New York Times
Valzhyna Mort’s stunning new collection Music for the Dead and Resurrected included in The Best Poetry of 2020.
Bobbitt Prize
Congratulations to Natasha Trethewey and Terrance Hayes, recipients of the 2020 Bobbitt National Prize for Lifetime Achievement & Poetry.
New York Times
Claudia Rankine’s Just Us and Natasha Trethewey’s Memorial Drive included on 100 Notable Books of 2020.
Washington Post
During a pandemic, the medical profession turns to Greek tragedy through Bryan Doerries’ Theater of War project — to heal.
The Guardian
Mahogany L Browne on what Kamala Harris means to her: “I need to believe you can help change the justice system.”
The New Yorker
Read how Saidiya Hartman retells the history of Black life through her provocative writing.
The New Yorker
Review of Claudia Rankine’s Just Us: the ache isn’t that Rankine attempts too much but that she gets free of too little.
Acad Am Poets
Rajiv Mohabir wins the 2020 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award judged this year by Daniel Borzutzky.
Vogue
Read Claudia Rankine’s interview with Lizzo on Hope, Justice, and the Election.
Kirkus Prize
Congratulations to Elizabeth Acevedo and Aimee Nezhukumatathil whose 2020 titles were listed among this year’s Kirkus Prize finalists.