Academy of American Poets

Type: Organization

Name: Academy of American Poets

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Lincoln School Students In Caldwell Share Love Of Poetry

0 commentsCaldwell – Students and teachers at Lincoln Elementary celebrated an unusual holiday in April, their second annual Poem in My Pocket Day.Part of National Poetry Month, the idea for the day was simple: students and teachers wore a pocket around ... [Published The Progress - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: National Poetry Month, Academy of American Poets, Tennessee Williams

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

Connecticut College

Local residents win achievement awards at Connecticut College

Two local residents received student achievement awards at the annual Honors & Awards ceremony at Connecticut College on May 8.Norwich resident Yumi Kovic, junior, chemistry major, was awarded the Jean V. Johnston Prize for contributing the most to the ... [Published Norwich Bulletin - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Connecticut College, Academy of American Poets, Norwich Free Academy

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

Tumblr Inc

A Teenage Emily Dickinson's Careful Collection of Dried Flowers

The Vault is Slate 's new history blog. Like us on Facebook ; follow us on Twitter @slatevault ; find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here .These are pages from Emily Dickinson’s herbarium, or homemade book of pressed ... [Published Slate Magazine - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Emily Dickinson, Academy of American Poets, Tumblr Inc, Harvard University

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

National Poetry Month

With a Poem in Their Pockets, Lincoln School Students Celebrate Poetry Month

Students and teachers at Lincoln Elementary School celebrated an unusual holiday last month — their second annual Poem in My Pocket Day.Part of National Poetry Month, the idea for the day was simple: students and teachers wore a pocket around their necks ... [Published Caldwells Patch - May 31 2013]

Entities: National Poetry Month, Academy of American Poets, Tennessee Williams

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

Poetry’s Appeal | Library Journal’s Day of Dialog

LJ ’s first-ever poetry panel at Day of Dialog tackled engaging readers—by encouraging reading aloud and by making poetry accessible, not intimidating. Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky, Poets House ‘s Reggie Harris (Poetry in the Branches), Academy ... [Published Library Journal - May 31 2013]

Entities: Robert Pinsky, Jill Bialosky, Reggie Harris

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Storytelling festival carries on important tradition

McCook Daily GazetteIt's all about the story.From the earliest conversations around a cave campfire to a Tweet distributed by fiber optic cable, humans have sought to communicate stories, stories that are true, embellished, completely fictional or a mix ... [Published McCook Gazette - May 29 2013]

Entities: Steve Hanson, Matt Mason, National Poetry Slam, Bureau of International Information Programs

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Copper Canyon Press

Jean Valentine, Michael Waters, & Jane Mead Poetry Reading

Location: Drew University36 Madison Ave, Madison, NJ When:June 22, 2013Time: 7:00 pmJean Valentine was the State Poet of New York from 2008-2010. She won the Yale Younger Poets Award for her first book, Dream Barker, in 1965. Her eleventh book of ... [Published Madison Patch - May 24 2013]

Entities: Jean Valentine, Madison (Illinois, United States), Copper Canyon Press, Alice James

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Aracelis Girmay, Ellen Doré Watson & Sean Nevin Poetry Reading

Location: Drew University36 Madison Ave, Madison, NJ When:June 25, 2013Time: 7:00 pmAracelis Girmay is the author of Teeth, published by Curbstone Press in 2007, for which she was awarded a GLCA New Writers Award. Her collage-based book, changing, ... [Published Madison Patch - May 24 2013]

Entities: Adélia Prado, Tupelo, Academy of American Poets, Drew University, National Endowment for the Arts

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Logan City proclaims May 28 as May Swenson Day

Photo courtesy of Utah State University Department of EnglishPosted: Thursday, May 23, 2013 6:00 am Jennie Christensen cachevalleydaily.com | 0 commentsTuesday, May 28 has been proclaimed "May Swenson Day" by Logan Mayor Randy Watts. The mayor signed ... [Published Cache Valley Daily - May 23 2013]

Entities: May Swenson, Utah State University, Academy of American Poets

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Penns Grove Rotary hosts Poem in My Pocket Day

Poem in My Pocket Day started in New York City in 2002 and went national in 2008 through the Academy of American Poets (AAP). According to the AAP website, people throughout the United States select a poem, carry it with them, and share it with others ... [Published New Jersey Online - May 23 2013]

Entities: Penns Grove (United States), Stephen Fox, Academy of American Poets, Robert Frost

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Academy of American Poets Award

In this year's Academy of American Poets contest, Cal Poly Wine and Viticulture major Madeline Mori was chosen by well-known Los Angeles poet Suzanne Lummis as the winner of the $100 grand prize. Mori's poem... ... [Published Examiner.com - May 22 2013]

Entities: Academy of American Poets, Suzanne Lummis, Los Angeles

First reported Apr 02 2013 - Updated Apr 02 2013 - 1 reports

Poem! Poem!: Everyday exposure to poetry brings joy and learning | Editorial

The world's largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teensIJohn, now in kindergarten, has some lines memorized—the opening of Joyce Kilmer’s “Trees” is a favorite (“I think that I shall never see/A poem lovely as a tree”). ... [Published School Library Journal - Apr 02 2013]

Entities: Joyce Kilmer, Academy of American Poets, Tim Wood, National Poetry Month, Symmetry

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Billboard Magazine called Brad Colerick, "...one of a Baker's Dozen of acts to watch in the folk community around the world." His CDs have landed in the top 5 of the Folk DJ and Euro-Americana charts...

Storytelling festival carries on important tradition [Published McCook Gazette - May 29 2013]

"We don’t have too many citizens from Logan who have received the national prominence that May Swenson has as a writer," Daines said. "Certainly she had many literary gifts so we thought that was appropriate."

Logan City proclaims May 28 as May Swenson Day [Published Cache Valley Daily - May 23 2013]

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