2018 Forward Prizes for Poetry Shortlist

U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith’s Wade in the Water (Graywolf; Penguin UK) is among the 15 shortlisted titles for the £10,000 Forward Prize for Best Collection. Smith’s book of speculative poetry, Life on Mars (Graywolf), won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize.

For more information, including the complete shortlist, see the Forward Arts Foundation website.

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