Truly amazing to see Poet Laureate Philip Levine and Poet Tracy K. Smith — who had just been awarded the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry about a week earlier — read poems on the same stage at the Knopf / Tumblr #PoetryParty at Housing Works Bookstore in NYC on April 23, 2012.
Fantastic to see the Poet Laureate Philip Levine read alongside two young, emerging poets — Saeed Jones and Karolina Manko — at the Knopf / Tumblr #PoetryParty at Housing Works Bookstore in NYC on April 23, 2012.
It truly was a Celebration of Poetry / #PoetryParty. Amazing poetry readings from four amazing poets.
Tracy K. Smith, in her first public poetry reading since being awarded the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
Poet Laureate Philip Levine.
Every year Knopf celebrates National Poetry Month through its Poem-A-Day program, highlighting an amazing poem every single day throughout the month of April. This year, we had the awesome opportunity to partner with Tumblr to create a Tumblr blog with the specific goal of celebrating poetry. We’re featuring the daily Knopf poem, but we’re also showcasing poetry submissions from the Tumblr community. So check out the Tumblr blog — Celebrate Poetry, and be sure to submit your own poem(s).
