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April 21, 2014
in Literature

Q&A with Will Schutt, the 2012 Winner of Yale Series of Younger Poets

April 21, 2014
in Literature

Happy National Poetry Month! Check out the new site, Youngerpoets.org! Yale University Press had the pleasure of interviewing Will Schutt, whose collection, Westerly, won the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition in 2012 and was published last spring. Here, we discussed about writing poetry and the relevance of poetry in today’s modern society.

April 26, 2013
in Literature

Westerly: “A book of uncommon wisdom”

April 26, 2013
in Literature

Since 1919 the Yale Series of Younger Poets prize has helped burgeoning artists find a well-deserved audience for their poetry. Last year’s winner, Will Schutt and his new anthology Westerly, is no exception. Carl Phillips, acclaimed poet and the judge of last year’s prize, writes in the Foreword to Westerly: