Poet Carl Phillips wins $75,000 Jackson Prize Washington Everett Writers Joy Harjo Poets
The poet Carl Phillips received a $ 75,000 award for a work that showed “exceptional talent.”
On Monday, Poets & Writers announced that the 61-year-old Phillips had won the Jackson Prize, which in recent years has gone to Elizabeth Alexander, Claudia Rankine and the current American poet Joy Harjo, among others. Phillips ’15 volumes of poetry include “Wild is the Wind”, “Pale Colors in a High Field” and “In the Blood”.
Phillips, 61, is from Everett Washington and is currently Professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis. His previous awards include the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Kenyon Review Award.
“Phillips is a love poet; he wants to know what one person has to do with another, what one owes another and how all of this translates into desires and the ability to provoke moral or immoral reactions, “wrote judges Jericho Brown, Carolyn Forche and Juan Felipe Herrera her quote.
Founded in 1970, Poets & Writers is a non-profit organization that aims to “promote the professional development of poets and writers, promote communication across the literary community, and create an environment where literature can be appreciated by as many people as possible Publicity.”