Poems for Veterans Day, First Book Award, Celebrate Native American Heritage Month

November 10, 2020

Poems for Veterans Day

Reflect on Veterans Day with this collection from Poets.org:

“Little Lead Soldiers” by Giannina Braschi
“Why I Don’t Mention Flowers When Conversations with My Brother Reach Uncomfortable Silences” by Natalie Diaz
“The Long Deployment” by Jehanne Dubrow
“that boy from georgia is coming through here” by Jaki Shelton Green
“Facing It” by Yusef Komunyakaa
“In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae
“To One of the Brave” by Lucian B. Watkins

Academy of American Poets First Book Award

Submissions are still open for the 2021 Academy of American Poets First Book Award, the nation’s most generous first-book prize for poetry, judged by Claudia Rankine. The winner will receive $5,000 and a six-week all-expenses-paid residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center in Italy. The winning manuscript will be published by Graywolf Press in 2022. Submit by Monday, November 16, 11:59 p.m. EST.

Watch Kayssie K read the poem "My Sister as a Body,” as part of the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation's Read By series of poetry films.

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Poems for Native American Heritage Month

Honor the history, culture, and traditions of Native Americans past and present by reading poems essays, books, and more by and about Native American poets.

Revisit Dodge Poetry Festival

The Academy was pleased to partner with the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival to present the esteemed poets who serve as Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets for readings and conversations. If you missed any of those events, they are available to view here.

#PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week
Just Us: An American Conversation

Check out our #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: “Just Us: An American Conversation” featuring Claudia Rankine, author of Just Us (Graywolf Press, 2020), and Academy of American Poets Chancellor Terrance Hayes, moderated by Dawn Lundy Martin. The conversation will take place November 15 at 8 p.m. EST and is free with the purchase of a signed copy of Just Us.

Opportunities for Poets

Milkweed Editions in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is seeking a full-time Marketing & Publicity Associate to assist with marketing and publicity data management and more.
Princeton University Press in Princeton, New Jersey, is seeking part-time Interns in several publishing department areas, including editorial, promotions/publicity and sales. Applications close November 16.
Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, is seeking a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor to begin teaching creative writing courses in September 2021.
University of California, Santa Barbara, is seeking a full-time Assistant Professor to specialize in Asian American and Pacific Islander literature.

Heid E. Erdrich Recommends a Poem from the Archive

“Joy Harjo’s ‘Perhaps the World Ends Here,’ despite its ominous title, works for every scenario I imagine in November 2020. This is a poem that makes me hope, hold on, and that makes me grateful.”

—Heid E. Erdrich, author of Little Big Bully (Penguin Books, 2020) and this month’s Poem-a-Day Guest Editor

Last Week’s Poem-a-Day

Revisit last week’s Poem-a-Day selections with us on Poets.org:

November 1: “Revolutionary Letter #1” by Diane di Prima
November 2: “Ozaagi’aan One Open to an Other” by Margaret Noodin
November 3: “The Way Words Echo in Our Heads” by James Cihlar
November 4: “The Index” by Rena Priest
November 5: “America is Loving Me to Death” by Michael Kleber-Diggs
November 6: excerpt from “The Age of Aquarius” by Roy G. Guzman
November 7: “Marshlands” by Emily Pauline Johnson

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Poems for Veterans Day, First Book Award, Celebrate Native American Heritage Month

Poems for Veterans Day

Academy of American Poets First Book Award

Poems for Native American Heritage Month

Revisit Dodge Poetry Festival

Opportunities for Poets

Heid E. Erdrich Recommends a Poem from the Archive

Last Week’s Poem-a-Day

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"The Seven Prisms of My Blood" by Khaty Xiong

"Self-Portrait as the Changeling" by Halee Kirkwood

"On the Hills of Dawn" by Alexander Posey

"Marshlands" by Emily Pauline Johnson

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