The Academy of American PoetsA poetry book club founded in 1934 to support American poets and foster an appreciation of poetry. www.poets.org/ has announced the recipients of its inaugural Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowships. The fellowships will award 13 poets who serve as poets laureate of states, cities, and counties across the U.S. with a combined $1,050,000 in "recognition of their literary merit and to support civic programs, which will take place over the next twelve months."