academy of american poets prizes

“Duplex,” Jericho Brown

“If I Should Come Upon Your House Lonely in the West Texas Desert,” Natalie Diaz

“Hotbed 66,” Nikky Finney

“What Comes,” Carolyn Forché

“The Dream of Shoji,” Kimiko Hahn

“Once the World Was Perfect,” Joy Harjo

“A Toast,” Ilya Kaminsky

“I Never Wanted to Die,” Dorianne Laux

“( . . . As for the Swallows, All They Were Doing),” Ed Roberson

“Silence Is So Accurate, Rothko Wrote,” Diane Seuss

“The Price of the End of It,” Patricia Smith

“[The will to see oneself as fragile],” Tracy K. Smith

“My Father as Cartographer,”  Natasha Trethewey

“The Silver Thread,” Afaa Michael Weaver

“Ledge,”  Kevin Young

from the archive

Former Chancellor Lucille Clifton accepts an invitation to read alongside Gwendolyn Brooks at the Guggenheim Museum in 1983.

chancellors’ reading

Join us this evening as we celebrate the Academy of American Poets’ ninetieth anniversary at the Guggenheim Museum, featuring readings by our Chancellors and a special appearance by Naomi Shihab Nye, the 2024 Wallace Stevens Award winner.

Today, Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. ET

Though tickets are sold out, standby tickets will be sold, as space allows, beginning at 7:25 p.m.

pick of the week

Tomorrow, October 19, don’t miss Family Fun Day at Dodge Poetry Festival! Come for the poetry, stay for the DJ, drag storytelling, face painting, and more fun. Free and open to the public, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET. Military Park, 51 Park Pl., Newark, NJ 07102. (Sponsored)