The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 American Poets Prizes, which are among the most valuable and venerable poetry prizes in the United States. This year the ...

It makes sense that the Library of America, a nonprofit publisher dedicated to printing authoritative editions of America’s most significant writings, would bring out an anthology of American ...

For the first time, the Academy of American Poets will be led by a Latino: Ricardo Alberto Maldonado. Maldonado, currently the co-director of the 92NY's Unterberg Poetry Center in New York City, will ...

Now’s the time for “American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin,” Terrance Hayes’ electric, new book. In his five previous poetry collections — “Muscular Music” (1999), “Hip Logic” (2002), “Wind ...

Today The Atlantic launches “The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far),” a new editorial project that brings together the 25 most consequential poetry collections of the past 25 years, and ...

One of the few things almost everyone can agree on about contemporary American poetry is that no one can agree on much. At present, poetry is a jumbled landscape, with no single, dominant style and ...

Each April, the Academy of American Poets sponsors National Poetry Month. In recognition of Cincinnati’s extensive contributions to that genre, here is a collection of local poets who achieved ...

From poetry, dance and comedy to Arenacross and nature talks, here’s what’s going on the first week of 2026 in the Loveland ...

An editing error in the headline inverted the name of the organization Academy of American Poets. The headline has since been updated. Founded in 1934, the Academy of ...