Two Poets on Reaching Across Borders
Guillotine: Poems traverses desert landscapes cut through by migrants, the grief of loss, betrayal’s lingering scars, the border itself – great distances in which violence
2019 National Poetry Series Winners
Special introduction by Daniel Halpern, founder of HarperCollins imprint Ecco and the National Poetry Series. The National Poetry Series was established in 1978 to recognize and
Jubi Arriola-Headley: A Reading From original kink
In original kink, Jubi Arriola-Headley explores kink as mythscape of promised pleasure, lush and lustral, kink as Godzilla’s desire for softness and the boy gone
Yusef Komunyakaa: A Reading From Night Animals
The poems in Yusef Komunyakaa’s Night Animals climb so deeply into the being of various beasts, from cricket to leopard to snowy owl, that we
Deborah Paredez: A Reading From Year of the Dog: Poems
Year of the Dog refers to the year 1970 – the Year of the Metal Dog in the lunar calendar – which was the year
2019 National Poetry Series Winners
Special introduction by Daniel Halpern, founder of HarperCollins imprint Ecco and the National Poetry Series. The National Poetry Series was established in 1978 to recognize and
The U.S. Poet Laureate and the Library of Congress
Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden sits down with Campbell McGrath, Nouns & Verbs: New and Selected Poems, to kick off Miami Book Fair’s 2020
Carolyn Forché: A Reading From In the Lateness of the World: Poems
Carolyn Forché’s first new collection in 17 years, In the Lateness of the World: Poems is a tenebrous book of crossings, of migrations across oceans
Three Debut Poets on Family, Love, and Race
Tommye Blount’s Fantasia for the Man in Blue orchestrates a chorus of distinct, unforgettable voices that speak to the experience of the black, queer body
On Joy, History, and the Occasional Poem
Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry: Poems & Artifacts by Nikky Finney is a twenty-first-century paean to the sterling love songs humming through four hundred
La National Book Foundation presenta una noche con los National Book Awards
Únete a nosotros para celebrar 75 años de los National Book Awards y sé parte de la historia del Equipo del Libro. Durante más de una década, los
CELEBRANDO A LOS NOMINADOS AL PREMIO NACIONAL DEL LIBRO DE POESÍA
Los Premios Nacionales del Libro de la National Book Foundation reconocen cada año algunas de las colecciones de poesía más destacadas publicadas en los Estados Unidos. Acompáñenos para