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<font size=2><b>Connecticut Poetry Circuit-- Kim Bridgford <br>
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The Connecticut Poetry Circuit is pleased to announce that Kim Bridgford
has been chosen as this year’s touring poet. Bridgford will be
meeting classes and giving readings at colleges across the state.
All of her readings are open to the public. <br>
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Kim Bridgford has published three books of poetry: <i>Undone</i>,
nominated for the Pulitzer Prize; <i>Instead of Maps, </i>nominated for
the Poets’ Prize; and <i>In the Extreme: Sonnets about World
Records</i>, winner of the Donald Justice Poetry Award. Though best
known as a poet--her work having been published extensively in the U.S.,
Canada, and the UKshe is also a fiction writer and critic. She
serves as editor of <i>Dogwood</i> and the online women’s formalist
magazine <i>Mezzo Cammin</i>. Bridgford has received grants from the
National Endowment for the Arts and the Connecticut Commission on the
Arts and was selected Connecticut Professor of the Year by the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Kim Bridgford is a
Professor of English at Fairfield University.<br>
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<font size=2>October
23
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12:15-1:15 p.m. <br>
University of Hartford<br>
Wilde Auditorium<br>
West Hartford</font>, CT <br>
<font size=2>Teresa Stores,
<a href="mailto:stores@hartford.edu">stores@hartford.edu</a><br>
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7:00 p.m.
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Tunxis Community College<br>
Cyber Café, 600 Building<br>
Farmington</font>, CT<br>
<font size=2>Sally Terrell,
<a href="mailto:Sterrell@txcc.commnet.edu">Sterrell@txcc.commnet.edu</a>
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The Connecticut Poetry Circuit was established in 1968 to continue the
work of the New England Poetry Circuit, which was established in 1964 at
the request of the Academy of American Poets. The work of the
Circuit is guided by a panel of poets: Dick Allen, Vivian Shipley, Clare
Rossini, and Kate Rushin. The Circuit is directed by James Gentile
and Mariana DiRaimo. For additional information about the
Connecticut Poetry Circuit or these readings, please contact James
Gentile at
<a href="mailto:jgentile@mcc.commnet.edu">jgentile@mcc.commnet.edu</a>
or Mariana DiRaimo at
<a href="mailto:mdiraimo1@mcc.commnet.edu">mdiraimo1@mcc.commnet.edu</a>
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