poet, sound artist, and activist. He is the author of Pee Poems (Circumference Books, ...

Join us as we celebrate the release of James Cole’s new poetry collection, The Somatoliths.This in-person event will be cosponsored by WriterHouse and will be free and open to the public. We recommend ...