Pulitzer Prize Poetry Winner
Walking to Martha's Vineyard
by Franz Wright
Summary
Wright writes from inside addiction, mental illness, and tentative spiritual recovery, with poems shaped by silence and prayer. His lines are short, broken, and direct, often verging on plainness yet charged with metaphysical longing. The collection wrestles openly with faith and survival, inheriting and reshaping the somber lyric tradition of his father.
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Historical Context & Significance
This win made the Wrights the only father and son to both win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (James won in 1972).