July/August 2008
SUMMER BREAK double issue with poems by Carl Dennis, Kathryn Starbuck, Albert Goldbarth, Heather McHugh, Robert Wrigley, Tom Sleigh, Kevin McFadden, Bob Hicok, Glyn Maxwell, and others.
 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Awarded annually, the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize honors a living U.S. poet whose lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition. Established in 1986 by Ruth Lilly, the Prize is one of the most prestigious awards given to American poets and is one of the largest literary honors for work in the English language. Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize Recipients 1986 Adrienne Rich 1987 Philip Levine 1988 Anthony Hecht 1989 Mona Van Duyn 1990 Hayden Carruth 1991 David Wagoner 1992 John Ashbery 1993 Charles Wright 1994 Donald Hall 1995 A.R. Ammons 1996 Gerald Stern 1997 William Matthews 1998 W.S. Merwin 1999 Maxine Kumin 2000 Carl Dennis 2001 Yusef Komunyakaa 2002 Lisel Mueller 2003 Linda Pastan 2004 Kay Ryan 2005 C.K. Williams 2006 Richard Wilbur 2007 Lucille Clifton 2008 Gary Snyder |
Poetry Off the Shelf: Peter Gizzi
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 6 PM
Ferguson Theater
Columbia College
600 South Michigan Avenue
Free admission
