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Dorianne Laux⁠’s sixth collection,⁠Only As the Day is Long: New and Selected Poems ⁠ was named a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Her fifth collection, ⁠The Book of Men⁠, was awarded The Paterson Prize. Her fourth book of poems,  Facts About the Moon,  won The Oregon Book Award and was short-listed for the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize.  Laux is also the author of Awake;  What We Carry, a finalist for the National Book Critic’s Circle Award; Smoke; as well as a fine small press edition, The Book of Women. She is the co-author of the celebrated text  The Poet’s Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry. Her latest collection is ⁠Life On Earth ⁠was released in January of 2024.