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Oil on Water
So, yes, there was an accident, a fire. An explosion in the barn with the oil drums. The fire flew on the wind from house to house, and in… More
Poems from Water Puppets
I will admit I was in favor of war and now look what’s happened. / At the end of the road the man driving the truck will eat /… More
Sophia’s Childhood
Her rejection as a child helps to explain her constant search as a woman for what she had missed. Even as Empress Catherine, at the height of her autocratic… More
Cross-Country Skiing
In November, before the snow, I’d got lost in these woods and spent part of a chilly night curled up in wet leaves. After it snowed, however, I could… More
Catherine Wagner: Two Poems
Robins and cardinals blurt between furrows of storm. / A way energy has of being. It can caress itself. More
Drums That Talk
Here was a messaging system that outpaced the best couriers, the fastest horses on good roads with way stations and relays. Earth-bound, foot-based messaging systems always disappointed. Their armies… More
2011 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
WinnerGeorge Dohrmann for Play Their Hearts Out (Ballantine Books)The $5,000 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing honors a nonfiction book about sports. Eligible titles should be of a biographical,… More
2011 ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing
Inaugural WinnerRoger Angell2011 is the inaugural year of the PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing. This award is given to one living American or U.S.-based writer each… More
2011 Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
WinnerMark Slouka for Essays from the Nick of Time: Reflections and Refutations (Graywolf Press)The PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay aims to preserve the dignity and esteem… More
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