Academy of American Poets

I thought this was interesting and wanted to share:

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/30/801287517/academy-of-american-poets-receives-4-5-million-grant

"Still, poetry reading in the U.S. has skyrocketed in recent years, according to the National Endowment for the Arts' Survey of Public Participation in the Arts."

Has anyone else noticed the audience for poetry is growing?

"The $4.5 million grant is not the largest philanthropic gift to poetry. That distinction goes to Ruth Lilly who pledged an unrestricted $200 million to Chicago's Poetry Foundation in 2002. But it is believed to be the largest grant ever made by a philanthropic institution to support poets."

This is so neat, and encouraging! I had no idea.

Poetry is alive indeed, and blossoming it looks like <3

How cool is that? This makes me happy!