Books :: 2015 A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize
In 2015, Derrick Austin was announced as the winner of the A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize through BOA Editions, Ltd. The prize is awarded to honor a poet’s first book, as well as honoring the publisher’s late founder. Austin’s winning title Trouble the Water will be published this month.
Rich in religious and artistic imagery, Trouble the Water is an intriguing exploration of race, sexuality, and identity, particularly where selfhood is in flux, interrogating what it means to be, as Austin says, “fully human as a queer, black body” in 21st-century America.
Copies of Trouble the Water are available for preorder at BOA Editions, Ltd.’s website.
