New York Times
Read Maggie Smith’s latest poem “Bride”: “I know the kind of wife/I need and I become her.”
NAACP
Jericho Brown included among the nominees announced for the 51st NAACP Image Awards for literary works in poetry.
Art Forum
Jericho Brown included among 2020 United States Artists Fellows alongside the likes of Hanif Abdurraqib and Edwidge Danticat.
Children of the Land
Congratulations to Marcelo Hernandez Castillo on the publication of his memoir Children of the Land!
Méndez Book Award
Carolyn Forché’s memoir of resistance wins 2019 Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights.
NPR
Peruse NPR’s Favorite Books of 2019 including Tina Chang, Saidiya Hartman, Elizabeth Acevedo, Carolyn Forche, Joy Harjo, Jericho Brown, Bernardine Evaristo.
LitHub
Terrance Hayes, Dawn Lundy Martin, Claudia Rankine, Tracy K. Smith, and Natasha Trethewey included in 10 Best Poetry Collections of the Decade.
LitHub
Eula Biss’s On Immunity included in LitHub’s 10 Best Essay Collections of the Decade.
TIME
Jericho Brown’s The Tradition and Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other included on list of 100 Must-Read Books of 2019.
LitHub
Meet the finalists for this week’s National Book Awards, including Jericho Brown and Carolyn Forche!