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Rob Wynne is an artist of conviction, steadfast in his assertion that his latest installation—an "activation" with the American Art collection on the fifth floor of the Brooklyn Museum—be called FLOAT. Read Full Post

Eleanor Wilner is the 2019 recipient of the Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry presented annually by the Poetry Society of America. Previous winners of the organizations highest award include Wallace Stevens, Marianne Moore, Gwendolyn Brooks, Allen Ginsberg, Adrienne Rich, Barbara Guest, Lucille Clifton, Marilyn Nelson, Susan Howe, and, most recently, Ron Padgett. Read Full Post

For too many years, the minority language of American Sign Language—and the Deaf community that cherishes it—has been relegated to the sidelines, oppressed by the dominance of English and the hearing world. Meet the scholars and artists fighting colonialist and paternalistic attitudes by embracing—and preserving—signed poetry. Read Full Post

"We launched this series of chapbooks, selected and introduced by distinguished contemporary poets, in 2003, bringing the total of poetry debuts as of this spring to sixty," said Alice Quinn, Executive Director of the Poetry Society of America, as she discussed the PSA's Chapbook Program, which publishes each winner's work as a gorgeous chapbook, allowing new voices to reach new audiences Read Full Post

The Poetry Society of America is honored to announce that Ntozake Shange has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the Shelley Memorial Award by Dorianne Laux and Harryette Mullen. Read Full Post