Danielle P. Williams With nods to poetic legends like Amiri Baraka and Lucille Clifton, Who All Gon’ Be There? tackles Blackness and womanhood with a commanding, often searing voice. WHO ALL GON’ BE THERE?, was a finalist for the Button Poetry Chapbook Contest,...
Gideon Young The poems in Gideon Young’s debut collection my hands full of light showcase grace and honesty that compel the reader to keep reading. Gideon Young is the author of the haiku collection my hands full of light (Backbone Press, 2021). He is a member of the...
Allison Joseph Allison Joseph received a BA from Kenyon College and an MFA from Indiana University–Bloomington. She is the author of several poetry collections, including Confessions of a Barefaced Woman (Red Hen Press, 2018); Worldly Pleasures (Word Press, 2004); and...
We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2021 Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize. The final judge, Honorée Fannone Jeffers, was replaced by Dr. Tsitsi Ella Jaji, winner of the 2018 Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry. Dr. Jaji selected “Bloodgood: Prune” by...
Faith Holsaert Year Forever In My Veins is the compelling, first-person poetic testimony of a student activist (SNCC) working to dismantle segregation in the 1960s. “The fearless and selfless voice of a young civil rights worker during a dangerous and violent...
