D. A. Powell wins $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

February 4, 2010—Graywolf Press is delighted to announce that D. A. Powell has won the $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his latest collection, Chronic. The prestigious award, founded in 1992, is given annually by Claremont Graduate University to honor work by a midcareer poet. The awards will be presented on Thursday, April 22, at the Pasadena Museum of California Art.

The panel of final judges for the 2010 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Awards were Ted Genoways, Linda Gregerson, Paul Muldoon, Carl Phillips, and Charles Harper Webb.

Graywolf Press senior editor Jeffrey Shotts was thrilled with the news. “D. A. Powell is one of the major poets of our time, and it’s wonderful to have the Kingsley Tufts Award recognize that,” he said. “Considering that Powell was selected by such a diverse committee of esteemed poets, that makes it all the sweeter. And, of course, six figures doesn’t hurt either.”

Graywolf poet Matthea Harvey won the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award last year for her collection Modern Life.
Read more...

Upcoming Events

Tue, Mar 9th, @8:00pm
Tiphanie Yanique Reading at Centenary College (Hackettstown,NJ)
Author: Tiphanie Yanique >>
Book: How to Escape from a Leper Colony >>

Thu, Mar 11th, @7:30pm
Tiphanie Yanique Reading at Teacher and Writers Collaborative (New York, NY)
Author: Tiphanie Yanique >>
Book: How to Escape from a Leper Colony >>

Sat, Mar 13th, @6:45pm
Tiphanie Yanique Reading at KGB Bar (New York, NY)
Author: Tiphanie Yanique >>
Book: How to Escape from a Leper Colony >>

Sun, Mar 14th, @11:30am
D.A. Powell Reading at Tucson Festival of Books (Tucson, AZ)
Author: D. A. Powell >>
Book: Chronic >>

Wed, Mar 17th, @5:00pm
Claudia Rankine Reading at Washington College (Chestertown, MD)
Author: Claudia Rankine >>
Book: Don\'t Let Me Be Lonely >>

More books from Graywolf Press:

Vanishing Point

By Ander Monson

FORTHCOMING APRIL 2010
An adventurous exploration of the "I" in American culture, by the author of Neck Deep and Other Predicaments

Shyness and Dignity

By Dag Solstad

“With sublime restraint and subtle modulation, Solstad conveys an entire age of sorrow and loss.”—Publishers Weekly

The Next Rodeo

By William Kittredge
“You may never again see the American West in quite the same way if you take the time to view it through the eyes of William Kittredge.”—Seattle Times

As for Dream

By Saskia Hamilton
"Saskia Hamilton is not a quiet poet, just an extremely subtle and fierce one. There is a quality of spiritual stubbornness and astonishing resilience that courses through even her briefest utterances...." —Jorie Graham

The Art of Recklessness

By Dean Young
FORTHCOMING AUGUST 2010
Dean Young's first book of prose on poetry and the newest addition to the Art of series

Browse and Order Books:

D. A. Powell wins $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

more news...

Upcoming Events

More books from Graywolf Press: