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<font size=4><b>The Ordinary Evening Reading Series' Summer Sendoff:
Elizabeth Alexander and Lloyd Schwartz, Tuesday, May 15, 7pm<br>
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<font size=2>Whether you've enjoyed our readings before, or you've been
meaning to come all year, you definitely don't want to miss our final
reading <b>Tuesday, May 15, at 7pm </b>in the Mermaid Room in the
basement of the Anchor Bar & Restaurant, 272 College St. in New Haven
(203) 865-1512. Lloyd Schwarz, a poet, professor, music critic, and
Elizabeth Bishop expert, will be reading with Elizabeth Alexander, Yale
professor, poet, and recent winner of the inaugural Jackson Poetry
Prize.</font> <font size=2>No cover charge; drinkers and teetotalers
alike are welcome.<br>
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<font size=2><b>Lloyd Schwartz</b></font><font size=2 color="#000080"> is
the author of three books of poems, most recently <i>Cairo Traffic</i>.
He won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism for his columns about classical
music and dance in the <i>Boston Phoenix</i> and is also a regular
commentator about classical music for NPR's Fresh Air. He has written
extensively about Elizabeth Bishop and is currently co-editing her
collected works for the Library of America. Dr. Schwartz lives in
Somerville, Massachusetts and is Frederick S. Troy Professor of English
at The University of Massachusetts, Boston.<br><br>
<b>Elizabeth Alexander</b> is a poet, essayist, playwright, and teacher.
She is the author of four books of poems, <i>American Sublime</i>
(Graywolf Press, 2005), which was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize;
<i>The Venus Hottentot</i> (Graywolf Press, reissued 2004); <i>Antebellum
Dream Book</i> (Graywolf Press, 2001); and <i>Body of Life</i> (Tia
Chucha, 1997). She is also a scholar of African-American literature and
culture and recently published a collection of essays, <i>The Black
Interior</i> (Graywolf Press, 2003). She has read her work across the
U.S. and in Europe, the Caribbean, and South America, and her poetry,
short stories, and critical prose have been published in dozens of
periodicals and anthologies. A professor at Yale University, Dr.
Alexander lives in New Haven, Connecticut and also serves on the faculty
of Cave Canem Poetry Workshop in the summer.<br>
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