Judges Laura Reece Hogan and Jon M. Sweeney have announced the “Long List of 10” finalists for the 2021 Paraclete Poetry Prize: Aaron Brown Lauren K. Carlson Brent House Lisa Loden Megan McDermott Nick Maione Amy Nemecek Angela Alaimo O’Donnell Jeannine M. Pitas Kathleen Henderson Staudt “We had...
These poems map a private pilgrimage to nowhere—from the chair to the couch, the couch to the chair. These poems also map a public pilgrimage through the landscape of pandemic, from dire disaster to the hope for healing. They chronicle...
Like others, I have spent the better part of my life in pursuit of words that might answer my deepest longings for self-realization. And now, as I approach eighty and watch my friends dying or winding up in hospitals and...
