Marilyn NelsonMarilyn Nelson is the author of numerous books, including How I Discovered Poetry, Faster Than Light: New and Selected Poems, 1996–2011, and Carver: A Life in Poems. Her honors include three National Book Award Finalist medals, te Poets’ Prize, the Frost Medal, the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, and the Wallace Stevens Award. Nelson is professor emerita of English at the University of Connecticut, the former poet laureate of Connecticut, and founder and director of Soul Mountain Retreat. Read More Read Less