Poets.org: First Book Contest, Summer Flings, Essays on Teaching & More

	September 2010 Forward to a friend Follow us on Facebook Follow on Twitter From our sponsors:		New on Poets.org Submit Online: Fanny Howe to Judge First Book Contest Eat, Pray, Love?: Five Poets' Summer Flings Poets on Teaching: Eight Essays Poetry from the Rooftops: Newly Added Recordings King of the Beats: Jack Kerouac Poets Forum: Discount Extended In Memoriam: George Hitchcock Submit Online: Fanny Howe to Judge First Book Contest Fanny Howe will judge the 2011 Walt Whitman Award, which includes publication of the poet's first book and a cash prize of $5,000 to an American who has never before published a book of poetry. Take note of new guidelines for online and mail submissions, or browse the work of previous recipients of the award. On the web at: www.poets.org/whitman Eat, Pray, Love?: Five Poets' Summer Flings We asked five poets to look back and tell us what they fell in love with this summer. Read K. Silem Mohammad on his summer with Kant and Buffy, G. C. Waldrep on Welsh architecture, Gabrielle Calvocoressi on love and the perfect Italian espresso, Hoa Nguyen on Jung and dreamlife, and Charles Bernstein's recipe for "Summer Flunge." On the web at: www.poets.org/flings What did you fall for on your vacation? Leave us a note on Facebook to join the conversation! Poets on Teaching: Eight Essays on "Teaching, too, is a calling," writes Joshua Marie Wilkinson in his introduction to Poets on Teaching: A Sourcebook. This collection brings together 99 reflections, exercises, and talks on what it means to be both a poet and a teacher. Read a selection of eight essays on the pedagogy of poetry by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Juliana Spahr, Eleni Sikélianòs, Ron Silliman, Matthew Zapruder and others. On the web at: www.poets.org/onteaching Poetry from the Rooftops: Newly Added Recordings If you weren't able to join us in New York City for our summer reading series, you can still listen to audio highlights from each of these rooftop events. Check out newly added recordings by Ken Chen, Terrance Hayes, Dorothea Lasky, Catie Rosemurgy, Monica Youn, and others. On the web at: www.poets.org/audio King of the Beats: Jack Kerouac "The rhythm of how you 'rush' yr statement determines the rhythm of the poem, whether it is a poem in verse-separated lines, or an endless one-line poem called prose." In addition to writing On the Road and other Beat classics, Jack Kerouac also wrote some of the most essential poetry of the movement. Read his biography, along with five poems, all newly added to Poets.org. On the web at: www.poets.org/jkero Poets Forum Discount Extended The deadline to purchase discounted All-Events passes to the 2010 Poets Forum in New York City has been extended to September 30. On the web at: www.poets.org/poetsforum In Memoriam: George Hitchcock "Poet and editor George Hitchcock, who died August 27 in Eugene, Oregon, at age 96, always seemed larger than life," writes Robert McDowell. "As an editor of the literary magazine Kayak, and the poetry press of the same name, George Hitchcock changed American poetry." Read the full remembrance, along with poems by Hitchcock and McDowell. On the web at: www.poets.org/hitchcock Thanks for being a part of the Poets.org community. Please sign in to subscribe to other Poets.org newsletters, change your email address or unsubscribe from this list at any time. Poets.org is a free program of the Academy of American Poets. Consider making a donation in support of public poetry resources. Academy of American Poets 584 Broadway, Suite 604 New York, NY 10012 212-274-0343 academy@poets.org