Great Regulars: Jude Nutter took home the Minnesota Book Award

for poetry this weekend with her collection "I Wish I Had A Heart Like Yours, Walt Whitman" in which she revises Whitman's civil war poems using contemporary and female perspectives. Nutter was born North Yorkshire, England, and grew up in northern Germany. She has been living and working in Minneapolis since 1998. Here's a poem from her award winning collection, called "The Ledger."

The Ledger

from Marianne Combs: Minnesota Public Radio: State of the Arts: Minnesota Poetry: Jude Nutter's "The Ledger"

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