Wednesday, April 20, 7pm: Donnelly, Nezhukumatathil, Waldman & American Poet issue 40!

I'm excited to announce that American Poet issue 40 is hot off the press!

Come celebrate with me and hear readings by the fabulous Timothy Donnelly, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, & Anne Waldman at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, Wednesday, April 20, at 7pm. Grab a free copy of American Poet and be sure to buy a coffee or a beer from the cafe (and perhaps a used book from the shelves!) All Housing Works proceeds go towards the fight against AIDS and homelessness.

This issue of American Poet, the journal of the Academy of American Poets, features essays by Sharon Dolin, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, & Marilyn Hacker among others, and includes poems by Galway Kinnell, Khaled Mattawa, Mark Doty, Jean Valentine, Yusef Komunyakaa, Laura Mullen, Juan Felipe Herrera, Rosmarie Waldrop, Timothy Donnelly, Anne Waldman, Adrienne Rich, Evie Shockley and many others.

All are welcome! See you there!

Switchback Books is now open to submissions for the 2011 Gatewood Prize!

The Gatewood Prize is Switchback Books' annual competition for a first or second full-length (48-80 pp.) collection of poems by a woman writing in the English language. It is named after Emma Gatewood, the first woman to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail.

2011 JUDGE: Harryette Mullen

READING PERIOD: April 1-June 1, 2011

HARRYETTE MULLEN's most recent books are Recyclopedia (Graywolf Press, 2006) and Sleeping with the Dictionary (University of California Press, 2002), a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Mullen was the 2009 recipient of the Academy of American Poets' Fellowship Award. She teaches African American literature and creative writing in the English Department at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Hanna Andrews & Becca Klaver, Editors

Whitney Holmes, Managing Editor

Dolly Lemke, Assistant Editor

Brandi Homan, Board President