Dear Fans of The Writer's Almanac It’s April, National Poetry Month, and we hope you’ll celebrate by supporting The Writer’s Almanac. Your donation will help us to continue producing the program through December, maybe beyond that. It is your contribution that helps cover our program expenses including poetry permissions, research, and audio recordings. Being shuttered into our homes for a good part of 2021, we received so many notes of thanks for that daily podcast and newsletter. It brought a sense of peaceful stability during an unknown time. During 2021, we began highlighting poets reading their own work on our TWA Facebook page. We have been able to feature some new and diverse poets. Consider checking that out. After many inquiries about thank-you gifts, here’s ours: if you Donate $100 during April, you’ll receive a Pop Socket for your phone, which is the most popular way to listen to the daily podcast. Donations of any amount will receive a discount code for 25% off any items in our online store. To DONATE Thank you so much for listening! The staff of The Writer's Almanac Facebook video examples: Natasha Trethewey Today we celebrate the birthday of award-winning poet and former Poet Laureate of the United States, Natasha Trethewey. Maya Angelou Today we celebrate the life of Maya Angelou, a woman with a depth of life experience. She was a singer, dancer, composer and director but became most famous as a poet, storyteller and activist. Listen to "We Wear a Mask" >>> Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® |