Sheryl Luna wins 2022 Sandeen Prize in Poetry
SOUTH BEND — University of Notre Dame Press has announced that Sheryl Luna has won the 2022 Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry for the collection of poems in “Magnificent Errors.”
Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program in the English department at the University of Notre Dame, the prize is awarded to authors who have published at least one volume of poetry.
With the poems in “Magnificent Errors,” the author’s third collection, Luna turns her gaze toward people living on the margins — whether it be cultural, socioeconomic, psychological or personal — and celebrates their ability to recover and thrive.
The poems in “Magnificent Errors” are lyrical, narrative and often highly personal, exploring what it means to be the “other” and how to cope with difference and illness.
The book stems from Luna’s personal experiences in transitional housing after being temporarily homeless and explores themes of mental health struggles that often lead to economic insecurity.
Luna’s first collection, “Pity the Drowned Horses,” won the inaugural Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize for emerging Latino/a poets and was published by University of Notre Dame Press in 2005.
From 7 to 8:30 p.m. March 2, Luna will participate in a virtual book talk with the Creative Writing Program. For more information, visit english.nd.edu.
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The Sandeen Prize is named for Ernest Sandeen, a poet who taught at Notre Dame from 1946 to 1978. He was the author of six books of poetry, including “Like Any Road Anywhere,” “A Later Day, Another Year” and “Can These Bones Live?” The University of Notre Dame Press published each of his works.
For more information, visit undpress.nd.edu.
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