Monday, May 9, 2011
Michener Center Graduate First Poet to Win Keene Award for Literature
Josh Booton, 2011 Keene Prize Winner
Josh Booton, a graduate of the Michener Center for Writers (MCW) at The University of Texas at Austin, has won the $50,000 Keene Prize for Literature for his collection of poems, “The Union of Geometry and Ash.”
The Keene Prize is one of the world’s largest student literary prizes. An additional $50,000 will be divided among three finalists.
Booton’s collection of poems was chosen from more than 60 submissions in drama, poetry and fiction. The title sequence is…
