LA Times Book Prize
Jorie Graham wins the LA Times Book Prize Awards in Poetry for From the New World.
Guggenheim
Congratulations Jericho Brown, Stephen Burt, and Brian Turner all awarded 2016 Guggenheim Fellowships for Poetry.
Heaven
Rowan Ricardo Phillips wins the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for poetry recognizing contributions to cultural diversity.
The Writer’s Almanac
Ted Kooser interviewed by The Writer’s Almanac in honor of National Poetry Month.
AWP
Come visit Blue Flower Art’s Literary Salon at Booth 812 during AWP!
Robert Kirsch Award
Juan Felipe Herrera presented the Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement at the 36th L.A. Times Book Prizes.
Blue Laws
Harper’s: “Young‘s book tells a story about how history has been written on African-American bodies, and imagines the voices that have spoken back.”
Poetry Daily
George Bilgere‘s poem “The Forge” featured in Poetry Daily.
Kevin Young Review
Flavorwire: “Blue Laws feels like an extract from a lost American hymnal, one that contains all heaven’s news, good or bad.”
The New Yorker
George Saunders interview with The New Yorker on authorial bullying, parenting, and consciousness after death.