Tag: Academy of American Poets
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Poet Laureate Fellows
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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Farewell note
Dear community partners and friends, As my laureateship ends today, I wish to thank all of you for your incredible support over the last three and a half years. With your help, I was able to accomplish what I initially set out to do which was to make poetry more accessible and amplify its role […]
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Interviews
“Dear Aileen Cassinetto 2022,” The Academy of American Poets (June 2022) “Poets Laureate Fellows Interview: Aileen Cassinetto,” The Academy of American Poets (December 2021) “Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto: ‘This is the book that ultimately decolonized me’,” San Mateo County Libraries (March 30, 2021) “Writer finds poetic justice now,” Half Moon Bay Review (June 2020) “Aileen Cassinetto // […]
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Academy Bookshop
Check out the Academy of American Poets’ Poets Laureate Fellows Bookshop. The Academy of American Poets is the nation’s leading champion of American poets and poetry. Its mission is to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. Each year, the charitable organization connects millions of […]
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Poet Laureate’s National Poetry Month 2022 Campaign
It is National Poetry Month all over San Mateo County! The County of San Mateo and cities in the county are proclaiming April as National Poetry Month upon the request of San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto. Ms. Cassinetto is also spearheading several events to celebrate poetry and the work of poets in the […]
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Speak Poetry in San Mateo County
Happy National Poetry Month! Today I launched the “Speak Poetry in San Mateo County” web archive featuring poets from San Mateo County and those with ties to the county. It is a celebration of poetry and its many roles in our shared humanity. It is also an invitation to connect and explore natural & literary […]
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Dear Poet 2022
Submission period opens in April. From The Academy of American Poets: New York, NY (January 27, 2022)— The Academy of American Poets, the originator of National Poetry Month—now a worldwide celebration—invites students in grades five through twelve to participate in Dear Poet 2022, an annual multimedia education project featuring videos of award-winning poets reading their […]
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Academy of American Poets Interview
The Academy of American Poets interview with Poet Laureate Fellow Aileen Cassinetto “A poem is an ecosystem where life happens. There’s ruthlessness, but also so much grace and so much possibility. Poetry situates us where our story connects with other stories, where we navigate bodies and language and distance and place with agency and urgency. […]
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Highlights 2019-2021
Aileen Cassinetto was appointed by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors to serve as Poet Laureate in October 2018. In January 2019, she launched her “Speak Poetry in San Mateo County” campaign in schools, city halls, the county jail, nursing facilities and local libraries. In April 2020, she curated the community poem, “Love in […]
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BREATHE
San Mateo County Youth Toward a More Sustainable Future There is a pattern we burn into the night sky, & it will not be of chemical but compassion for all that is light. Last year I woke up and the sky was tangerine, sick with smoke because we live in a world where things are […]
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