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Weekly Poem: 'Georgi Borrisov in Paris' by John Balaban

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Uploaded on Jun 27, 2011

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John Balaban is the author of 12 books of poetry and prose, including four volumes which together have won the Academy of American Poets' Lamont prize, a National Poetry Series Selection and two nominations for the National Book Award. He is poet-in-residence and professor of English at North Carolina State University.

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