April is National Poetry Month

Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April, when schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets throughout the United States band together to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture.

Literary events around town in April:

• National Poetry Month on Social Media
  #NPM14
  On Twitter, April 1-30, 2014 
• Cracked Walnut Literary Festival
  Poetry, fiction, essays by local writers
  Various locations in Twin Cities, April 2-30, 2014 
• Minnesota Book Awards Gala
  Honoring best books published in 2013
  St. Paul Union Depot, April 5, 2014 
• Poetry Translation Project
  Poets and artists
  St. Catherine University, April 7-20, 2014 
• Poetry Event @ Valley Bookseller
  Stillwater, April 14, 2014 
• Poem in Your Pocket Day
  Share poems with friends and strangers (use #pocketpoem on Twitter to share poetry)
  Everywhere, April 24, 2014