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New York, NY (September 15, 2021)— The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 American Poets Prizes, which are among the most valuable and venerable poetry prizes in the United States. This year the […]
Thursday, October 22, 2020, 7:30 pm Virtual Reading | 7:30pm-9pm Eastern Time TICKETS: $15 (suggested price) to $5 (minimum price) Buy Tickets Why I don’t write about George Floyd […]
The Poetry Society of America is pleased to announce that Toi Derricotte is the 2020 recipient of the Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry. Please read the full announcement at The Poetry Society of America.
Poet Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights is published by Algonquin Books this month. Of his new collection of essays, Tracy K. Smith writes, “Ross Gay’s eye lands upon wonder at every turn, bolstering my belief in the countless small […]
Join the Academy of American Poets for an evening reading with Indiana Poet Laureate Adrian Matejka, 2016 Walt Whitman Award winner Mai Der Vang, and Cave Canem Foundation co-founder Toi Derricotte. Oregon Ballroom 201-202, Oregon Convention Center, Level 2 Saturday, […]
In connection with Black Poetry: A Conference, Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts/Program in Creative Writing, Bain-Swiggett Fund/Department of English, Humanities Council, Department of African American Studies, University Center for Human Values, Department of Comparative Literature, Program in Canadian Studies, […]
I lost so much of the world’s beauty, as if I were watching every shining gift on its branch with one eye. Because I was hungry. Because I was waiting to eat, a self crawling about the world in search […]
I New & Selected By Toi Derricotte How do you gain access to the power of parts of yourself you abhor, and make them sing with beauty, tenderness, and compassion? This is a record of fifty years of victories in […]
PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry 2012 Winner – Toi Derricotte “We are very proud to name Toi Derricotte the winner of this year’s PEN/Voelcker Award. Derricotte is the author of five books of poetry: The Undertaker’s Daughter; Tender; Captivity; Natural Birth; […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toi Derricotte debuts The Undertaker’s Daughter in New York City Award-winning Poet Reads at The New School & Conducts Master Class in DUMBO Brooklyn, NY (January 27, 2012)—Cave Canem Foundation, North America’s premier home for black […]