Noah Davis wins the 2019 (Emerging) Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize

Noah Davis, an MFA candidate in poetry at Indiana University, has been selected by George Ella Lyon as the winner of the 2019 (Emerging) Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize for his collection Of This River. About Of This River, Lyon said, “Both mythic and rooted, the poems in Of This River  arrive full of bear and deer,

2018 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize (Emerging) Winner Selected

Kristin Brace, winner of the 2018 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize (Emerging). Congratulations are in order for Kristin Brace, the latest winner of the Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize. Brace’s collection, Toward the Wild Abundance, was selected by judge Sarah Bagby. “Toward the Wild Abundance conjures emotions initiated by the frailty and wonder of our lives,” Bagby writes. “The multifaceted

Renowned Translator and nye musician bring new perspectives to annual Translation Conversation

By Kelsey Block On Monday, February 22, Director of Arabic studies at DePaul University Nesreen Akhtarkhavari visited the RCAH Center for Poetry to join in the Translation Conversation. The Translation Conversation focused on the work Akhtarkhavari translated, titled Desert Sorrows: Poems on Love and Politics by Tayseer Al-Sboul. Akhtarkhavari’s reading and talk was accompanied by

Poetry Center director Anita Skeen and former RCAH professor Laura DeLind publish collaborative book

By Kelsey Block The Unauthorized Audubon, a collection of poetry and prints by Poetry Center Director Anita Skeen and Anthropology Professor Laura DeLind, was recently published by the MSU Press. The RCAH Center for Poetry hosted a reading on February 19 to celebrate the occasion, in which the creators read and signed their book. The