Graywolf Press is pleased to announce that Harryette Mullen is the recipient of a 2007 PEN "Beyond Margins" Award for her poetry anthology, Recyclopedia. The award is given to emergent authors of color and carries a $1,000 prize. PEN American Center President Francine Prose and PEN Board member Michael Cunningham co-hosted the 2007 PEN Literary Awards Ceremony at the Lincoln Center on May 21, 2007.

The poetry collection Theater of Night by Alberto Rios also received the award. The nonfiction "Beyond Margins" award went to Ernest Hardy for Blood Beats, Vol. 1. Judges for the award were Sarah Gambito, Marlon James, Achy Obejas, Max Rodriguez, and Thaddeus Rutkowski. Harryette Mullen and her fellow award-winners will be honored in October.

Click here to listen to the "Beyond Margins" Award presentation and to see a complete list of the 2007 PEN Literary Award winners.