Join us next week for Poetry & Social Change, plus other free virtual events this fall

Presenting the Academy of American Poets’ 2021–2022
Fall–Winter Season

Join us for our upcoming season of virtual events, which will run from October 2021 through February 2022 and include a conversation series with the Academy of American Poets Chancellors and other esteemed guests; Gather in Poems, a special reading by the chancellors celebrating poetry and community; and the Annual Blaney Lecture on contemporary poetry and poetics.

The first event of the season—Poetry & Social Change—is happening next Thursday, October 14, at 7 p.m. EDT. Register today to reserve your spot!

The Academy is committed to hosting accessible, inclusive events. Each event will be free to attend with advance registration and have closed captioning available. If you require an accommodation or service that is not currently offered by our organization, or if you are experiencing any accessibility issues with the registration site, please contact us at academy@poets.org at least 24-hours prior to the event.

Learn more about and register for our Fall–Winter events below.

Don’t miss Poetry & Social Change, a virtual conversation with Academy Chancellors Natalie Diaz, Nikky Finney, Joy Harjo, and Tracy K. Smith, plus The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Executive Director Kyle Dacuyan and award-winning author Eve L. Ewing. They’ll discuss the unique role that poetry plays in civic dialogue and social change. Thursday, October 14, at 7 p.m. EDT via Crowdcast.

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Join us for Poetry & Labor, a virtual conversation with Academy Chancellors Kwame Dawes, Brenda Hillman, Marie Howe, Dorianne Laux, and Natasha Trethewey on the poet’s labor and how poetry envisions itself as a piece of work. Thursday, November 4, at 7 p.m. EDT via Crowdcast.

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Join the Academy of American Poets Board of Chancellors for another evening of Gather in Poems, a special reading and offering of community. Each poet will share a poem that inspires them, as well as works of their own, on the theme of coming together. Thursday, November 18, at 7 p.m. EST via Crowdcast.

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Don’t miss Poetry & Appetite, a virtual conversation with Academy Chancellors Ellen Bass, Marilyn Chin, Forrest Gander, Terrance Hayes, and David St. John on the intersection of poetry and appetite, and on poems about the desires and needs of the body and of communities. Thursday, December 9, at 7 p.m. EST via Crowdcast.

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For more information, visit: Poets.org/fall2021

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