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A publication by Toi Derricotte, professor emerita in the  within the , has been named a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award for Poetry. 

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Since 1950, the  have celebrated the best writing in America, and currently honors the best fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people’s literature published every year.

Derricotte is also the co-founder of  a national poetry organization that cultivates “the artistic and professional growth of African American poets.”