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Poet Patricia Smith wins $100,000 lifetime achievement award

Associated PressSeptember 14, 2021 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Patricia Smith has won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement, a $100,000 honor presented by the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation.

Previous winners include W.S. Merwin, Kay Ryan and the current poet laureate, Joy Harjo.

Poet Carl Phillips wins $75,000 Jackson Prize

May 17, 2021 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Poet Carl Phillips has received a $75,000 honor for a body of work which displays “exceptional talent.”

On Monday, Poets & Writers announced that the 61-year-old Phillips has won the Jackson Prize, which in previous years has gone to Elizabeth Alexander, Claudia Rankine and current U.S.

American Academy of Arts and Letters expands, diversifies

By HILLEL ITALIEMarch 5, 2021 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the country's oldest cultural instititutions, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, is undergoing some of its biggest changes in more than a century...

U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo to serve third 1-year term

November 19, 2020 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo will serve a third, one-year term and has launched an online project that celebrates Native American poets around the country...