Some sweet poets get the NBCC nod!

National Book Critics Circle: Video: NBCC 2011 Finalists Annoucements at Artists Space, NYC - Critical Mass Blog
Congratulations to my beloved poets Laura Kasishke, Yusef Komunyaka, and Aracelis Girmay on this beautiful nod to their awesomeness:

Poetry finalists, all demonstrating a mastery of form while advancing their art, included Laura Kasischke (Space, in Chains, Copper Canyon Press) and Yusef Komunyakaa (The Chameleon Couch, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux), as well as relative newcomer Aracelis Girmay (Kingdom Animalia, BOA Editions). They were presented by 2010 finalist Kathleen Graber.

Winners of the National Book Critics Circle Awards will be announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday, March 8, at 6:00 p.m. at the New School's Tishman Auditorium in New York.

Click here for the complete list of finalists and to read the full article.

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