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News from the Academy of American Poets
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2013 |
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January 23 - Academy of American Poets Names New Chancellors: Marilyn Nelson, Claudia Rankine, and C.D. Wright
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2012 |
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November 15 - Academy of American Poets Presents A Tribute to Louise Glück
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October 4 - Academy of American Poets Presents 2012 Poets Forum
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September 18 - 2012 Academy of American Poets Prizes Announced
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June 11 - Jennifer Benka Named Academy of American Poets Executive Director
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June 6 - Jen Hofer receives the 2012 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
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May 23 - Jennifer Scappettone receives the 2012 Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize
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April 24 - Matt Rasmussen Receives the 2012 Walt Whitman Award
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March 30 - The Academy of American Poets Announces 30 Guest Poets on Tumblr
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January 23 - Tree Swenson to Step Down as Executive Director
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January 17 - Toi Derricotte, Jane Hirshfield, and Arthur Sze Elected Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets
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2011 |
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September 15 - Tanning 101: A Celebration of Dorothea Tanning's Life & Work
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September 12 - Yusef Komunyakaa and Joan Larkin Receive Major Poetry Awards
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August 24 - C.D. Wright Receives the Lenore Marshall Award
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August 22 - Anna Moschovakis Receives the James Laughlin Award
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June 2 - Dominic Siracusa receives the 2011 Raiziss/de Palchi Fellowship
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May 16 - Jeffrey Angles receives the 2011 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
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April 21 - Elana Bell Receives the 2011 Walt Whitman Award
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March 31 - The Academy of American Poets Announces 30 Guest Poets on Twitter
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March 22 - The Academy of American Poets Celebrates National Poetry Month 2011
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January 31 - Academy of American Poets Unveils the 2011 National Poetry Month Poster
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January 11 - Mark Doty, Juan Felipe Herrera, and Anne Waldman Elected Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets
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2010 |
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September 14 - Galway Kinnell and Khaled Mattawa Receive Major Poetry Awards
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September 10 - John Koethe Receives the Lenore Marshall Prize
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August 25 - Michael Dickman Receives the James Laughlin Award
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June 7 - Paul Vangelisti Receives the Raiziss/de Palchi Prize
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April 8 - Stephen Kessler Receives the 2010 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
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March 30 - Carl Adamshick Receives the 2010 Walt Whitman Award
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March 17 - New Voices: Anthology Honors Next Generation of Poets
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March 9 - An App, Maps, and More for National Poetry Month 2010
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February 16 - Poem Flow App for iPhones
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January 26 - Revealed: National Poetry Month 2010 Poster Design by Marian Bantjes
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January 11 - Naomi Shihab Nye and Marie Ponsot Elected Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets
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2009 |
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October 2 - Linda Gregg Receives the Lenore Marshall Prize of $25,000 for the year's most outstanding book of poetry
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September 14 - Jean Valentine and Harryette Mullen Receive Major Poetry Awards
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August 4 - Jennifer K. Sweeney Receives the James Laughlin Award
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June 17 - Poets.org Launches New Poetry Resources for Teens
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May 5 - J. Michael Martinez Receives the 2009 Walt Whitman Award
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April 21 - Free Verse Photo Project Launches as Ongoing Showcase on Poets.org
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March 26 - Avi Sharon receives the 2009 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
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March 17 - Academy of American Poets Announces Poetry
by the Pocketful for National Poetry Month 2009
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February 4 - National Poetry Month 2009 Poster by Paul Sahre Unveiled
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January 12 - Marilyn Hacker and Edward Hirsch Elected to the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets
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2008 |
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October 1 - Henri Cole Receives the Lenore Marshall Prize: $25,000 for the Year's Most Outstanding Book of Poetry
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September 18 - Rusty Morrison Receives the James Laughlin Award: $5,000 for an Outstanding Second Book
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September 2 - Louise Glück and Brigit Pegeen Kelly Receive Major Poetry Awards
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July 17 - Poet Laureate Kay Ryan Is One of Five Poets Featured in New Poet's View DVD
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June 5 - Patrick Barron Receives the $5000 Raiziss/de Palchi Prize
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May 8 - Jonathan Thirkield Receives the 2008 Walt Whitman Award
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April 9 - Clayton Eshleman Receives the 2008 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
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March 18 - The Academy of American Poets Presents
National Poetry Month Readings and Events
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March 12 - Academy of American Poets Launches First Mobile Poetry Site
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March 12 - Academy of American Poets Launches Poem In Your Pocket Day Celebration
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February 14 - Be Mine: Poems for Valentines
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January 16 - National Poetry Month 2008 Poster by SpotCo Unveiled
