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Saltwater Demands a Psalm - Born in The Gambia in 1997, Kweku Abimbola earned his MFA in Poetry Writing from the University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program. His debut poetry collection, Saltwater Demands a Psalm, was selected by Tyehimba Jess as the winner of the 2022 Academy of American Poets First Book Award.
Academy of American Poets First Book Award, the nation’s most generous first-book prize for poetry. The winner will receive $5,000 and their manuscript will be published by Graywolf Press in 2023. In addition, the Academy of American Poets will purchase and send thousands of copies of the book to its members, which will make it one of the most widely distributed poetry books of the year. The winner will also receive a six-week all-expenses-paid residency at the Civitella Ranieri in Umbria, Italy, and will be featured in American Poets magazine and on Poets.org, which reaches millions of readers each year.