Poetry Foundation Newsletter: September 11, 2024

Poetry Foundation Newsletter [White graphic with a stylized pegasus wing in red, black and gray with text 2023 Pegasus Awards and the names of the four winners.] Foundation News Poetry Foundation Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Pegasus Awards and Announces 2024 Recipients Congratulations to Li-Young Lee, Jen Benka, Elizabeth Sarah Coles, and Carole Boston Weatherford! [Read More]( Poem Guide Ariana Brown: “A Division of Gods” BY Remica Bingham-Risher The speaker in Ariana Brown’s “A Division of Gods” excavates hard truths of identity and colonization while exploring a religious relic that time has turned into a tourist attraction. [Read More]( [“No History is Interchangeable,” 2023, palimpsest on papel de china.] Inside the September 2024 Issue [image] [View Issue]( [arrow] [quote] I did not know how beautiful we are! — Mei-mei Berssenbrugge Prose from Poetry Magazine Editor’s Note, September 2024 BY Adrian Matejka Gwendolyn Brooks and Nicolás Guillén, along with many of the other poets in this issue, inspired me to rethink the poet’s relationship to place. Sometimes poets are cataloguers of their block, roll-calling neighbors and friends in verse like a guest list for a function. Other times, we’re responsible for affirming the larger politics of home, witnessing within our respective radiuses. [Headshot of Adrian Matejka] [Read More]( Foundation News Poetry Out Loud to Celebrate 20th Anniversary During 2024-2025 School Year The 2024-2025 school year marks the 20th anniversary of Poetry Out Loud®, an arts education program and dynamic poetry recitation competition for high school students that lifts poetry off the page, creating community and connection. Schools and organizations are encouraged to contact their Poetry Out Loud state coordinator to get involved in this year’s competition. [Read More]( [Three smiling adults in front of a blue wall and banner with confetti blowing down. The young woman in the center is holding a clear glass trophy.] Program Murmuring Americas: Fall 2024 Season The Poetry Foundation’s fall events listen for murmuring voices of the Americas against the backbeat of the United States election cycle. Our season theme Murmuring Americas riffs on the title of a new book by Chicago poet Daniel Borzutzky (featured in a program in October): The Murmuring Grief of the Americas. [Read More]( [Program Slides 1] Book Review The Murmuring Grief of the Americas by Daniel Borzutzky Reviewed BY Leonora Simonovis In this compelling and riveting collection, Daniel Borzutzky exposes the harsh realities of current economic crises, social unrest, repressive immigration policies, and systematized bureaucracy, not just in the United States but throughout the Americas. [Read More]( [Murmuring Grief 1] Featured Podcasts Poetry Off the Shelf Fool’s Errand Idra Novey on exile, stereotypes, and making art the center of your life. [arrow] [Listen to Audio]( [Poetry Magazine] Subscribe Today! [The Poetry Foundation on Twitter]( [The Poetry Foundation on Facebook]( [The Poetry Foundation on Instagram]( You have received this email because you submitted your email address at www.poetryfoundation.org. You may [unsubscribe]( or [change]( your newsletter subscription preferences at any time. © 2024 Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation 61 W. Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654 USA [The Poetry Foundation](