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	The Academy of American Poets joins the literary community in mourning the passing of Jason Shinder.


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	A Family of Poems Caroline Kennedy shares the poems she and her family loves best in this moving introduction to the world of poetry. More about this item > Browse the Store >


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	NEW POEMS, BIOS & ESSAYS

	Jorie Graham: audio & interview Poems About Poetry: Ars Poetica ABCs: Rock & Roll and Poetry Alexander Pope: bio and poems Lord Byron: bio and epic excerpts Notes on Ekphrasis by Alfred Corn Mary Jo Bang in Conversation Li-Young Lee in Conversation Dante: bio and selected cantos Poems about the Underworld


	THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS

	Spotlight Poet Octavio Paz A Nobel Prize-winning poet, Paz was born in Mexico City. His literary mentors included Pablo Neruda, and he served as Mexico's ambassador to India in the 1960s. Spotlight Poem Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins I ask them to take a poem / and hold it up to the light / like a color slide... Spotlight Audio Reminder by Michael Ryan Spotlight Essay Mutable Boundaries: On Prose Poetry by Karen Volkman Historically, the prose poem dates back over 150 years, but its popularity among American poets is a recent development.


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