Several of the books nominated for this year’s NationalBook Award in Poetry call on real or imagined ancestors. See the full longlist here.
, reimagines the famous sitcom character as a Black woman who is unable to shut off “the mind’s / endless narration.” The poem, a rumination on race and class, appears in the collection “Golden Ax,” along with others that reimagine Cortez’s forebears as “Afropioneers” who played a role in exploring the American West after Reconstruction.
“Golden Ax,” which has been long-listed for this year’s National Book Award in Poetry, is one of several contenders that call on real or imagined ancestors. “Mummy Eaters,” by Sherry Shenoda, a dialogue between the author and an imagined predecessor, draws on ancient-Egyptian history and mythology to visualize the journey to the afterlife.
The list was drawn from a total of two hundred and sixty submissions from publishers. Three of this year’s long-listed poets—Jay Hopler, Sharon Olds, and Jenny Xie—have been honored by the National Book Awards before. The full list is below.
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