Here Is the Sweet Hand

Francine J. Harris is an American poet born in Detroit, Michigan, author of three acclaimed collections: Here Is the Sweet Hand (2020), play dead (2016), and allegiance (2012). She has won the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award for Here Is the Sweet Hand, Lambda Literary and Audre Lorde Awards for play dead, with allegiance a finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery and PEN Open Book Awards, and holds fellowships from the NEA and others. Read more →