Gregory Pardlo

Gregory Pardlo is the author of the poetry collections Spectral Evidence, which was long listed for the National Book Award, and Digest, winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. His other books include Totem, winner of the American Poetry Review/ Honickman Prize and Air Traffic, a memoir in essays. His honors include fellowships from the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He divides his time between New York and the UAE where he is Program Head of Literature and Creative Writing at NYU Abu Dhabi.