From top left: Cleary, Bacon, Busch, Hyland, Donaghy, Rothbard
Please join us as The Poetry Center celebrates the publication launch of the winning book for the Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Award with a reading by the winning poet and finalists.
The winning 2024 poet is Suzanne Cleary for her manuscript The Odds. Her collection has been published by NYQ Books. This award includes a $5,000 prize, 25 author copies, and a featured reading at the book’s release.
The five finalists and their manuscript titles are: Rowhome in Flickering Light, Daniel Donaghy; A Brief History of My Sex Life, Subhaga Crystal Bacon; BREASTS/MOM Emily Hyland; Smolder, Colleen Morton Busch; All the Wrong Things, Susan Rothbard.
There will be a catered reception at the Poetry Center at PCCC in Paterson starting noon. The reading by Suzamme Cleary will begin there at 1 pm and will also include readings by finalists Colleen Morton Busch and Susan Rothbard.
The event is free and open to the public.
See the Poetry Center website for information, directions and parking.
Visit laurabosspoetryfoundation.org for information on the Foundation’s work, the manuscript award, and our poetry magazine Lips.
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