It’s time for Charles Wright to put on a suit.
The new Poet Laureate of the United States will deliver his inaugural reading at the Library of Congress on Sept. 25. When his appointment was announced back in June, the celebrated writer noted that he’d only worn his suit for “weddings and funerals.”
Although he’s exceptionally modest and treats his various honors — including this most recent appointment — with self-deprecating humor, Wright is one of the most celebrated poets alive. The former professor at the University of Virginia has won a National Book Award, a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Critics Circle Award and a Bollingen Prize over his 44-year-career. “Caribou” (FSG), the most recent of his 24 collections, was published earlier this year.
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