POETRY NEWS - NYC

New Essay: The Road Not Taken   This month marks the 100th anniversary of the publication ofRobert Frost’s iconic poem “The Road Not Taken.” Read David Orr’s essay, published exclusively on Poets.org, about the poem that Orr argues is both central to American culture and, more often than not, misunderstood by its readers. Listen to Frost read “The Road Not Taken,” recorded in 1956. Bring poetry into the classroom with our Resources for Teachers. Quraysh Ali Lansana on The Breakbeat Poets anthology. Poets Forum: Early-Bird Tickets on Sale Now   Join our Academy Chancellors for a weekend of readings, lectures, conversations, and receptions from October 8 to 10. Early-bird tickets are now available through September 15. Save 20% and have your name entered to win an additional ticket to a reading by the Academy of American Poets Chancellors. We Want to Hear from You!   Please take a moment to complete this brief survey(five minutes) about our projects and programming to help in our planning for the school year ahead. Thank you for your support and participation.  Sign Up for Teach This Poem   Produced for K-12 educators, Teach This Poem will feature one poem a week from our online poetry collection, accompanied by related interdisciplinary resources and classroom activities. This new series will be available for free via email beginning September 2, to coincide with the start of school. Sign up now! From Publishing to Promotion   The first video in our four-part series that explores the publishing process, from submitting poems to marketing your work. In this video, Jaclyn Lovell, editor in chief of LITmagazine, gives practical advice on submitting poems to literary journals.