NEW YORK — Former National Book Award winners Terrance Hayes and Marilyn Hacker will have another shot at the prize this year.
Both are on the poetry longlist, released Tuesday by the National Book Foundation, which presents the awards. Nominees for young people’s literature were announced Monday, with nonfiction and fiction longlists released this past week, as well.
Hayes was nominated for “How to Be Drawn” and Hacker, who won 40 years ago for her debut collection, “Presentation Piece,” was chosen for “A Stranger’s Mirror.” The 10 finalists also include Ross Gay’s “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude,” Amy Gerstler’s “Scattered at Sea” and Ada Limon’s “Bright Dead Things.” Judges will narrow the list to five on Oct. 14, with the winner announced at the annual awards ceremony Nov. 18 in New York City.
