Fanny Howe, 68, has been awarded the 2009 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, worth $100,000, given to a “living US poet whose lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition.” Her poetry collections include Gone (University of California Press, 2003), Selected Poems (UC Press, 2000), On the Ground (Graywolf Press, 2004), and The Lyrics (Graywolf, 2007). She has also written 5 novels and two collections of essays. In other people news, Ron Charles has been promoted to deputy editor of the Washington Post’s Book World. Via Twitter yesterday he reported that the American Academy of Arts and Letters is giving their Academy Awards in […]
