Manual Cinema, Poetry and the Environment, and More

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( to view it in your browser. [Newsletter Banner]   April 20, 2018 [Share on Twitter]( [Share on Facebook]( [Forward to a Friend]( [Screen Shot from the Manual Cinema Video]( Video [Poem (I lived in the first century of world wars)]( In this startling animation of Muriel Rukeyser’s “Poem (I lived in the first century of world wars),” two lives unfold in split screen. [Image of Hieu Minh-Nguyen]( Interview [Haunted by Survival]( Hieu Minh Nguyen on vulnerability, whiteness, and why he loves the Midwest. By Amy Lam [Illustration of animals in a forest.]( collection [Poetry and the Environment]( Recent poetic approaches to the natural world and ecology. [Illustration of the poet Maya Angelou.]( Poem Sampler [Maya Angelou 101]( A brief guide to her poetry. By The Editors [VS]( Audio [Britteney Black Rose Kapri vs. Black Queer Hoetics]( Britteney Black Rose Kapri joins Danez and Franny for a hoot of a podcast, in which the squad breaks down Hoe Poetics, the joys and challenges of mentorship, and much, much more. Britteney’s upcoming book Black Queer Hoe, featuring a foreword by Danez, is dropping September 4th, and is available for preorder now. [Listen to audio version]( Listen [Unmade bed with shaded window.]( Featured Blogger [Sleeping With Poetry]( Hai-Dang Phan discusses the pleasure of reading poetry out loud to a loved one. By Hai-Dang Phan Word: Collected Poetry Videos Video [Untitled]( Filmed on location at East Side Community High School Manhattan, this moving film follows author Makayla Posley as she confronts the dehumanization of inequality and the school-to-prison pipeline. [Watch video }}]( Watch Video [band-aids & other temporary healings]( Filmed on location at Kenkeleba House Garden in the East Village, this poignant film contemplates how poetry can entrap, rather than release, past traumas and hardships. [Watch video }}]( Watch Video [Rule #1]( In this moving meditation, author Esther Aloba contemplates sexuality, queerness, loss, and resilience in the aftermath of a relationship. [Watch video }}]( Watch Video [From the Inside]( Filmed on location at Sister’s Uptown Bookstore in Harlem, this moving meditation reveals the tangled strands of personal identity that emerge from literature and repetitive thought patterns. [Watch video }}]( Watch   [More Videos]( Subscribe [Image of POETRY issue covers. ]( [Get Poetry]( [The Poetry Foundation]( [The Poetry Foundation on Twitter]( [The Poetry Foundation on Facebook]( [The Poetry Foundation on Instagram]( [The Poetry Foundation on Tumblr](   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. © 2018 Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation 61 W. Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654 USA #