Finalist: Inseminating the Elephant , by Lucia Perillo (Copper Canyon Press )
A collection of poems, often laced with humor, that examine popular culture, the limits of the human body and the tragicomic aspects of everyday experience.
Winners
Prize Winner in Poetry in 2010:
Rae Armantrout
A book striking for its wit and linguistic inventiveness, offering poems that are often little thought-bombs detonating in the mind long after the first reading.
Poetry
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Poetry in 2010:
Angie Estes
A collection of poems remarkable for its variety of subjects, array of genres and nimble use of language.
The Jury
The Jury
Maureen N. McLane(chair )
associate professor of English
Stephen Burt
associate professor of English
Wesley McNair
poet and writer
Winners in Poetry
W.S. Merwin
A collection of luminous, often tender poems that focus on the profound power of memory.
2010 Prize Winners
Paul Harding
A powerful celebration of life in which a New England father and son, through suffering and joy, transcend their imprisoning lives and offer new ways of perceiving the world and mortality.
Hank Williams
For his craftsmanship as a songwriter who expressed universal feelings with poignant simplicity and played a pivotal role in transforming country music into a major musical and cultural force in American life.
Liaquat Ahamed
A compelling account of how four powerful bankers played crucial roles in triggering the Great Depression and ultimately transforming the United States into the world's financial leader.
Rae Armantrout
A book striking for its wit and linguistic inventiveness, offering poems that are often little thought-bombs detonating in the mind long after the first reading.