Tag: Academy of American Poets
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Op-ed: State of poetry in the county
April is National Poetry Month. To raise awareness of the many roles poetry plays in our daily life, I’ve launched a campaign in January petitioning our county and cities here to issue an official proclamation in support of National Poetry Month. As of this writing, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, and the mayors…
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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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SMCPL Calendar 2022
June 30, 2022, 5:30pm-8:30pm Skyline College Summer of Poetry & Farewell to San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto, at the Farallon Room. June 28, 2022, 9am Final San Mateo County Poet Laureate Reading at San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Meeting June 25, 2022, 3pm Daly City Public Library Farewell to San Mateo County…
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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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BREATHE, an Official Selection in the Nature & Culture Poetry Film Festival in Copenhagen
BREATHE is an Official Selection in the Nature & Culture – Poetry Film Festival and will be screened at Kulturhuset Islands Brygge Cultural Center (Denmark) on November 21st & 28th! SMC youth’s crowdsourced poem, “Breathe,” will also be included in an anthology forthcoming from Poetic Phonotheque, Copenhagen. “Breathe” features work by Cassandra Bousquet, Chloe Chou,…
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June 2021 to June 2022: Youth Ecopoetry Project
UPDATE: The San Mateo County Youth Ecopoetry Project culminated on June 30, 2022 with the filmed roundtable, “The Future Is Poetry,” which was an official selection in the Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions. A shorter version of the recording was featured in the Nature & Culture Poetry Film Festival at Kulturhuset Islands Brygge Cultural Center in Copenhagen.…
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Youth Climate Ambassadors
The San Mateo County Office of Sustainability and San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto present a youth ecopoetry workshop at the Youth Climate Ambassadors Summer Retreat. *With Keynote Address & Workshop by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto and National Youth Poet Laureate Alexandra Huynh (This ecopoetry workshop, organized by San Mateo…
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23 poets laureate, including San Mateo County woman, receive grants of up to $50,000
New York, NY (June 3, 2021)— The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce its 2021 Poets Laureate Fellows. These 23 individuals serve as Poets Laureate of states and cities across the U. S. and will be leading public poetry programs in their respective communities in the year ahead. The Fellows will each receive…
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2021 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellows
“23 poets laureate, including San Mateo County woman, receive grants of up to $50,000,” San Mateo Daily Journal (June 3, 2021) “23 writers nationwide will serve as Poets Laureate Fellows,” Associated Press (June 3, 2021) “The Academy of American Poets Awards $1.1 Million to 23 Poets Laureate Across the Country,” poets.org (June 3, 2021) “Poets…
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National Youth Poet Laureate
2021 National Youth Poet Laureate Virtual Ceremony May 20 Judges for this year’s National Youth Poet Laureate finals include Juan Felipe Herrera, former U.S. Poet Laureate; Nikay Parades, Senior Programs Manager, Academy of American Poets; Rob Caper, Poetry Director, Library of Congress; Dr. Yolanda Sealy-Ruiz, poet and professor at Columbia University; SJ Miller, Associate Professor…
Aileen Cassinetto 