Snow Days, 'Miami Hates You,' Celebrating Black History Month, and more.

February 27, 2015

Snow Days From flurries to relentless storms, why snow makes American poetry American. BY STEPHEN BURT   'Miami Hates You' P. Scott Cunningham on launching a publishing imprint, what a Basque sport has to do with books, and why nothing in Miami is ever settled. BY KATHLEEN ROONEY   Poems to Celebrate Black History Month Poems that explore the African-American experience.   Unwelcome Visitations: On Writing ‘Dead Girl Gang Bang’ BY CATE MARVIN   POEM OF THE DAY Way Out West, by Amiri Baraka Sign up to have a poem emailed to you each day. AUDIO POEM OF THE DAY  The Name, by Gerald Stern Subscribe to the audio poem of the day podcast.

Harriet: the Blog ‘Yesterday we explained language': Reading, Hearing, and Remembering Amiri Baraka, by Lindsay Garbutt Extremo/Extreme, by Dolores Dorantes and Jen Hofer Nobody Was Writing Poetry of This World Like Philip Levine (1928–2015) Women in Tech, Represent! San Jose’s Media Poetry Studio Dream Ferguson Protestors Receive Literature Award From PEN New England More entries Recent Podcasts  Amiri Baraka is Back in the Building His poetry and legacy one year after his death More podcasts February Issue ofPoetry Elizabeth Willis, Amiri Baraka, Ange Mlinko, Sally Wen Mao, Gerard Malanga, Bianca Stone, and more. Read the issue Subscribe to Poetry Order a subscription and receive a free tote bag. Get Poetry!