18th Annual Poetry & the Creative Mind
April 29, 2021
Academy of American Poets and Honorary Event Co-Chairs Meryl Streep and Rose Styron host a first-ever virtual gala, celebrating the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month.
Featuring:
Meryl Streep (Event Chair)
with
Elizabeth Alexander (Master of Ceremonies)
Lauren Ambrose
John Darnielle
Terrance Hayes
Regina King
Delroy Lindo
Samin Nosrat
Sandra Oh
Jason Reynolds
Sarah Sze
And with special appearances by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo and the Academy of American Poets Education Ambassador Richard Blanco.
Jonathan Galassi, President of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, was presented with the 2021 Leadership Award in recognition of his important role in establishing National Poetry Month, now in its 25th year.
Proceeds support the Academy of American Poets K–12 Education Program, providing free resources for tens of thousands of teachers each year.
2021 Producers Circle
Executive Produced by
John Blondel and Carol Rossetto
William Campbell and Christine Wächter-Campbell
Timothy and Ruth Carey
Patricia Grodd and Michael Stone
Penn and Diane Holsenbeck
John and Susan Jackson
Hon. Thomas H. Kean
Donald Kent and Frank Cassaniti, Bernstein Private Wealth
Tess O'Dwyer
Eunice Panetta
Andrew Schiff and Alexandra Wolfe Schiff
William Zabel and Deborah Miller Zabel
Produced by
Priscilla Bender
Elisabeth Carter
Alexandra Jackson
Michael Jacobs and Sheridan Hay
Camille Lannan and Yury Gitman
Bruno Navasky and Melissa Ozawa
Eric Rayman
Maurice Tempelsman
Publishers Circle
ABRAMS
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Penguin Random House
W. W. Norton and Co.
Honorary Event Co-chairs
Meryl Streep
Rose Styron
List information. Last updated April 27, 2021
with additional support from
Jim and J'Ann Allen, Linette Marie Allen, Luis Alberto Ambroggio, Virginia Anderson, Anonymous, Gail Evelyn Apgar, Stephen Avery, Susan Vartanian Barba, Liza and William Bennett, Michael A. Boyd, Ciara Burnham, Timothy Calaway, Lucinda Johnson Clark, Joyce Coleman, Walt Cooper, Georgia Court, Carter M. Cramer, Ellen and Pierre de Saint Phalle, Michelle Despres, Margaret H. Douglas-Hamilton, Mary Jo D. Eagen, David Egger, Kathryn Fleming, Patricia Fontaine, Linda Nemec Foster, Jonathan Fried, Jill Gerson Parker, Marian Godfrey, Peter and Cathy Halstead, David Hariton, Rayna M. Harman, Bob Hass, Helen Houghton, Kake Huck, Kristin Jautz, Ian Kennedy, Mary-Ellen Kreher, Nils Larsen, Barbara Lee and Alston Gardner, Dr. Tom Madden, Jessica and Paul Maich, Susan E. Master, Peter Mennella, Kenneth W. Moore, Robert W. Newcomb, Pastor Amy Nyman, Tess O'Dwyer, Judith Overmier, KJ Page, Jan Madeleine Paynter, Gerald Richards, Jill Delano Ridder, Elda Rotor, Carlene Sawyer, Tim Schaffner, Jacqueline Schiff, Cynthia J. Schumacher, John Shannon and Jan Serr, Marte Singerman, Darcy Smith, Elizabeth Sobol, Valerie Sopher, Lynne Stebbins, Matthew T. Stone, Landey Strongin, Rose Styron, Carlos Toomer, Patricia Traxler, Dawn Tripp, Seymour Ubell and Marsha Tosk, Elizabeth Wade and Colin Rafferty, Arete Warren, Mel and Cindy Yoken, and Holly Ulmer York
Support for Poetry & the Creative Mind is tax-deductible, less the value of benefits received.
proceeds support national poetry month
The Academy of American Poets Education Program provides tens of thousands of educators with free resources each year, helping bring poetry into the classroom during National Poetry Month and beyond.
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