Finalist: Messenger: New and Selected Poems, 1976-2006 , by Ellen Bryant Voigt (W.W. Norton )
The Jury
The Jury
Claudia Emerson(Chair )*
professor of English, Arrington Distinguished Chair in Poetry, department of English, linguistics and speech
Wesley McNair
poet
Natasha Trethewey*
associate professor of English, Creative Writing Program
Winners in Poetry
2008 Prize Winners
The Washington Post
in exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials.
David Umhoefer
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David Lang
Co-commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Corporation and The Perth Theater and Concert Hall, and premiered October 25, 2007 in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City (G. Schirmer, Inc.).
Staff
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