Nathaniel Mackey

Nathaniel Mackey was born in Miami, Florida in 1947. He is the author of several books of poetry, fiction, and criticism, and has received many awards for his work, including the National Book Award in poetry for Splay Anthem, the Stephen Henderson Award from the African American Literature and Culture Society, and the Bollingen Prize from the Beinecke Library at Yale University. Mackey is the Reynolds Price Professor of English at Duke University, and edits the literary journal Hambone.

Nathaniel Mackey

Books by Nathaniel Mackey

Blue Fasa
Nathaniel Mackey
Paperback, 2015
A stellar new collection of poems by “the Balanchine of the architecture dance” (The New York Times), and winner of the National Book Award in poetry.
Nod House
Nathaniel Mackey
Paperback, 2012
A stellar new collection of poems by “the Balanchine of the architecture dance” (The New York Times) and winner of the 2006 National Book Award in poetry.
Late Arcade
Nathaniel Mackey
Paperback, 2017
A new volume of the singular, ongoing, great American jazz novel
Blue Fasa
Nathaniel Mackey
E Book, 2015
A stellar new collection of poems by “the Balanchine of the architecture dance” (The New York Times), and winner of the National Book Award in poetry.
Late Arcade
Nathaniel Mackey
E Book, 2017
A new volume of the singular, ongoing, great American jazz novel
Double Trio: Tej Bet, So's Notice, Nerve Church: Limited Edition Box Set
Nathaniel Mackey
Hardback, 2021
Three new books in a spectacular limited edition box carry the tradition of the long poem far into the 21st century with a “low-lit, slow-drag ebullience”

Nathaniel Mackey

Books by Nathaniel Mackey

Blue Fasa

Nod House

Late Arcade

Blue Fasa

Late Arcade

Double Trio: Tej Bet, So's Notice, Nerve Church: Limited Edition Box Set