The Paris-American is an ezine and poetry reading series at Poets House in New York City. Past contributors on the site include Matthew Dickman, Carl Phillips, Dorianne Laux, Ocean Vuong, Laura Kasischke, Natalie Diaz, Ilya Kaminsky, Sophie Cabot Black, Yusef Komunyakaa, Kaveh Akbar, James Franco, and C. Dale Young. The first reading was December 7th, 2012, and featured former Poet Laureate of the United States, Mark Strand, as well as Eduardo C. Corral, Camille Rankine, and Malachi Black.
The Spring 2013 reading's celebrity poet was Pulitzer Prize winner Yusef Komunyakaa. Sharing the stage with Yusef was guest reader Matthew Zapruder and the winners of The Paris-American Prize, Roger Reeves and Christopher Kondrich. Since then, readers have included Marie Howe, Joseph Fasano, Danez Smith, Mark Doty, Tomas Q. Morin and Lolita Stewart-White. To learn more on how to share the stage with the next celebrity poet, go to The Paris-American website, here.
Poet Chloe Honum recommends The Paris-American over at 32 Poems.
The Spring 2013 reading's celebrity poet was Pulitzer Prize winner Yusef Komunyakaa. Sharing the stage with Yusef was guest reader Matthew Zapruder and the winners of The Paris-American Prize, Roger Reeves and Christopher Kondrich. Since then, readers have included Marie Howe, Joseph Fasano, Danez Smith, Mark Doty, Tomas Q. Morin and Lolita Stewart-White. To learn more on how to share the stage with the next celebrity poet, go to The Paris-American website, here.
Poet Chloe Honum recommends The Paris-American over at 32 Poems.
