Joy Harjo, Natasha Trethewey Named AAP Chancellors

The Academy of American Poets has named Joy Harjo and Natasha Trethewey its newest chancellors, an honorary position that has been held by some of the most distinguished poets in the United States, including W. H. Auden, John AshberyElizabeth BishopLucille CliftonYusef KomunyakaaAdrienne Rich, and Mark Strand. As members of the AAP's Board of Chancellors, Harjo and Trethewey will consult with the organization on matters of artistic programming, serve as judges for the organization’s largest prizes for poets, and act as ambassadors of poetry in the world at large. The new chancellors were elected by the current members—Elizabeth AlexanderEllen BassMarilyn ChinKwame DawesForrest GanderLinda GregersonTerrance HayesBrenda HillmanMarie HoweKhaled MattawaAlicia OstrikerAlberto Ríos, and David St. John—and will be filling the seats vacated by Marilyn Nelson and Claudia Rankine, whose terms have concluded. New chancellors serve for a period of six years.

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