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.
American Ace
Kirkus reviews: Nelson‘s “meticulous verse is the perfect vehicle to convey the devastating fragility of racial and familial identity in America.”
NBCCA
Terrance Hayes and Roxana Robinson nominated for the NBCCA in Poetry and Excellence in Reviewing, respectively.
Democracy Now!
Josh Fox interview with Democracy Now! on the release of his newest documentary How To Let Go of the World.
C.D. Wright
Blue Flower Arts mourns the loss of Carolyn D. Wright (1949-2016).
Chancellor
Brenda Hillman named the new Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets!