Poetry News

National Book Award Finalists Announced

By Harriet Staff

Congratulations to the fantastic poets in the running for this year’s National Book Award! The finalists for the 2012 Award for Poetry are:

—Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations by David Ferry
—Heavenly Bodies by Cynthia Huntington
—Fast Animal by Tim Seibles
—Night of the Republic by Alan Shapiro
—Meme by Susan Wheeler

Head over to The Millions for the finalists in other categories and excerpts of the authors’ work.

Tags: Alan Shapiro, Cynthia Huntington, David Ferry, Susan Wheeler, Tim Seibles
Posted in Poetry News on Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 by Harriet Staff.