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Frank O'Hara Prize Poetry Winners Reading

Monday September 25, 2023 3:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Winners will read from their manuscripts:
First Place - Richard Fox, "Skating On The Edge Of Flesh"

Second Place - Jeff Walt, "Each Morning I Rise Like A Sleepwalker And Rot A Little More"

Third Place - Jennifer Freed, "On Their Anniversary She Whispers His Name"

Honorable Mention - Marsha Kunin, "In The Garden Of The Blind Barbarian"

Monday September 25, 2023 3:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
First Unitarian Church, Worcester

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