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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Brooklyn, NY

New York US

Email:

fmaxime@post.harvard.edu

Bio:

Francesca Marguerite Maxime is the author of "Re-Routed: verse for the human animal" published in 2013, and "Rooted: a verse memoir," published by NYQ Books in 2012. She is also a broadcast journalist currently anchoring the news at Ebru TV. She was previously a reporter with WPIX/PIX11 news in New York City. Her poems have appeared in the New York Quarterly, the Paterson Literary Review, and Lips. She won an honorable mention for her poem, Christmas Cards, in the 2012 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards, and is being nominated for a Pushcart Prize in poetry. She resides in Brooklyn and graduated from Harvard University. www.francescamaxime.com [2]
www.facebook.com/ReRoutedBook.com [3]
www.facebook.com/RootedAVerseMemoir [4]

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Born in:

Chicago

Raised in:

Boston, MA

Massachusetts

Website:

https://www.facebook.com/RootedAVerseMem… [5]

Prizes won:

Honorable Mention, 2012 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards, for 'Christmas Cards'

Pushcart Prize Nominee, 2013, for 'My Grandmother Sends Me Silky Nightgowns'

What I'm reading now:

Facts About the Moon by Dorianne Laux

Cold Comfort by Lyn Lifshin

One Secret Thing by Sharon Olds

The Book of Men by Dorianne Laux

The Trouble Ball by Martin Espada

Identifies as:

Haitian American

Hispanic

Italian American

Latino/Latina/Latinx

Mixed-Race

Prefers to work with:

Any