Two Graywolf Press books on longlist for National Book Award

Short list will be announced in October.

September 16, 2014 at 1:27PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Two books published by Minneapolis' Graywolf Press are on the longlist for the National Book Award for poetry. The short list will be announced Oct. 15 and the winner announced in November.

Last year's winner, "Incarnadine," by Mary Szybist, was published by Graywolf.

Here's the list:

Louise Glück, 'Faithful and Virtuous Night,' Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Edward Hirsch, 'Gabriel: A Poem,' Alfred A. Knopf

Fanny Howe, 'Second Childhood,' Graywolf Press

Maureen N. McLane, 'This Blue,' Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Brian Blanchfield, 'A Several World,' Nightboat Books

Fred Moten, 'The Feel Trio,' Letter Machine Editions

Claudia Rankine, 'Citizen: An American Lyric,' Graywolf Press

Spencer Reece, 'The Road to Emmaus,' Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Mark Strand, 'Collected Poems,' Alfred A. Knopf

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Freelance writer and former Star Tribune books editor Laurie Hertzel is at lauriehertzel@gmail.com.

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