Sunday, November 27, 2022

African American Recipients of the National Book Award for Poetry

Here's a roundup of books by black writers that won the National Book Award for Poetry. 

1999: Ai's Vice: New and Selected Poems (1999)
2000: Lucille Clifton's Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988–2000 (2000)
2006: Nathaniel Mackey's Splay Anthem (2006)
2010: Terrance Hayes's Lighthead (2010)
2011: Nikky Finney's Head Off & Split (2011)
2015: Robin Coste Lewis's Voyage of the Sable Venus (2015)
2018: Justin Phillip Reed's Indecency (2018)
2021: John Keene's Punks: New & Selected Poems (2021)

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