Dorothy Parker Poems, Sonia Sanchez Awarded 2022 MacDowell Medal, AWP, and more

March 8, 2022

Read all the poems published in Enough Rope (Boni & Liveright, 1926) by Dorothy Parker, now available in the public domain, as well as “The Algonquin Hotel: Summer 1927,” the introduction to the comprehensive biography Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This? (Penguin Books, 1989), by Marion Meade. 

Epitaph for a Darling Lady” 
L’ENVOI:” 
Nocturne” 
Pictures in the Smoke” 
Rainy Night” 
 
Parker became a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table and was an editor and writer for many publications, including Vanity Fair, taking over for P.G. Wodehouse as drama critic, and the New Yorker. A firm believer in civil rights, she bequeathed her literary estate to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Upon his assassination the following year, the estate was turned over to the NAACP. 
 
photo of Sonia Sanchez
Congratulations to Sonia Sanchez, who has been awarded the 2022 MacDowell Medal. Sanchez, considered one of the most important writers from the Black Arts Movement, is the author of more than twenty books of poetry, children’s stories, and plays. Read more about Sanchez, plus poems, here
 
In this 1967 postcard from our archive, Anne Sexton replies to Betty Kray, the first executive director of the Academy of American Poets, regarding a recent reading she had done for the organization. Find more content for Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, including essays, books, more poems, and photos from our archive. 
 
The Academy of American Poets at #AWP2022

On Friday, March 25, at 1:45 p.m. ET, don’t miss our offering for the 2022 Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference & Bookfair: a special reading featuring Meg Day, Arthur Sze, and Kemi Alabi. This virtual event is pre-recorded and will available on the AWP virtual conference platform, in addition to being screened on-site at the in-person conference in Philadelphia in the Michael A. Nutter Theater (Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level). To attend this or any other AWP events, either virtual or in-person, guests will need to purchase a registration in advance. ASL interpretation and live captioning will be provided. 

Click here for a list of all events featuring Academy of American Poets Chancellors and prize winners. 
 
“So, in some mysterious ways, my poetry and my reviews have something in common, even overlap, in the sense that it’s important to me that they both really bring the reader into the conversation. Just as I, as a listener to music, want to be part of the conversation. This probably all goes back to my mother reading to me when I was a child, stories and poems, and playing records for me, especially popular songs with interesting and lively lyrics. I’m sure this is why poetry and music are both so dear to me.”

Read this interview with 2021 Poet Laureate Fellow, Lloyd Schwartz, on his work in Somerville, Massachusetts. 

I Thought I Heard A Cardinal Sing: Ohio’s Appalachian Voices, edited by 2021 Poet Laureate Fellow Kari Gunter-Seymour, is an anthology of poetry focused on the cultural experiences of Appalachian poets located in or connected to Ohio (Central) Appalachia. Publication of the anthology was made possible through the Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship program and funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Purchase a copy from Sheila-Na-Gig Press and read more about Gunter-Seymour and her project here.
Graphic with text that reads: Disability Justice, "The future lives in our bodies," Reading & Discussion. March 13 at 6 pm ET. In the graphic are headshots of Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, Meg Day, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Travis Chi Wing Lau
#PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: “The future lives in our bodies”: Poetry & Disability Justice
 
Check out our #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: “The future lives in our bodies”: Poetry & Disability Justice, a virtual reading hosted by Poetry Coalition members Lambda Literary and Woodland Pattern Book Center featuring Meg Day, Cyrée Jarelle JohnsonLeah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Travis Chi Wing Lau. Sunday, March 13, at 5 p.m. CT / 6 p.m. ET. ASL interpretation and captioning will be provided. Register here. 
 
  • The Oxford American in Little Rock, Arkansas, is seeking a full-time assistant editor. 
     
  • University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is seeking a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor in English to teach early modern British literature and creative writing. 
     
  • The Jerome Foundation is open for applications for its fellowship program. Selected Minnesota and New York City-based artists will receive $50,000 over two consecutive years ($25,000 each year) to support their time and expenses for the creation of new work and artistic development. Applications are due May 4

Listen to Brenda Shaughnessy discuss her curatorial approach and her own creative work. The author of The Octopus Museum (Alfred A. Knopf, 2019), Shaughnessy is Poem-a-Day guest editor for March. 

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

February 26: “Shadow” by Bruce Nugent
February 27:  “Exodus” by Effie Lee Newsome 
February 28: “It Bruises, Too” by Kwame Dawes
March 1: “As a Father of Daughters” by Hannah Aizenman 
March 2: “The Heedless Shepherd” by Monica McClure
March 3: “Drift” by Alicia Mountain
March 4: “Climate” by Meghann Plunkett
March 5: “I Sought the Wood in Winter” by Willa Cather
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