Poems for May, selections from "You Can Be the Last Leaf," and more

“Translation is to live in the mind of another person.” 

Read a short interview with Maya Abu Al-Hayyat about her work. A Beirut-born, Palestinian novelist and poet living in Jerusalem, she is the author of several books, including You Can Be the Last Leaf (Milkweed, 2022), translated by Fady Joudah, and the director of Palestine Writing Workshop, an institution that seeks to encourage reading in Palestinian communities through creative writing projects and storytelling with children and teachers.
 

 

Read contemporary and classic poems, browse book titles, essays, videos, and archival images, including this postcard from Srikanth Reddy, July 22, 2011, Illinois.
 

 

Check out our #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: World Verses: An Evening of International Poetry, featuring unforgettable readings by Maori poet Tayi Tibble, Paul Tran, Greek poet Phoebe Giannisi, Japanese novelist/poet Mieko Kawakami, St. Lucia-born Ontario writer/editor Canisia Lubrin, Ukrainian poets/translators Halyna Kruk and Iya Kivaand, and Chilean poet/novelist Alejandro Zambra. Friday, May 13 at 9 p.m. ET at the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts. ASL interpretation provided. Register here. (Sponsored)
 

Established in 1975, this $25,000 award recognizes the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous calendar year. The prize includes a ten-day residency at Glen Hollow in Naples, New York, and distribution of the winning book to hundreds of Academy of American Poets members.

Submissions for the 2022 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize will be accepted until Sunday, May 15 (11:59 p.m. ET). The judges are Matthew Shenoda, Danez Smith, and Sawako Nakayasu.