On Poetry, Prizes & Publishing

National Poetry Series winner Keith S. Wilson, Games for Children, will be in conversation with the judge who selected his manuscript, Rosalie Moffett, Making a Living. Together they will read poems from their newest books and discuss the lifespan of a poetry collection from manuscript-in-progress to published book. They will also reveal what it’s really like to win – and judge – book prizes while balancing writing, careers, and the rest of life. Moderated by MBF’s Emerging Writer Fellow in Poetry Simone Zapata. Thematically expansive and materially ambidextrous, Wilson’s Games for Children demonstrates how play is one of the highest forms of freedom, and in reclaiming it, our most tender truths are exposed. Moffett’s Making a Living is a brilliant and lithe collection of poems making space for the resolve and hope of motherhood amid consumerist dreams and nightmares.
Buy Making a Living – Moffett Buy Games for Children – Wilson

Authors

KEITH S. WILSON is a poet, game designer, and multimedia artist. He is an Affrilachian poet, a Cave Canem fellow, and a recipient of an NEA fellowship, a Kenyon Review fellowship, and a Stegner fellowship. Additionally, he has received fellowships or grants from Bread Loaf, Tin House, and the MacDowell Colony. His first book, Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love (Copper Canyon), was recognized by The New York Times as a best new book of poetry. His second book, Games for Children (Milkweed Editions), was a winner of the National Poetry Series.

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