This, I came across Poets.org recently! In New Jersey, we are blessed with so many riches! Poets like Gerald Stern add to why I feel so lucky to be living in New Jersey. Here is a quote from the Poets.org website.

Gerald Stern of Lambertville, New Jersey, won the 2005 Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets. Stern, whose most recent book is Everything Is Burning: Poems (W.W. Norton, 2005), received $100,000. The award recognizes “outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry.” The judges were Frank Bidart, Lucille Clifton, Toi Derricotte, Sharon Olds, and Kevin Young. The winner is selected by internal nomination. There is no application process.

Congratulations Mr. Stern! Now I need to find a venue where I can go and listen to your readings! Are you reading your new work some where close to Princeton in near future?