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Adesina, Kim win 2024 Raz-Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prizes

September 30, 2024

Society & Culture

Michael Imossan

Imossan wins 2024 Sillerman Prize for African Poetry

July 26, 2024

Nebraska's Kwame Dawes reads poetry in Sheldon Museum of Art. Dawes published a book, "Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius," that breaks down the multi-layered verse of the Reggae icon.

Dawes named Jamaica’s next Poet Laureate

April 10, 2024

Tawanda Mulalu

Mulalu named 2023 winner of Luschei Prize for African Poetry

March 29, 2024

Nebraska's Kwame Dawes reads poetry in Sheldon Museum of Art. Dawes published a book, "Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius," that breaks down the multi-layered verse of the Reggae icon.

Dawes' deep dive into Marley lyrics spurred by lifelong love, Jamaican connections

February 6, 2024

Jordan Walker

Walker pens winning Prairie Schooner summer essay

January 26, 2024

Aerial views of City Campus. [Craig Chandler | University Communication]

Prairie Schooner awards literary prizes for work published in 2022

October 6, 2023

Abu Bakr Sadiq

Abu Bakr Sadiq wins 2023 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets

August 3, 2023

Feranmi Ariyo and Gracia "Cianga" Mwamba

Inaugural winners of the Evaristo Prize for African Poetry announced

June 28, 2023

Portrait of Kwame Dawes by University Communication.

Dawes' poetry reading explores lyrical writing of Barry Lopez

April 28, 2023

Awards coordinated by the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor have been announced for 2023.

Nebraska U hosts African Poetry Digital Portal's first in-person conference

April 26, 2023

Photo of Togara Muzanenhamo

Zimbabwean poet Muzanenhamo wins Luschei Prize for African Poetry

February 28, 2023