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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:16.0pt'>Lori Allen</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>August 21, 2008, Thursday</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Word of Mouth Poetry Series</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Open Mike at 7:00</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Doors Open at 6:30</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The Institute Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>847 Chapel Street<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>New Haven<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>L. N. Allen published literary and science fiction under the
name Lori Negridge Allen for many years, in such magazines as <i>The Twilight
Zone</i>, but the stories gradually shrunk to short shorts, then to prose
poems, then to lined free verse and formal poetry. Past work can be found in <i>The
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,</i> the national SF anthology<i> Final
Shadows, </i>and <i>The</i> <i>Mississippi Review.</i> Her most recent poems
can be found in <i>The</i> <i>Southern Review</i>, <i>Tundra </i>and <i>The New
Hampshire Review</i>, among others.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On the third Thursday of each month, Word of Mouth Poetry
Series celebrates an eclectic mix of poetic voices. Free. Refreshments. Open
Mike. Outstanding featured readers. In a casual setting. Open to all members
of the public and others. For more information, please contact <a
href="mailto:allwordofmouth@gmail.com">allwordofmouth@gmail.com</a> or <a
href="mailto:mcguireschwartz@gmail.com">mcguireschwartz@gmail.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Word of Mouth is an affiliate of Arts and Literature
Laboratory. Please visit our website at <a href="http://allgallery.org">allgallery.org</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Please also support our sister series, Wednesday Night
Poetry Series and visit the WNPS website at <a href="http://wedpoetry.net">wedpoetry.net</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The Yale-Readings Listserv is sponsored by the Yale Collection
of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. To post
announcements about poetry and fiction readings, send the full text of the
announcement, including contact information, to <a
href="http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/yale-readings">nancy.kuhl at
yale.edu.</a> Messages sent directly to the Yale-Readings list may not be
posted. <br>
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For more information about Poetry at the Beinecke Library, visit: <a
href="https://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com">https://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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