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.
Lenore Marshall
Kevin Young won the Academy of American Poets Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for the most outstanding book of poetry published in 2014.
Fellowship
Marie Howe received the Academy of American Poets Fellowship for her distinguished poetic achievement.
Learning to Drive
Katha Pollitt’s essay Learning to Drive now a feature film starring Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley.
BBC Culture
Joy Harjo‘s and Juan Felipe Herrera‘s newest poetry collections selected for the Ten Books to Read in September.
Tony Hoagland
In Tony Hoagland‘s Application for Release from the Dream, “he reminds us that even when dreams are dashed, joy sometimes interferes.”