Griffin Poetry Prize Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Griffin Poetry Prize on XThe world’s largest international poetry prize for a single book of poetry written in, or translated in English

Continuous Creation: Last Poems
Les Murray📚Continuous Creation: Last Poems by Les Murray (@fsgbooks) #GriffinGiftGuide #Poetry2022 #poetrytwitter https://t.co/B9NpncyPYu
Paperback, 2023
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Balladz
Sharon OldsBalladz (@AAKnopf ) by Sharon Olds is one of our ten #2023GriffinPoetryPrize longlisted collections. Congratulations, Sharon! ✨ https://t.co/HipE6tfj2U
Paperback, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations
Bell Hooks"The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is – it’s to imagine what is possible." —bell hooks, Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations, 2012
Paperback, 2006
$23.99Member price:$22.79 + Free shipping5% off
Frolic and Detour: Poems
Paul Muldoon“I'm amazed at how much I like the architecture of poems.” —Ed Roberson With Griffin Trustee Paul Muldoon, 2022 #GriffinPoetryPrize International Finalist Ed Roberson reflects on what he has learned over decades of writing and much more! https://t.co/L9P92gx6MM
Paperback, 2020
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Village Life: Poems
Louise GlückListen to Louise Glück read our #PoemoftheWeek, "Crossroads," from A Village Life, shortlisted for the 2010 Griffin Poetry Prize. @fsgbooks https://t.co/YweZmgVXHw
Paperback, 2010
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Concrete and Wild Carrot
Margaret AvisonWatch Margaret Avison read our #PoemoftheWeek, "Rising Dust," from Concrete and Wild Carrot, winner of the 2003 Griffin Poetry Prize. @BrickBooks https://t.co/mHCVKgksQy
Paperback, 2002
$15.00Member price:$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems
Joy Harjo"They didn’t understand that the sun is a relative, and illuminates our path on this earth." This week’s poem is from the 2016 #GriffinPoetryPrize winning collection, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings by Joy Harjo. https://t.co/QzlfMfZBPR https://t.co/UyuI9uYApP
Paperback, 2017
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Falling Awake: Poems
Alice OswaldWatch Alice Oswald recite our #PoemoftheWeek, "A Short Story of Falling. ✨ Oswald's poetry collection Falling Awake (@penguinrandom / @JonathanCape) was the winner of the 2017 International Griffin Poetry Prize. https://t.co/wngUN8AWcj
Paperback, 2018
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Late to the House of Words: Selected Poems of Gemma Gorga
Gemma GorgaInternational Finalists: ⭐ -Late to the House of Words,Sharon Dolin (@SharonDolin) translated from the Catalan written by Gemma Gorga (@gemmagorga) -Sho by Douglas Kearney (4/6)
Paperback, 2021
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Heaven Is All Goodbyes: Pocket Poets No. 61
Tongo Eisen-MartinOur #PoemoftheWeek by @_tongogara_ is excerpted from his 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize-shortlisted collection, Heaven Is All Goodbyes (@citylightsbooks)! https://t.co/1pswwi9g9x https://t.co/xg9I3hKfXC
Paperback, 2017
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book