Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry

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From the Catbird Seat: Poetry from the Library of Congress

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6 days ago

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Features archived recordings of poets reading and discussing their work at the Library of Congress, and offers behind-the-scenes interviews with special guests.

Arts

Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry

From the Catbird Seat: Poetry from the Library of Congress

29 minutes 29 seconds

7 years ago

Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry

On the third episode of From the Catbird Seat, Rob Casper goes behind the scenes with Betty Sue Flowers, Mary Szybist, and Danielle Legros Georges, the jurors of the 2016 Bobbitt Prize for Poetry. They discuss their decision to award the prize to Claudia Rankine for her book Citizen, and to Nathaniel Mackey for Lifetime Achievement. Then, we’ll listen to a segment from the April 2017 prize event with readings by Rankine and Mackey.