PoFo Newsletter 8/21/2024

Poetry Foundation Newsletter [An illustration of Geoffrey Chaucer writing. Surrounding him are branches of a family tree upon which stand various poets from different eras influenced by Chaucer.] Article Arsy-versy Argy-bargy BY Camille Ralphs If Chaucer hadn’t played so many roles in the medieval city, he likely couldn’t have written so expansively. Who else could have imagined such a motley ensemble but someone who had jostled with the many flavors of humanity? [Read More]( Inside the July/August 2024 Issue [image] [View Issue]( [arrow] [quote] May all living things be happy one day. But let them take their time. — Jessica Abughattas Article Poetry Foundation Announces the 2024 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows Congratulations, Rob Macaisa Colgate, Marissa Davis, Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras, Chandanie Somwaru, and marion eames white! Learn more about the fellows and the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship. [Read More]( [White graphic with red text 2024 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellows. It features five headshots of the young poets and a white pegasus logo.] Article Meet our Grantee-Partner: Pen Parentis Pen Parentis’s programs, both online and in-person, offer resources to writers of all genres who are also parents to help them secure inspiration, funding, accountability, stability, energy, community and the many other essentials for a successful career in creative writing. [Read More]( [Founder and executive director of Pen Parentis, MM De Voe and Carolyn Grant of the Sustainable Arts Foundation stand in front of a banner for Pen Parentis' National Writer Parent Meetup.] Prose from Poetry Magazine Family Reunion: A Personal History of Fire & Ink BY Steven G Fullwood The Fire & Ink writers festivals felt like a Black, queer wonderland for people who loved writing, editing, critiquing, promoting, or publishing books. Like many of those who attended these festivals and events, I had been in many rooms before that were exclusively Black or exclusively gay, but never both, and never lesbian, trans, bisexual, and queer all at once.... [Read More]( Poem Sampler Toi Derricotte: Selections BY L. Renée Poems by the award-winning poet, educator, and visionary cofounder. [Read More]( [Close headshot of a woman leaning her face into her palm and smiling with glasses on top of her head.] Book Review Ditch Memory BY Leonora Simonovis Todd Davis’s poems in Ditch Memory center family and community relations in connection with environmental concerns. This centering requires not only the ability to observe without judgment but also to write with “precision, mystery, and clear connection to Earth’s natural order in every poem,” as novelist David James Duncan so aptly says in the foreword. [Read More]( [C6f530fe3ffda102eb781ed9520f4be3d4295976] Featured Podcasts Poetry Off the Shelf Rise Together Perry Janes on Hollywood, ego, and trying not to break his NDA. [arrow] [Listen to Audio]( [Poetry Magazine] [Subscribe Today!]( [The Poetry Foundation on Twitter]( [The Poetry Foundation on Facebook]( [The Poetry Foundation on Instagram]( You have received this email because you submitted your email address at www.poetryfoundation.org. You may [unsubscribe]( or [change]( your newsletter subscription preferences at any time. © 2024 Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation 61 W. Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654 USA [The Poetry Foundation](