8/21/2011

PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award goes to Jamaican Poet

Jamaican poet, Ishion Hutchinson, has won the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for his first collection, Far District. Read more here for the full story in the Jamaica Gleaner. Far District is a publication of London-based Peepal Tree Press.

This is a great achievement, especially for a debut collection. Congratulations from Poets of the Caribbean, Ishion. Excellent!
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