The 17th Marfield Prize Finalists

Congratulations to the 17th Marfield Prize Finalists

We would like to thank all the Marfield Readers who provided wonderful insights to all the books submitted this year and help make this prize happen.

(in alphabetical order by author’s last name)

The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act, by Isaac Butler (Bloomsbury Publishing USA; February 1, 2022)

What the Ermine Saw: The Extraordinary Journey of Leonardo Da Vinci's Most Mysterious Portrait, by Eden Collinsworth (Doubleday; May 10, 2022)

Mr. B: George Balanchine's 20th Century, by Jennifer Homans (Random House; November 1, 2022)

Architects of an American Landscape: Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the Reimagining of America’s Public and Private Spaces, by Hugh Howard (Grove/Atlantic Monthly Press; January 25, 2022)

Last Light: How Six Great Artists Made Old Age a Time of Triumph, by Richard Lacayo (Simon & Schuster; October 11, 2022) 

The 17th Marfield Prize Judges

Francisco Aragón is the son of Nicaraguan immigrants. A native of San Francisco, California, he holds degrees in Spanish from UC Berkeley and NYU. Aragón is the author of three books of poetry: Puerta del Sol (2005), Glow of Our Sweat (2010), and After Rubén (2020), as well as editor of the anthology, The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry (2007).

Dan Callahan is the author of "Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman" (2012), "Vanessa: The Life of Vanessa Redgrave" (2014), "The Art of American Screen Acting" (2 volumes, 2018-19), "The Camera Lies: Acting for Hitchcock" (2020), and the novel "That Was Something" (2018), which was nominated for the Edmund White Debut Novel Prize.

Joan Kwon Glass is the mixed-race, Korean American author of NIGHT SWIM (Diode Editions, 2022), and three chapbooks (HOW TO MAKE PANCAKES FOR A DEAD BOY @Harbor Editions, IF RUST CAN GROW ON THE MOON @Milk & Cake Press & BLOODLINE @Harbor Review).