The Grammarians Toast Paul Violi
Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Dixon Place @ 161 Chrystie Street

Hosted by Marty Correia in The Dixon Lounge

Poet Paul Violi died April 2, 2011, leaving many New York City creative writing students mourning their beloved professor. Those who wished to hear Violi’s work and share memories were invited to this free, public event.

Paul Violi wrote eleven books of poetry, including Overnight, Fracas, The Curious Builder, Likewise, and Breakers, a selection of his longer poems.  Widely published and anthologized both in the U.S. and abroad, he received two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships in poetry as well as many other arts grants throughout his prolific career. Recipient of the Morton Dauwen Zabel Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2001), and the John Ciardi Lifetime Achievement Award in Poetry (2004), just to name a few, Paul Violi’s work continues to resonate.

Below are YouTube videos of the poems read at this event. Much gratitude goes to all the people who participated as audience and readers. Special thanks to Dixon Place founder, Ellie Covan and the entire staff of Dixon Place.

To browse through all the videos, click —-> http://www.youtube.com/user/martycorreia

Click the links below to watch each person read a Paul Violi poem.
Kate Conroy
Ruth Danon 1
Ruth Danon 2
M. Scott Frank 1
M. Scott Frank 2
Jolie Gorchov
Andrew Levy 1
Andrew Levy 2
Scott Linder
Deanna Masselli
Dave McNamara
Semia Powlett
Barry Ramus
Kevin Shea
Marguerite Van Cook
Kellen Williams
Yuko Yoshida