PEN Literary Award
Congratulations to Solmaz Sharif, winner of the 2017 PEN Center Literary Award for Poetry.
Forward Prize
Congrats to Ocean Vuong, winner of the Forward Prizes Best First Collection 2017 for Night Sky with Exit Wounds!
New York Times
Check out Amber Tamblyn’s article where she speaks out on women, sexual harassment, and not being believed.
The War in Colors
Dunya Mikhail’s poem featured on the Academy of American Poets: The war / on the map / is beautiful / smart / and colorful.
The New Yorker
Review of Salvadoran-born poet Javier Zamora’s Unaccompanied: can you ever feel like you belong fully to either country?
National Book Award
Congratulations to our very own Marie Howe and Frank Bidart who are long-listed for the 2017 National Book Award for poetry.
Man Booker Prize
Congratulations to George Saunders, whose novel Lincoln in the Bardo was short listed for the 2017 Man Booker Prize!
Heinz Award
Congratulations to Natasha Trethewey, recipient of the 22nd Heinz Award for the Arts and Humanities!
WGBH News
Richard Blanco joins WGBH Boston Public Radio in a bimonthly segment to explore current events through poetry!
Bustle
Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban included on Bustle’s list of 10 Latinx Classics.