Linda Pastan, author of author of over twelve books of poetry and essays, has nominated Joseph Fasano’s debut collection, Fugue for Other Hands for the Poets’ Prize. The Poets’ Prize is awarded annually for the best book of verse published by a living American poet two years prior to the award year. The $3000 annual prize is donated by a committee of about 20 American poets, who each nominate two books and who also serve as judges.
Learn more about the Poets’ Prize here.
Purchase your copy of Fugue for Other Hands, or Fasano’s second book, Inheritance, in the CPR Bookstore.
Danielle Jones-Pruett is the winner of the 2011 Vella Poetry Prize and the recipient of a 2014 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Abject Press, First Inkling, Southern Women’s Review, and others. She works at UpSource and UMass, Boston.