The Prize
Selected as a Sunday Book Review Editor’s Choice, Jill Bialosky’s The Prize shows Blind Faith in the Power of Beauty.
Forward Prize
Claudia Rankine‘s Citizen wins the Forward Poetry Prize!
Conflict Resolution
“The joys and struggles of the everyday are played against the grinding politics of being human” in Joy Harjo‘s newest poetry collection.
Roll Deep
“The poems in Major Jackson‘s Roll Deep are a testament both to memory and renewal; the human ability to persevere,” reviews The Rumpus.
C.K. Williams
Blue Flower Arts mourns the loss of C.K. Williams (1936-2015).
Washington Post
“Herrera, the first Mexican American USPL, made it clear he’s bringing a new sense of wonder and drama to the position,” writes the Washington Post.
NBA Nonfiction
Tracy K Smith longlisted for the 2015 National Book Award in Nonfiction!
NBA Poetry
Marilyn Hacker, Terrance Hayes, and Rowan Ricardo Phillips all longlisted for the 2015 National Book Award in Poetry!
NPR Morning Edition
Juan Felipe Herrera tells NPR his migrant childhood was like “Living in Literature Every Day.”
Wallace Stevens
Joy Harjo is awarded the Academy of American Poets Wallace Stevens Award, which recognizes outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry.