Spalding University presents Paisley Rekdal

The much-lauded poetry collection West: A Translation, by Paisley Rekdal, has won the 2026 Spalding Prize for the Promotion of Peace and Justice in Literature, awarded by the Sena Jeter Naslund-Karen Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University.

Rekdal will give a public presentation and receive the award at 6 p.m. at The Brown Hotel, 335 W. Broadway. The event is presented by the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing and the Louisville Free Public Library. The program is free and open to the public, but registration is requested. A book signing will follow, with books provided by Carmichael’s Bookstore.