The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce twelve new Poem-a-Day guest editors who will each curate a month of poems in 2022. The guest editors are all award-winning poets who represent wide-ranging editorial perspectives and live in eight different states across the country. 

The twelve guest editors are:

January: Joseph O. Legaspi 

February: John Murillo

March: Brenda Shaughnessy 

April (National Poetry Month): Naomi Shihab Nye 

May: Brandy Nālani McDougall

June: Jos Charles

July: Erica Hunt

August: Donika Kelly

September: Cynthia Hogue

October: Marcelo Hernandez Castillo 

November: Jake Skeets 

December: Arthur Sze

Read the full press release.