Academy of American Poets5 天
Teach This Poem: “The Lonely Street” by William Carlos Williams
Reading the Poem: Silently read the poem “ The Lonely Street ” by William Carlos Williams. What do you notice about the poem?
Academy of American Poets13 天
Broadstone Books: Marathon Reading
In celebration of their 21st year of operation and their growing community of authors in the NYC area, Broadstone Books invites you to join them for a marathon reading by 35 authors beginning at 1pm ...
Academy of American Poets5 天
Teach This Poem: “Your laughter turns the world to paradise” by Jalal al-Din Rumi ...
Haleh Liza Gafori is an Iranian American translator, poet, performance artist, and composer born in New York City. Her book ...
Academy of American Poets11 个月
The Academy of American Poets to Host “Poetry in Community,” a Ninetieth Anniversary ...
Poetry in Community: Celebrating Ninety Years of the Academy of American Poets Friday, October 18, 2024, 7:30 p.m. ET Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10128 Tickets are $15 for ...
Academy of American Poets1 年
Edward Hirsch’s A Poet’s Glossary
Ten years in the making, A Poet’s Glossary (Harcourt, 2014) is a followup to former Academy Chancellor Edward Hirsch’s best-selling book How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry (Harcourt, 1999 ...
Academy of American Poets5 年
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
In 1939, T. S. Eliot published Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats through the publishing house Faber and Faber, where he served as an editor. The book of light verse was the basis of Andrew Lloyd ...
Academy of American Poets5 天
Poetry in Community
To further support the Academy's efforts, get tickets to a special benefit reception preceding the reading, starting at 6:30 p.m. ET. Reception tickets include admission to the reading. Presented by ...
Academy of American Poets5 年
Lynda Hull
Lynda Hull was born on December 5, 1954, in Newark, New Jersey. She ran away from home at the age of sixteen, after having received a scholarship to Princeton University. She then married a Chinese ...
Academy of American Poets6 年
José Garcia Villa
José Garcia Villa was born in Manila in 1908. He attended the University of the Philippines, but he was suspended in 1929 after publishing a series of erotic poems, titled “Man-Songs,” in the ...
Academy of American Poets1 年
The British Prison Ship
Amid these ills no tyrant dared refuse My right to pen the dictates of the muse, To paint the terrors of the infernal place, And fiends from Europe, insolent as base.
Academy of American Poets9 年
Poetry for Teens
If you’re a teen looking to learn more about the art of reading or writing poetry, we’ve gathered a selection of poems, essays, recommended reading lists, must-have anthologies, interviews, and advice ...
Academy of American Poets5 年
David Diop
On July 9, 1927, David Mandessi Diop was born in Bordeaux, France, to a Cameroonean mother and a Sengalese father. Although he grew up in France and lived most of his life there, Diop spent ...