Great Regulars: Former U.S. poet laureate Kay Ryan

("The Best of It") and prize-winning poet-translator Anne Carson ("Nox") were poetry finalists, along with Kathleen Graber's "The Eternal City," Terrance Hayes' "Lighthead" and C.D. Wright's "One with Others."

from Hillel Italie: Associated Press: Franzen, Patti Smith nominees for critics awards

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