Wallace Stevens
Joy Harjo is awarded the Academy of American Poets Wallace Stevens Award, which recognizes outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry.
Lenore Marshall
Kevin Young won the Academy of American Poets Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for the most outstanding book of poetry published in 2014.
Fellowship
Marie Howe received the Academy of American Poets Fellowship for her distinguished poetic achievement.
Learning to Drive
Katha Pollitt’s essay Learning to Drive now a feature film starring Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley.
BBC Culture
Joy Harjo‘s and Juan Felipe Herrera‘s newest poetry collections selected for the Ten Books to Read in September.
Tony Hoagland
In Tony Hoagland‘s Application for Release from the Dream, “he reminds us that even when dreams are dashed, joy sometimes interferes.”
Prodigal
“Gregerson is a poet of praise” says The New Yorker, “her poems renegotiate the terms of human happiness and safety.”
NY Times
Read Claudia Rankine‘s article The Meaning of Serena Williams on tennis and black excellence.
Literary Hub
Jill Bialosky speaks of the challenges to wearing two hats in her article When The Editor Becomes The Writer.
NY Times
Richard Blanco named the first education ambassador for the Academy of American Poets!