November 17th, 2015
The five finalists for the 2015 National Book Awards in Poetry are listed below:
-Ross Gay, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (University of Pittsburgh Press)
-Terrance Hayes, How to Be Drawn (Penguin/Penguin Random House)
-Robin Coste Lewis, Voyage of the Sable Venus (Alfred A. Knopf)
-Ada Limón, Bright Dead Things (Milkweed Editions)
-Patrick Phillips, Elegy for a Broken Machine (Alfred A. Knopf)
The winner of the $10,000 prize will be announced in New York on November 18.

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