1999 National Book Critics Circle Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

Ordinary Words

Ruth Stone

Ordinary Words, Ruth Stone’s new collection of poems, is the recipient of The Academy of American Poets Eric Mathieu King Award. Written between 1995 and 1998, this collection of formal and free verse profoundly responds to our century’s closure. Poems tak…

Dailies & Rushes

Susan Kingsolving

Diva

Rafael Campo

HIV, Mon Amour

Tory Dent

On the Bus With Rosa Parks

Rita Dove