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Poetry Foundation

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The Poetry Foundation transforms lives through the power of words. Publisher of POETRY magazine. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/

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Author Richie Hofmann reflects on how we're stewards of language in our video series, "Where I Write." Learn more about Richie Hofmann: https://bit.ly/4cWsoh8 Video produced by Three Story Media.

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Author Richie Hofmann describes how writing is a physical process in our video series, "Where I Write." Learn more about Richie Hofmann: https://bit.ly/4cWsoh8 Video produced by Three Story Media.

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Author Richie Hofmann imagines who else has written at his early French Third Republic desk across centuries in our video series, "Where I Write." Learn more about Richie Hofmann: https://bit.ly/4cWsoh8 Video produced by Three Story Media.

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Author Richie Hofmann imagines who else has written at his early French Third Republic desk across centuries in our video series, "Where I Write." Learn more about Richie Hofmann: https://bit.ly/4cWsoh8 Video produced by Three Story Media.

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Author Richie Hofmann discusses how writing poetry is engaging with a larger history in our video series, "Where I Write." Learn more about Richie Hofmann: https://bit.ly/4cWsoh8 Video produced by Three Story Media.

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Author Richie Hofmann introduces the objects and places that collapse time and drive him to make new art in our video series, "Where I Write." Learn more about Richie Hofmann: https://bit.ly/4cWsoh8

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2025 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize recipient, Rigoberto González, reads his poem "Cicadas." Explore more of González's poems: https://bit.ly/4uQYmDs Video produced by 5:00 Films & Media 📹

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Author Erika L. Sánchez develops characters, builds a family tree, and writes plot points for a novel in the space where she can be "her weirdest self" in the Poetry Foundation's series, "Where I Write." Learn more about Sánchez: https://bit.ly/4vql5H0 Video produced by Three Story Media 📹

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Writer John Keene reads and reflects on the poem "Gila" by Rigoberto González. Explore more of González's poems: https://bit.ly/4uQYmDs Video produced by 5:00 Films & Media. 📹

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Writer Erika L. Sánchez, who you may recognize from our series "Where I Write," reads and reflects on a poem by Rigoberto González from his collection BOOK OF RUIN. Explore more of González's poems: https://bit.ly/4u3IxIq Video produced by 5:00 Films & Media. 📹

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Author Erika L. Sánchez explains how ancestral wisdom grounds her in creativity and resistance in the Poetry Foundation's series, "Where I Write." Learn more about Erika L. Sánchez: https://bit.ly/4vql5H0 Video produced by Three Story Media.

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Author Erika L. Sánchez shares why rage can be helpful and how her writing space is a dream come true in the Poetry Foundation's series, "Where I Write." Video produced by Three Story Media. 📹

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Cheswayo Mphanza reflects on the poem "Taking Possession" by Rigoberto González. Throughout April, we're sharing videos of the 2025 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize recipient and writers reading his poetry. Explore more of González's poems: https://bit.ly/4uQYmDs Video produced by 5:00 Films & Media. 📹

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Have you checked out the Poetry Foundation's new visual experience, BOLD TYPE? CAConrad's poem “First Light” fills the gallery wall as a large-scale poetic design—inviting visitors to look, linger, and reflect. Learn more and plan your visit: https://bit.ly/4c3vTTB

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Author Erika L. Sánchez shares why her writing space represents the freedom she always wanted in the Poetry Foundation's series, "Where I Write." Learn more about Erika L. Sánchez: https://bit.ly/4vql5H0 Video produced by Three Story Media.

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Writer and educator Diego Baez reads and reflects on "things that shine in the night" by 2025 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize recipient Rigoberto González. Throughout April, we're sharing videos of González's poetry. Explore more of his poems: https://bit.ly/4uQYmDs Video by 5:00 Films & Media 📹

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Author Erika L. Sánchez introduces us to her writing sanctuary in our new video series, "Where I Write." Learn more about Erika L. Sánchez: https://bit.ly/4vql5H0

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For this issue dedicated to first-time contributors, I wanted to evoke the freshness & excitement of a beginning. I started with POETRY's established grid as a foundation, treating it as a framework to build within rather than a boundary to remain inside. —April POETRY cover artist, Sebastian Pren

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One way we're celebrating Poetry Month is by revisiting poems by 2025 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize recipient, Rigoberto González! Explore more of González's poems: https://bit.ly/4uQYmDs Video produced by 5:00 Films & Media 📹

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