Please join Poets & Writers online on Wednesday, June 15 at 7PM ET as we honor Sonia Sanchez, recipient of the 2022 Jackson Poetry Prize. 

This live virtual event will feature a reading by Sonia Sanchez and appearances by 2022 Jackson Poetry Prize judges Mary Jo Bang, Marilyn Chin, and Claudia Rankine.

From the citation issued by this year's judges: "Her vast and commanding oeuvre of published poetry invokes the power and revolutionary properties of language itself—intoning the struggles and joys of entire communities while reinvigorating traditional forms. … Sonia Sanchez is a national treasure.”

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The Jackson Poetry Prize, established in 2006 with a gift from the Liana Foundation, is sponsored by Poets & Writers, Inc. and named for the John and Susan Jackson family. The award honors an American poet of exceptional talent. Learn more at pw.org.