Join the Academy of American Poets for a benefit cocktail reception, followed by a reading featuring Academy Chancellors and the 2024 winners of the Academy Fellowship and Wallace Stevens Award, in celebration of our ninetieth year.
This special evening will feature readings by Chancellors Jericho Brown, Natalie Diaz, Nikky Finney, Carolyn Forché, Kimiko Hahn, Joy Harjo, Ed Roberson, Tracy K. Smith, Patricia Smith, Natasha Trethewey, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Kevin Young.
Your participation is critical to raising much-needed funds that sustain the Academy's offerings to poets, readers, teachers, and students all over the nation. As a supporter, you will help make our event a singular success while signaling your belief in the vital art of poetry for the next ninety years.
Please reply by October 8th to be listed in the evening’s program.