Dorianne Laux and Finalists for the 2012 Paterson Poetry Prize To Read

On Saturday, April 6, a reading by winners and finalists for the 2012 Paterson Poetry Prize will be given as part of The Distinguished Poets Series of the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College.


This free reading is at the Hamilton Club Building, 32 Church St., Paterson, NJ at 1 PM.

First Prize

DORIANNE LAUX

The Book of Men

(W. W. Norton & Company)

Finalists

WANDA COLEMAN
The World Falls Away
(University of Pittsburgh Press)

MARTÍN ESPADA
The Trouble Ball
(W. W. Norton & Company)

RACHEL RICHARDSON
Copperhead
(Carnegie Mellon University Press)

JASON SCHOSSLER
Mud Cakes
(Bona Fide Books)

JOE WILKINS
Killing the Murnion Dogs

(Black Lawrence Press)