Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/weekly-poem-georgi-borrisov-in-paris-by-john-balaban Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story 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.