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MIGHT COULD

by Anna Lena Phillips Bell

winner of the 20th Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize

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Winner of the 21st Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize

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by Christopher Childers

2 / 16 / 2027

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MIGHT COULD receives shoutout in the TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
MIGHT COULD receives shoutout in the TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

Might Could receives shoutout in the Times Literary Supplement’s “Summer books 2026.”

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The MIGHT COULD Tour Continues at Symposium Books
The MIGHT COULD Tour Continues at Symposium Books

The MIGHT COULD tour continues! In May, Anna Lena Phillips Bell joined Katherine Hollander (MY GERMAN DICTIONARY) at Symposium Books in Providence, RI. The two read from their collections, both of which were winners of the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize.

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MIGHT COULD in “Able Muse Review”
MIGHT COULD in “Able Muse Review”

The 32nd issue of Able Muse includes a review of Anna Lena Phillips Bell’s Might Could. Read on to see what reviewer Alexander Pepple had to say.

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