Bobbitt Prize
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Film, Video2020 Bobbitt Prize: Terrance Hayes & Natasha Trethewey The biennial Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry was given in 2020 to Terrance Hayes for his poetry collection "American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin" and to former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey for lifetime achievement. The winners read from their work, and Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden conferred the prize.
- Contributor: Trethewey, Natasha - Hayes, Terrance - Hayden, Carla
- Date: 2020-12-10
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Film, VideoBobbitt Prize Reading: Jorie Graham Jorie Graham, winner of the 15th Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, read selections from her book "Fast."
- Contributor: Graham, Jorie
- Date: 2018-12-06
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Film, VideoBobbitt Prize Reading with Nathaniel Mackey & Claudia Rankine The Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry was awarded to Nathaniel Mackey (lifetime achievement) and Claudia Rankine (for "Citizen: An American Lyric"). The poets received their awards and read selections from their work.
- Contributor: Mackey, Nathaniel - Rankine, Claudia
- Date: 2017-04-20
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Film, VideoBobbitt Prize Reading: Patricia Smith Patricia Smith, winner of the 13th Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, reads selections from her poetry collection, "Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah."
- Contributor: Smith, Patricia
- Date: 2015-04-06
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Film, VideoBobbitt Prize Reading: Gerald Stern Gerald Stern, winner of the 12th Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, reads selections from his "Early Collected Poems: 1965-1992."
- Contributor: Stern, Gerald
- Date: 2013-01-24
