Wesleyan Press Book Wins National Critics Award

Olivia DrakeMarch 22, 20101min

p_armantroutRae Armantrout’s Versed, published by Wesleyan University Press, won the National Book Critics Circle Award in the poetry category.

“The poetry award went to Rae Armantrout’s Versed (Wesleyan University Press) for its demonstration of superb intellect and technique, its melding of experimental poetics but down-to-earth subject matter to create poems you are compelled to return to, that get richer with each reading.”