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Poets-in-Residence and Fellows

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Poets-in-Residence Diannely Antigua 2023-2026 Nossrat Yassini Poet-in-Residence Diannely Antigua is a Dominican American poet and educator, born and raised in Massachusetts. She is the author of two poetry collections, Ugly Music (YesYes Books, 2019), which was the winner of the Pamet River Prize and a 2020 Whiting Award, and Good Monster (Copper Canyon Press, 2024). She received her BA in English from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where she won the Jack Kerouac Creative Writing Scholarship, and received her MFA at NYU, where she was awarded a Global Research...

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Yas Press

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Yas Press, housed in the University of New Hampshire’s English Department, publishes three books a year featuring the best poetry in New Hampshire: an anthology of poems by New Hampshire teens, an anthology of poems by USNH Students, and a previously unpublished poetry collection of extraordinary quality written by an emerging or established New Hampshire poet. These prize-winning publications are made possible through the generous support of the YAS Foundation in honor of poet and poetry lover, Nossrat Yassini. In addition, The Nossrat Yassini Poetry Prize—an annual award given each year...

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2024 Nossrat Yassini Poetry Prize Winner: Kweku Abimbola

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2024 Nossrat Yassini Poetry Prize Winner Kweku Abimbola For his collection Saltwater Demands a Psalm (Graywolf Press) We're delighted to announce that final judge Camille Dungy has selected Kweku Abimbola's debut, Saltwater Demands a Psalm, as the inaugural Nossrat Yassini Poetry Prize winner. Published in April 2023, the collection saw publication via Graywolf Press as the winner of the 2022 First Book Award from the Academy of American Poets.  Born in The Gambia in 1997, Kweku Abimbola earned his MFA in Poetry Writing from the  University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’...

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