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J. D. McClatchy has received the 2010 Ambassador Book Award for Poetry from the English-Speaking Union of the United States for his book of poems “Mercury Dressing” (2009).
The Ambassador Book Awards recognize important literary works that contribute to the understanding and interpretation of American life and culture. Winners become “literary ambassadors,” providing people around the world with a window on America’s past and present in the best contemporary English.
In accepting his award, McClatchy noted: “In 1200, a Japanese monk said, ‘Enlightenment is like the moon reflected in the ocean. The moon doesn’t get wet and the water isn’t broken. Although its light is wide and vast, the moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch long. The whole moon and the whole sky are reflected in a dew drop on the grass.’ Our job as writers is to recover the truth but also to keep the invisible attached. It has been an honor for decades now to watch for the moon on the dewdrop, to search the heart for its own trembling light. It is in words we find our way to see the world; that mine this year have been chosen as ambassadors, is an enormous privilege.”