Paterson Poetry Prize Winners

The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College annually gives the Paterson Poetry Prize for a book of poems, selected by the judges as the stro ...more

Winners

	Deep Lane: Poems by Mark Doty 4.19 avg rating — 336 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blue Buick: New and Selected Poems by B.H. Fairchild 4.44 avg rating — 70 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems by Billy Collins 4.18 avg rating — 5,394 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Looking for the Gulf Motel by Richard Blanco (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 500 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Men by Dorianne Laux (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 581 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010 by Elizabeth Alexander 4.05 avg rating — 111 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Face by Sherman Alexie 4.08 avg rating — 493 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behind My Eyes [With CD] by Li-Young Lee 4.07 avg rating — 1,005 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God's Silence by Franz Wright 4.08 avg rating — 538 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Inhabitants of Arcadia: Poems by Christopher Bursk 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teahouse of the Almighty by Patricia Smith 4.43 avg rating — 229 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

nominees

	Perennial by Vivian Shipley 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Money than God by Richard Michelson 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Lightness, a Thirst, or Nothing at All: Poems by Adele Kenny (Goodreads Author) 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Lucent Fire: New and Selected Poems by Patricia Spears Jones 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Application for Release from the Dream: Poems by Tony Hoagland 4.18 avg rating — 441 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bastards of the Reagan Era by Reginald Dwayne Betts 4.24 avg rating — 343 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloom in Reverse by Teresa Leo 3.83 avg rating — 30 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desire Zoo: Poems by Alison Luterman 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark. Sweet.: New & Selected Poems by Linda Hogan 4.29 avg rating — 66 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Crooked House by Teresa Carson (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Like a Beggar by Ellen Bass 4.47 avg rating — 508 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New and Selected Poems: 1962-2012 by Charles Simic 4.32 avg rating — 236 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Father, Humming by Jonathan Gillman 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Backlit Hour by José Antonio Rodríguez 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Dark & Emptying Field by Rachel McKibbens 4.29 avg rating — 115 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women's Poetry: Poems and Advice by Daisy Fried 3.91 avg rating — 67 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freak Show by Valerie Bandura 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thrall by Natasha Trethewey 4.14 avg rating — 1,481 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After the Point of No Return by David Wagoner 3.75 avg rating — 36 ratings Paterson Poetry Prize Nominee (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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