Keynote
Winner of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets, selected by Joy Harjo
SUBMISSION PERIOD FOR 2023 GRAYWOLF PRESS AFRICAN FICTION PRIZE—FEB 1–23, 2023. NOVELIST AND ESSAYIST TSITSI DANGAREMBGA TO JUDGE (more here)
“[In Brute], the anguish comes from an emotionally abusive lover and the abrupt end of a relationship. As the speaker excavates her grief and disbelief, she slowly moves from self-condemnation to a fiery insistence that she can overcome her boyfriend’s damaging assessments of her worth and reclaim the power she once had. . . . The speaker’s brutal honesty and emotional transformation offer an engrossing guide for anyone dealing with a devastating loss.”—The Washington Post