Charles Kell’s daring and incisive poetry collection, Cage of Lit Glass (which is also his PhD creative dissertation under the direction of Dr. Peter Covino), just won the Autumn House Press Poetry Prize, selected by distinguished judge, Kimiko Hahn.  Charles’ book will be published in fall 2019. Autumn House is a major independent poetry press and they are especially well known in the Midwest and Pittsburgh where they are based. Autumn House has published collections by such celebrated contemporary poets as Gerald Stern, Ada Limón, Martha Rhodes, Anne Marie Macari, Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, Matthew Thornburn, and Samuel Hazo, among others. We’re incredibly proud of Charles’ hard work and perseverance. Read more about the prize and Charles’ winning work here.