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D.A. Powell wins the Kingsley Tufts prize

For the second year running, a Graywolf Press poet wins the prestigious prize, which carries a big cash award D.A. Powell has won the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, which carries a cash prize of $100,000.

By Laurie Hertzel

February 4, 2010 at 6:21PM

(Claude Peck — Paul Body/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

D.A. Powell / Photo by Trane DeVore

Who knew that poetry could be a lucrative career?

San Francisco poet D.A. Powell has won the prestigious Kingsley Tufts Prize, bestowed by Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, Calif., for his collection, "Chronic: Poems," published by Graywolf Press of Minneapolis.

(Claude Peck — Image provided by Graywolf/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

This is the second Graywolf book to win the prize in as many years. Last year, New York poet Matthea Harvey won for "Modern Life," published in October 2008 by Graywolf.

The Kingsley Tufts Prize was established in 1992 and is awarded annually to mid-career poets. It carries an award of $100,000. "Chronic" was also recently named a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award.