Two books published by Minneapolis' Graywolf Press are on the longlist for the National Book Award for poetry. The short list will be announced Oct. 15 and the winner announced in November.
Last year's winner, "Incarnadine," by Mary Szybist, was published by Graywolf.
Here's the list:
Louise Glück, 'Faithful and Virtuous Night,' Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Edward Hirsch, 'Gabriel: A Poem,' Alfred A. Knopf
Fanny Howe, 'Second Childhood,' Graywolf Press
Maureen N. McLane, 'This Blue,' Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Brian Blanchfield, 'A Several World,' Nightboat Books
Fred Moten, 'The Feel Trio,' Letter Machine Editions
Claudia Rankine, 'Citizen: An American Lyric,' Graywolf Press
Spencer Reece, 'The Road to Emmaus,' Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Mark Strand, 'Collected Poems,' Alfred A. Knopf