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SPRINGTIME AT THE ORDINARY EVENING READING SERIES<br>
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<h3><font size=4><b>April 17, 7PM - Novelists Chandra Prasad and Sheila
Kohler</b></font></h3><br><br>
<font size=1>On Tuesday, April 17th, The Ordinary Evening Reading Series
proudly presents two fiction writers, New Haven native Chandra Prasad and
O. Henry-award winning novelist Sheila Kohler. As always, the reading
will start at 7 PM in the Mermaid Room, downstairs at the Anchor Bar, 272
College St. in New Haven (203) 865-1512. No cover charge; drinkers and
teetotalers alike are welcome.<br><br>
<b>Chandra Prasad</b>'s writing explores themes of identity and
belonging. Inspired by lore and legend, her book <i>Death of a Circus
</i>is a dark tale that centers around a young man who dreams of making a
name for himself as a high-wire walker. Tom Perrotta says it is
"narrated with Dickensian verve, a keen eye for historical detail,
and lots of heart." Prasad is the editor of—and a contributor
to—<i>Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial
Experience</i> (W.W. Norton), which features original work by Danzy Senna
and Ruth Ozeki, among others. She is also the author of <i>Outwitting the
Job Market</i> as well as dozens of articles on diversity and the
workplace. Her novel <i>On Borrowed Wings</i>, about a girl who attends
Yale University in the 1930s in the guise of a boy, will be published by
Atria (Simon & Schuster) in June. Chandra lives in Connecticut with
her husband, son, and an iguana named Green Bean.<br><br>
<b>Sheila Kohler</b> has just published <i>Bluebird or the Invention of
Happiness</i> (Other Press, April 2007), an account of an 18th century
French noblewoman who left Revolutionary France and became a successful
dairy farmer in Massachusetts. She is the author of five other novels:
<i>The Perfect Place</i>,(Knopf,1989) <i>The House on R Street</i>,
(Knopf, 1994) <i>Cracks</i> (Zoland,1999) <i>Children of Pithiviers</i>,
(Zoland, June, 2001) and <i>Crossways</i>(The Ontario Review Press,
October 2004), and three collections of short stories: <i>Miracles in
America</i>,(Knopf, 1990) <i>One Girl</i> (Helicon Nine, 1999) and
<i>Stories from Another World</i> (2003, Ontario Review Press). <br>
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Kohler has been awarded the O.Henry, (1988), the Open Voice Award(1991),
The Willa Cather Prize for <i>One Girl</i>(1998), the Smart Family
Foundation prize (October, 2000) and the Antioch Review Prize, (2004).
She was a fellow at the Cullman Center at the New York Public Library in
2003/4 and teaches at Bennington and Brooklyn College.<br>
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<h3><font size=4><b>May 1, 7PM – Your-Favorite-Poem
Night</b></font></h3><br><br>
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<h3><b>In the spirit that "every month is Poetry Month", we
invite you to gather up some favorites and read aloud with us on Tuesday,
May 1, 7PM. Old or new, famous or obscure, stuff you've written yourself
– we welcome all comers. All we ask is that you limit your contribution
to 5 minutes, so that everyone gets a chance to read. See you on May
Day!</b></h3><br><br>
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