Annal:1996 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
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Results of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize in the year 1996. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
Chickamauga: Poems
- 1996 Lenore Marshall winner
- 1996 Pulitzer–Poetry finalist
- Score: 16.46
This volume, Wright’s eleventh book of poetry, is a vivid, contemplative, far-reaching, yet wholly plain-spoken collection of moments appearing as lenses through which to see the world beyond our moments. Chickamauga is also a virtuoso exploration of the power of concision in lyric poetry—a testament to the flexible music of the long line Wright has made his own. As a reviewer in Library Journal noted: “Wright is one of those rare and gifted poets who can turn thought into music. Following his self-prescribed regimen of purgatio, illuminato, and…
