PRESS/awards
NAACP Image Award for Poetry (2026) – The Intentions of Thunder
National Book Award for Poetry (2025) – The Intentions of Thunder
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (2021) – from the Poetry Foundation (lifetime achievement; one of the most prestigious honors in American poetry)
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (2018) – Incendiary Art
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award (2018) – Incendiary Art
Pulitzer Prize Finalist (2018) – Incendiary Art
NAACP Image Award (2018) – Incendiary Art
National Poetry Slam Champion (4-time winner)
NAACP Image Award winner (2026)