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Edition 3 (1994)

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Winners

3 people
Alan Jenkins Winner

Harm is a poetry collection that moves through violence, survival, and tension. Its restrained voice lets image and repetition build emotional pressure.

A compact poetry collection shaped by violence and survival.

64 pages
violencesurvivaltensionmemory
Kwame Dawes Winner

Progeny of Air is a poetry collection that moves through inheritance, diaspora, and breath. Its restrained voice lets image and repetition build emotional pressure.

A compact poetry collection shaped by inheritance and diaspora.

114 pages
inheritancediasporabreathmemory

Autumn is a poetry collection that moves through seasonal change, change, and mortality. Its restrained voice lets image and repetition build emotional pressure.

A compact poetry collection shaped by seasonal change and change.

seasonal changechangemortalitymemory