CAAPP highlights, promotes, & shares the work of African American and African diasporic poets & pollinates cross-disciplinary conversation. Two A's, Two P's.
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We are honored to have helped to bring this book into the world with the @CAAPPoetics!
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As we near the end of #NationalPoetryMonth, we can think of no better way to celebrate than the Pub Day of Meredith Nnoka's Les Portes, winner of the 2025 CAAPP Book Prize, selected by Cameron Awkward-Rich, and named a "Best Poetry of 2025 and 2026” by Ms. Magazine!
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Very excited to be bringing this film to Pittsburgh in a month! The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire. Please RSVP & reserve your seats! This is a part of a weeklong curation I’ve put together for @CAAPPoetics Black Study series called “Surrealism as Tactic.” carnegieart.org/event/surrea…
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We’re thrilled to share the cover of LES PORTES by Meredith Nnoka, winner of the 2025 CAAPP Book Prize (@CAAPPoetics)!
In her debut collection, Nnoka traces how harm against women and femmes takes root, recurs, and reshapes itself across generations.
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The 2026 CAAPP (@CAAPPoetics) Book Prize is now open!
The submission deadline is December 15th, 2025, and the winning manuscript will be published by AHP & receive a $3,000 prize.
As always, submissions are free.
This year's final judge is Ladan Osman (@OsmanLadan).
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Join AHP poet Jasmine Reid, winner of the 2024 CAAPP Book Prize, for the launch of her book INTERLOCUTOR GODDESS on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m.!
Jasmine and poet Douglas Kearney will read and converse at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty, then host a Q&A and book signing.
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Happy Pub Day to INTERLOCUTOR GODDESS by Jasmine Reid (@ireidjasmine), winner of the 2024 @CAAPPoetics Book Prize, selected by aracelis girmay (@aracelisxgirmay)!
AHP is so honored to have published this collection; join us in celebrating Jasmine!
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The biggest, warmest congrats to AHP's Okwudili Nebeolisa! This tender book deserves all the love!
I'm so surprised to announce that Terminal Maladies is a finalist for the Hurston Wright Legacy Awards along with Carl Phillips and Alison Rollins !!!! So grateful to the judges! My gratitude to @CAAPPoetics , and @AutumnHousePrs House Press!!!
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I'm so surprised to announce that Terminal Maladies is a finalist for the Hurston Wright Legacy Awards along with Carl Phillips and Alison Rollins !!!! So grateful to the judges! My gratitude to @CAAPPoetics , and @AutumnHousePrs House Press!!!
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Pre-order my debut full-length poetry collection, Interlocutor Goddess, winner of the 2024 @CAAPPoetics Book Prize, selected by aracelis girmay! It will be published this fall by @AutumnHousePrs! autumnhouse.org/books/interl…
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I will be attending AWP for the first time. Looking forward to reading at this AWP off-site event with my fellow @AutumnHousePrs writers, as well as other beautiful presses, on 28th Mar. I also will be signing copies of my book at the @CAAPPoetics table. More info on that later.
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Livestream link for tonight! crowdcast.io/c/ecodesire?fbc…
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We're proud to once again partner with @northwesternup for the newly-named 2026 Angela Jackson Prize! The prize is awarded every other year to support an exceptional second collection by a Black poet.
Submissions close March 15th at 11:59 PM ET bit.ly/angela-jackson-26
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All my life I swung the wrong things.
I put down mallet and muscle,
circle the tree’s girdling roots
and ask, “Where does it hurt?”
––MaKshya Tolbert
@processdaily
#PoemADay
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Center for African American Poetry and Poetics retweeted
Submissions for the 2025 CAAPP Book Prize are officially open!
🗣️ Mark your calendars! Submissions for the 2025 CAAPP Book Prize open next month (12.15)! The winning manuscript will receive $3,000 and publication with @AutumnHousePrs. This year's final judge is the brilliant @cawkward_rich. For more info visit caapp.submittable.com
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Nikki Giovanni, revolutionary poet and voice of Black resilience, has died at 81. Her words inspired generations and will continue to echo through time.
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We are deeply saddened by the loss of the iconic Ms. Nikki Giovanni, a trailblazing poet and cultural leader who fearlessly spoke truth to power.
At 81, she leaves behind an extraordinary legacy of artistry and activism that will inspire generations to come.
Rest in power. ✊🏿
