TORONTO – March 20, 2024 – The Griffin Poetry Prize is pleased to announce the 2024 Longlist.
Judges Albert F. Moritz (Canada), Jan Wagner (Germany), and Anne Waldman (USA) each read 592 books of poetry, including 49 translations from 22 languages, submitted by 235 publishers from 14 different countries.
A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails ● Amelia M. Glaser, USA, and Yuliya Ilchuk, Ukraine, translated from the Ukrainian written by Halyna Kruk, Ukraine, Arrowsmith Press
To 2040 ● Jorie Graham, USA, Copper Canyon Press
School of Instructions ● Ishion Hutchinson, Jamaica, Faber & Faber, and Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Door ● Ann Lauterbach, USA, Penguin Books
The Lights ● Ben Lerner, USA, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, and Granta Poetry
Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence ● George McWhirter, Canada/Northern Ireland, translated from the Spanish written by Homero Aridjis, Mexico, New Directions Publishing
Emerald Wounds: Selected Poems of Joyce Mansour ● Emilie Moorhouse, Canada, translated from the French written by Joyce Mansour, France, City Lights Books
perennial fashion presence falling ● Fred Moten, USA, Wave Books
To the Letter ● Mira Rosenthal, USA, translated from the Polish written by Tomasz Różycki, Poland, Archipelago Books
And And And ● Cole Swensen, USA, Shearsman Books
The five shortlisted books will be announced on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.
The winner will be announced at the Griffin Poetry Prize Readings to be held at Koerner Hall in Toronto on Wednesday, June 5, and will be awarded $130,000. The other shortlisted finalists will each receive $10,000.
Tickets for the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize Readings are now on sale and can be purchased at the box office of Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor Street West or online.
General Admission, inc. 2024 Anthology – $30.00
Senior/Student, inc. 2024 Anthology – $25.00
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2024 Longlist
A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails Shortlisted
School of Instructions Shortlisted
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, USA
Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence Shortlisted
Emerald Wounds: Selected Poems of Joyce Mansour
To the Letter
