Tag: Academy of American Poets
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Support the Academy of American Poets
I’ve experienced firsthand the Academy’s unparalleled support of poets and their communities, and I’m deeply disheartened by the termination of their grant with the NEA as it puts at risk the vital work that they do. Poets have carried our nation through its most pivotal moments, and the Academy now needs and deserves our support…
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Poetry, youth, & the creative mind
The Academy of American Poets is the biggest supporter of the work that poets laureate do. My San Mateo County Youth Ecopoetry Project (2021-22) was fully funded by them and allowed me to work with and mentor some of the Bay Area’s finest young poets: CASSANDRA BOUSQUET (2024 Birss Fellow, Roger Williams University’s Poetry Walk…
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There are no kings in America
“There are no kings in America” was first presented at the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Meeting on July 9, 2019 in keeping with the poet laureate’s duty to open quarterly sessions with an original poem. It has since been published in Vox Populi (2020), poets.org (2022), and Poetry Foundation (2023). In 2022, it…
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Dear Human
Forthcoming from Paloma Press in the Fall: Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States Co-Editors: Luisa A. Igloria20th Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia 2020-22, Emerita Aileen CassinettoPoet Laureate 2019-2022, Emerita, County of San Mateo, California Dr. Jeremy HoffmanDavid and Jane Cohn Scientist at the Science…
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Walking Into 2023
Thank you, 2022, for all the lessons and milestones! I’m honored to have been part of this year’s events and programs, and grateful to everyone who helped make them happen: I’m looking forward to working on these forthcoming projects in 2023, and especially welcome the friendships they will bring: I am so very grateful for…
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Americans for the Arts features San Mateo County Youth Ecopoetry Project
The Fall/Winter 2022 issue of Arts Link magazine by Americans for the Arts features the San Mateo County Youth Ecopoetry Project, along with 55 other projects at the intersection of the arts and climate change. Linda Lombardi, Managing Editor, writes, “From rising seas to hurricanes to fires, climate change impacts every corner of the world…
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Academy Fellows’ Reading in L.A.
An Afternoon of Poetry with Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellows Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, 1-3 p.m. EAGLE ROCK BRANCHLos Angeles Public Library 5027 Caspar Ave.(323) 258-8078 Spend an afternoon enjoying poetry readings and conversations with Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellows and authors Brian Sonia-Wallace, Lynne Thompson and Aileen Cassinetto. Mid-Valley Regional Branch librarian…
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American Poets
Very special thanks to Jen Benka for quoting my poem in her Letter in the Fall-Winter 2022 issue of American Poets! (My poem is part of the Laureate Fellows’ Collaborative Poem that is also featured in the issue.) This is bittersweet as Jen is transitioning out of her role as President & Executive Director of…
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Poetry in the Community
August 8, 2022, 6pm STATE OF THE NATION: POETRY IN THE COMMUNITY Eight poets laureate based in different cities around the country talk about how they represent their communities in writing, and how poets are also community organizers and activists.
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Skyline College’s Farewell to SMCPL
So much gratitude to Skyline College, the Skyline College Learning Communities, CIPHER, Puente and Kababayan for the amazing send-off last night. I couldn’t have asked for a more memorable way to end my laureateship! Out of caution, we limited the capacity and only had representatives from some of the organizations I worked with over the…
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