The 2023 Paterson Poetry Prize Winners are Joshua Bennett for The Study of Human Life (Penguin Books, New York, NY) and Tom Sleigh for The King’s Touch: Poems (Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, MN).
Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Founder & Executive Director, of The Poetry Center at PCCC says of these books:
“Joshua Bennett’s book, The Study of Human Life, captures the extraordinary in ordinary lives, and explores black experiences and relationships. This book is brilliant and moving.