- Lucille Clifton has won the 2007 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement. The $100,000 award was established in 1986 and is presented by the Poetry Foundation. The prize will be given at a ceremony at the Arts Club of Chicago on May 23.
- The James Beard Foundation/KitchenAid Book Awards have also been announced in a variety of cookbook-related categories.
- Robert Whitaker was among this year’s winners of the Lukas Prize Project Awards, which recognize excellence in nonfiction writing.
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