Kaveh Akbar's Calling a Wolf a Wolf Receives John C. Zacharis First Book Award

 

Kaveh Akbar's Calling a Wolf a Wolf Receives John C. Zacharis First Book Award

Alice James Books is pleased to announce that Kaveh Akbar’s Calling a Wolf a Wolf is the recipient of the twenty-eighth annual John C. Zacharis First Book Award from Ploughshares.

 

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