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The Seventeenth Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize Reading
Folger Shakespeare Library 201 East Capitol St. SE, WashingtonJames D'Agostino, whose The Goldfinch Caution Tapes, won the seventeenth annual Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, will read alongside the contest's judge, acclaimed poet Alice Fulton. Please note that this event will be presented via ZOOM in Eastern Time (ET). Access links will be included in a performance reminder email closer to the event. Tickets to […]
Henry Walters will read from The Nature Thief, finalist for the 16th annual Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize
ZOOMZoom Reading Henry Walters is a New Hampshire poet, raised in the Midwest. His second book of poems, The Nature Thief, was a finalist for the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize and was published by The Waywiser Press in late 2022. His first book of poetry, Field Guide A Tempo, was a finalist for the 2016 […]
Danielle Blau will read from p e e p, winner of the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize
ZOOMZoom Reading Danielle Blau’s debut full-length poetry collection peep was selected by Vijay Seshadri for the 2021 Anthony Hecht Prize. Her nonfiction book Rhyme or Reason: Poets and Philosophers on the Problem of Being Here Now is forthcoming from W.W. Norton. Blau’s mere eye was selected for a Poetry Society of America Chapbook Award and […]