QUICK TAKES - April 22, 2009

Poet Linda Gregg has won the third annual Jackson Poetry Prize, a $50,000 award given to an author who has written at least one book of “recognized literary merit” but has yet to receive wide attention.

Gregg, 66, is the author of several books, including “All of It Singing” and “Things and Flesh.” The award is sponsored by Poets & Writers Inc., a nonprofit literary organization that announced the prize Tuesday.