Forward Prize
Paul Muldoon and Claudia Rankine both shortlisted for the 2015 Forward Prize for Best Collection.
NYT Magazine
Read Claudia Rankine‘s powerful article ‘The Condition of Black Life Is One of Mourning.’
Oxford Professor
Simon Armitage chosen as Oxford’s Professor of Poetry, second only in prestige to the poet laureate according to The Guardian.
Village Voice
Aja Monet uses poetry as a tool to protest violence and racial injustice, as reported by the Village Voice.
Bridges to/from Cuba
Richard Blanco launches a writing project to lift what he calls Cuba’s ’emotional embargo,’ as told to the AP.
Heaven
“The only way then to know a truth” writes Rowan Ricardo Phillips in his newest poetry collection, “Is to squint in its direction and poke.”
New USPL
We congratulate Juan Felipe Herrera on being named the next United States Poet Laureate!
PEN Open Book
Claudia Rankine‘s Citizen wins the 2015 PEN Open Book Award.
That Thing You Do
David Shield‘s new book, an autobiography as told to him by Samantha Matthews, available now.
My Feelings
Nick Flynn’s newest collection listed as one of Washington Post’s Best 3 Poetry Books for June.