All of this year’s Poetry Finalists are first-time nominees who have published previous volumes of poetry. Tim Seibles is the author of five poetry collections and teaches workshops for Cave Canem. David Ferry is the author of eight collections of poetry and translation and the Sophie Chantal Hart Professor Emeritus of English at Wellesley College. Cynthia Huntington teaches creative writing at Dartmouth College and was named Poet Laureate of New Hampshire in 2004. Alan Shapiro is the author of ten collections of poetry and a winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Susan Wheeler is a recipient of a Guggenheim and currently directs the creative writing program at Princeton University.
The Twenty National Book Award Finalists Revealed
All of this year’s Poetry Finalists are first-time nominees who have published previous volumes of poetry. Tim Seibles is the author of five poetry collections and teaches workshops for Cave Canem. David Ferry is the author of eight collections of poetry and translation and the Sophie Chantal Hart Professor Emeritus of English at Wellesley College. Cynthia Huntington teaches creative writing at Dartmouth College and was named Poet Laureate of New Hampshire in 2004. Alan Shapiro is the author of ten collections of poetry and a winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Susan Wheeler is a recipient of a Guggenheim and currently directs the creative writing program at Princeton University.