<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">Dear Friends,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">we're going into a intense time for poetry fans. I'm sending notice of several events upcoming that are of particular interest to members of this group.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"> Tonight Ken Chen, an early member of the WGCP, now member-at-large is reading on campus from his book of poems (which won the Yale Younger Poets Prize) . Tomorrow, Peter Gizzi--who visited the WGCP last year-- will be doing a Q and A with undergrads, but the event is open to the public.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">And lastly, New Haven Review Books is having a party to launch two new books, one of which is a collection of poems (entitled Blue for Oceans) by our very own Charles Douthat--what better reason to attend a party?</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">I'll paste the info for these events below. Also, a reminder that we meet this Friday to discuss the work of David Shapiro.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">Onward!</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">Richard Deming</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">+++++</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"><br></font></div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"><b>November 29: 7:30 pm, Calhoun Master’s House, </b></font><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"><b>434 College Street</b></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"><b><br></b><br><b>Ken Chen</b>, winner of the Yale Younger Poets Prize 2009, will read his poetry in the Calhoun Master's House today at 730. Louise Gluck, judge of the Yale Younger Poets Prize, will introduce him.<o:p></o:p></font></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">Glück Picks Ken Chen For Yale Younger Poets Prize -- 5.29.09<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">A little over a year after being named executive director of the Asian American Writers' Workshop, Ken Chen can add another impressive line to his resumé. Yale University Press on Wednesday announced that he is winner of this year's Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize. His first collection, Juvenilia, will be published next spring.<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">Chen, who succeeded Quang Bao at the New York City-based nonprofit organization, is the first Chinese American to win the prestigious poetry award in over twenty-five years. In a statement released by the Writers' Workshop, Chen credits the organization for giving him the support he needed to finish his first book. "It was the Workshop that led me to find a community of writers, who gave me the encouragement and mentorship I needed to complete my manuscript," he says.<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">Louise Glück chose Juvenilia for the award, which is given for a first collection by a poet under the age of forty. It was Glück's seventh pick as the series judge. Since 2004 she's chosen the following collections: It Is Daylight by Arda Collins, The Earth in the Attic by Fady Joudah, Frail-Craft by Jessica Fisher, Green Squall by Jay Hopler, Crush by Richard Siken, and The Cuckoo by Peter Streckfus.</font></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">++++++</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"><b>Tuesday, Nov. 30th, Peter Gizzi</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">* Poet Peter Gizzi to discuss and read his work with English 127 students (open to the public). <br>* Date: Tuesday, Nov. 30th, <br>* Time: 7:00-8:30pm<br>* Place: WLH 116 </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">++++++++++++</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"> T<b>uesday, Dec. 7, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Charles Douthat</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"> <br>WHAT: Launch party for </font><a href="http://newhavenreview.com/index.php/store/" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">NEW HAVEN REVIEW BOOKS</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">, a new non-profit press based here in town.<br>WHO: Authors </font><a href="http://www.charlesdouthat.com/" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">Charles Douthat</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"> and </font><a href="http://gregoryfeeley.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">Greg Feeley</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"> will read from, sell, and sign their new books.<br>SAY WHAT?: You can learn more </font><a href="http://newhavenreview.com/index.php/store/" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">here</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">.<br>WHEN: Tuesday, Dec. 7, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.<br>WHERE: K</font><a href="http://www.kehlerliddell.com/" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">ehler-Liddell Gallery</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">, 873 Whalley Ave., New Haven (in </font><a href="http://www.westvillect.org/" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">Westville Village</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">)<br>WHO ELSE: You, and anyone you want to bring.<br>PLEASE: Come. Support this amazing new venture. Drink on us.<br>JUST DRINK?: No, </font><a href="http://smittenkitchen.com/cookie-recipes/" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">cookies</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"> too. And other edibles.<br>KIDS?: If they are quiet and attractive.<br>AREN'T ALL KIDS ATTRACTIVE?: </font><a href="http://www.childmode.com/2010/03/03/spring-2010-preview-united-colors-of-benetton-children%E2%80%99s-collection/" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">Yes</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">.<br>RSVP?: It would be nice if you did.<br>QUESTIONS: Can be directed to </font><a href="mailto:mark.e.oppenheimer@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">mark.e.oppenheimer@gmail.com</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria"> or </font><a href="mailto:bfslattery@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Cambria">bfslattery@gmail.com</font></a><br></span></span></div></body></html>