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<p class="MsoNormal">Beinecke Small Press Reading Room, sponsored by the Yale Collection of American Literature, the Yale Lit, and the Yale Working Group in Contemporary Poetry and Poetics<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, November 14th, 3:30-5:30pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Beinecke Library Rooms 38 & 39<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Guests: Guy Pettit of Flying Object (Hadley, MA) , Joshua Beckman of Wave Books (Seattle), Matvei Yankelevich of Ugly Duckling Presse (NYC)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To RSVP Visit: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsNIJqX-_na6dHNhbWduWUgxbUNsRTU2elRWOXFUd3c&usp=sharing#gid=0">
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsNIJqX-_na6dHNhbWduWUgxbUNsRTU2elRWOXFUd3c&usp=sharing#gid=0</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please join us for the second Beinecke Library Small Press Open Reading Room on Thursday, November 14<sup>th</sup>. A variation on last year’s event, this year will offer an open-house style opportunity to read and handle recent publications
by Ugly Duckling Presse, Wave Books, and Flying Object, and the chance to talk with key representatives from each press: Guy Pettit of Flying Object (Hadley, MA) , Joshua Beckman of Wave Books (Seattle), Matvei Yankelevich of Ugly Duckling Presse (NYC). Come
survey the state of the art in alternative literary publications and contemporary poetry and prose at the Beinecke Library and talk with three editors/publishers/writing working at the leading edge of American literature.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The event program will unfold as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3:30pm--reading room open for browsing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4:30pm—introduction and brief remarks from visiting publishers, followed by informal q & a<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">additional browsing and conversation until 5:30pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">5:30-6:30pm--post-event pizza party in Beinecke Staff Lounge<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>PLEASE: RSVP using the following form: </b><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsNIJqX-_na6dHNhbWduWUgxbUNsRTU2elRWOXFUd3c&usp=sharing#gid=0">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsNIJqX-_na6dHNhbWduWUgxbUNsRTU2elRWOXFUd3c&usp=sharing#gid=0</a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information, contact Nancy Kuhl: <a href="mailto:nancy.kuhl@yale.edu">
nancy.kuhl@yale.edu</a> or 203.432.2966<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">About visiting the Beinecke Library classrooms: <a href="http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/programs-events/teaching-beinecke/seminar-room-use-guidelines">
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/programs-events/teaching-beinecke/seminar-room-use-guidelines</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Note: All visitors are asked to leave their belongings, including coats and hats, in the lockers and racks on the main floor. Please do not bring food or drink into the library. Yale affiliates should bring their Yale ID downstairs with
them in order to sign in.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Nancy Kuhl<br>
Curator of Poetry, Yale Collection of American Literature<br>
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library<br>
Yale University<br>
121 Wall Street, P.O. Box 208240<br>
New Haven, CT 06520-8240<br>
Phone: 203.432.2966 <br>
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Interested in acquisitions, events, and news from the Yale Collection of American Literature?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Visit the YCAL-JWJ Blogs: </span>
<a href="http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/blog/YCAL"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/blog/YCAL</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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