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THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS NEWSLETTER, March 2005

Start Your Day with a Poem
To celebrate National Poetry Month, sign up to receive a poem every day by email beginning April 1. Poems will be from new or forthcoming books of poetry published this spring. Let all your poetry comrades know about Poem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets. Sign up online <http://www.poets.org/academy/contact.cfm> .

10 Years / 10 Cities Reading SeriesFrom Boston to Los Angeles, Atlanta to Seattle, Tucson to Minneapolis, the Academy is proud to present a 10-city reading series to celebrate the 10th National Poetry Month. Gary Snyder, Jorie Graham, Heather McHugh, and Maxine Kumin are among the featured readers. Complete details about poets, dates, venues, and our literary partners can be found online <http://www.poets.org/npm/tencities.cfm> .

Thirty-One Groundbreaking Poetry Books
In March, the Academy's National Poetry Almanac <http://www.poets.org/almanac/>  featured daily essays exploring the startling and astounding books that have helped shape the American poetry landscape. Starting with Walt Whitman's 1855 landmark Leaves of Grass, the Almanac has examined collections by poets including Robert Frost, Gertrude Stein, Hart Crane, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Hayden, and John Berryman.

365 Days of Poetry: We Did It!
The end of March marks the completion of the National Poetry Almanac, a year-long project begun last April in honor of National Poetry Month. If you missed any of it, don't worry, all 365 articles will remain on Poets.org and can be read anytime. You can browse the entire Almanac and discover themes including Anthologies, Poetic Schools and M! ovements, Online Resources, Poetry and Art, Literary Landmarks, Poetry in the Movies, Forms and Techniques, Poetry for all Occasions, and Great Debates  Manifestos. [Note from Tree Swenson, Executive Director: "Kudos to our web staff who worked all year to produce the National Poetry Almanac: Nathan Hill & Robin Beth Schaer and their predecessors, Melissa Ahart & Kim Ranney. Thank you for your dedication, creativity, and humor!"]