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Poet Naomi Shihab Nye receives $100,000 lifetime achievement award

Oct. 18, 2024 09:51 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Shihab Nye is this year's winner of the Wallace Stevens Award, a $100,000 lifetime achievement honor named for the celebrated 20th century poet. Nye's prize was announced Friday by the Academy of American Poets, which has previously given the award to Louise...