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January 8 - Victor Hernández Cruz & Ron Padgett Elected to the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets
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2007 |
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October 3 - Alice Notley Receives the Lenore Marshall Prize
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September 18 - James McMichael Receives the Academy of American Poets Fellowship
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September 10 - Brenda Shaughnessy Receives the James Laughlin Award
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August 2 - Charles Simic Receives the Wallace Stevens Award
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June 11 - Adria Bernardi Awarded the Raiziss/de Palchi Fellowship
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May 14 - Robert Fagles and Susanna Nied Recognized for their Translations of Poetry
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April 4 - Sally Van Doren Receives the Walt Whitman Award
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March 19 - Poetry's Biggest Fans to Lead Celebration of National Poetry Month
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March 11 - Lauren Bacall, Glenn Close, Ethan Hawke, Alfre Woodard, and Others to Read at Benefit for Academy of American Poets
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January 25 - National Poetry Month 2007 Poster by Christoph Niemann Unveiled
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2006 |
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December 14 - Lyn Hejinian, Sharon Olds, and Carl Phillips Elected to the Academy of American Poets Board of Chancellors
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October 17 - Eleanor Lerman Receives the Lenore Marshall Prize; Tracy K. Smith Receives the James Laughlin Award
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September 26 - Carl Phillips Receives the Academy of American Poets Fellowship for Distinguished Poetic Achievement
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September 5 - Michael Palmer Receives the Wallace Stevens Award
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August 29 - The Academy of American Poets Announces Finalists for 2006 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
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May 15 - Anne Pierson Wiese Receives the 2006 Walt Whitman Award
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April 20 - Academy of American Poets Presents: The Second Annual “Word for Word” Series
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April 17 - John DuVal Receives the Raiziss/de Palchi Prize
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April 11 - Academy of American Poets Leads Book Giveaway for National Poetry Month
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March 13 - Richard Zenith Wins Landon Translation Award, Brings Major Brazilian Poet to English Readers
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January 31 - Rita Dove, Gerald Stern, and Kay Ryan Elected to Academy of American Poets' Board of Chancellors
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January 18 - Poetry Read-a-Thon to Launch on Poets.org
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2005 |
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November 28 - "Pennies for Poetry" Campaign Launched
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November 1 - Anne Winters Receives 2005 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
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September 28 - The 2005 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize Shortlist, $25,000 Book-of-the-Year Award
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September 19 - Academy of American Poets Announces $130,000 in Prizes to Poets
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May 25 - Mary Rose O'Reilley Receives 2005 Walt Whitman Award
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May 23 - Poets.org, the Most Popular Nonprofit Poetry Website, Re-Launched by Academy of American Poets
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May 3 - Daryl Hine Receives the 2005 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
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April 22 - Academy Gives Away 1,200 Free Books in Bryant Park
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April 13 - Academy of American Poets to Sponsor Free Book Give-Away
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April 5 - Empire State Building Honors the Academy of American Poets with Special Lighting
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March 30 - Poet Robert Creeley Dies at 78
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March 3 - Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Diane von Furstenberg, Maya Lin, Dan Rather, Minnie Driver, & Others to Read at Benefit for Academy of American Poets
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February 24 - Robert Pinsky, Susan Stewart, and C. K. Williams Elected to Academy's Board of Chancellors
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February 14 - The Academy of American Poets Plans Largest Ever Celebration for 10th National Poetry Month
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February 2 - Ann Snodgrass Receives the 2004 Raiziss/de Palchi Fellowship
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2004 |
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December 9 - Poet, Composer, and Performer Jackson Mac Low Dies at 82
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December 2 - Mona Van Duyn Dies at 83
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November 15 - Jane Hirshfield Receives 70th Academy Fellowship
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October 27 - Historic Reading of Sylvia Plath's Ariel, Featuring Her Daughter, Frieda Hughes
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October 21 - Anthony Hecht Dies at 81
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October 19 - Donald Revell Receives 2004 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
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October 8 - Mark Strand Receives the Wallace Stevens Award
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September 22 - Academy Announces Finalists for 2004 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
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September 8 - Jeff Clark Receives 2004 James Laughlin Award, $5,000 for a Second Book of Poems
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August 5 - Academy of American Poets Selects 31 National Poetry Landmarks
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June 5 - Anselm Hollo and Charles Martin Receive the 2004 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
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May 5 - Geri Doran Receives the 2004 Walt Whitman Award
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April 20 - Cynthia Rowley Designs "Cause" T-Shirt for the Academy of American Poets
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March 24 - Empire State Building Honors Academy of American Poets with a Special Lighting on April 1
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March 1 - Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Diane Sawyer, Wynton Marsalis, Cynthia Rowley to Read at Benefit for the Academy of American Poets
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February 26 - Academy of American Poets Launches National Poetry Almanac for National Poetry Month 2004
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