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<p><em><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Fall 2008 Readings
at Yale University<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>All
events are free and open to the public; additions and changes will be posted on
line: <a href="http://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com/readings-at-yale-university/">http://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com/readings-at-yale-university/</a><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Richard Wright: A
Centenary Celebration</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Readings by Ishmael
Reed, Darryl Pinckney, Caryl Phillips,</span></strong><b><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Jonathan Holloway,
Elizabeth Alexander</span></strong></b><br>
Tuesday, September 23, 4 pm<br>
Whitney Humanities Center, Lecture Hall, 53 Wall Street<br>
Co-Sponsored by the <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>James
Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection</span></em>-<em><span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Beinecke Library, the Whitney Humanities Center, the
African American Studies Program, New Ideas in African American Studies,
Calhoun College, and the Department of English</span></em><br>
Contact: nancy.kuhl@yale.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Henri Cole and
Louise Glück, Poetry Reading</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>
Monday, September 29, 2008, 6 pm<br>
St. Anthony Hall, 483 College Street<br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Sponsored by the
Department of English</span></em><br>
Contact: (203) 432-2233<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Carson Cistulli,
Poetry Reading</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>
Friday, October 3, 6 pm<br>
St. Anthony Hall, 483 College Street<br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Co-sponsored by the
Graduate Poets Reading Series and the</span></em><i><br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Yale Collection of
American Literature Reading Series</span></em></i><br>
Contact: david.gorin@yale.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Ted Conover,
Reading and Conversation</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>
Thursday, October 23, Time TBA<br>
Location TBA<br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Francis Conversations with
Writers</span></em><br>
Contact: clare.schlegel@yale.edu.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Young African
American Poets: A Celebration of New Writing</span></strong><b><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Poetry Readings by
Evie Shockly, Douglas Kearney, </span></strong></span></b><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>and Amaud Jamal
Johnson</span></strong><br>
Tuesday, October 28, 4 pm<br>
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street<br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Co-sponsored by the Yale
Collection of American Literature </span></em><br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Reading Series and New
Ideas in African American Studies</span></em><br>
Contact: nancy.kuhl@yale.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Jacqueline Osherow,
Poetry Reading</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>
Monday, November 3, 4:15 pm<br>
Divinity Bookstore, 409 Prospect Street<br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Yale Literature and
Spirituality Series</span></em><br>
Contact: melissa.maier@yale.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Charles Wright,
Poetry Reading</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>
Tuesday, November 11, 5:30 pm<br>
St. Anthony Hall, 483 College Street<br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Sponsored by the
Department of English</span></em><br>
Contact: (203) 432-2233<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Dan Chiasson,
Poetry Reading</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>
Thursday, November 13th, 6 pm<br>
Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, Room 208<br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Graduate Poets Reading
Series</span></em><br>
Contact: david.gorin@yale.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Linton Kwesi
Johnson, Poetry Performance and Interview by Caryl Phillips</span></strong><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>
Tuesday, November 18, Time TBA<br>
African-American Cultural Center, 211 Park Street<br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Co-sponsored by New Ideas
in African-American Studies,</span></em><i><br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>the Literature of the
Middle Passage Project, and</span></em><br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>the African-American
Cultural Center</span></em></i><br>
Contact: elizabeth.alexander@yale.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Lucille Clifton,
Poetry Reading</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>
Tuesday, December 2, 5:30 pm<br>
Location TBA<br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Co-sponsored by the Yale
Collection of American Literature </span></em><br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Reading Series and New
Ideas in African American Studies</span></em><br>
Contact: nancy.kuhl@yale.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Robert Alter,
Reading</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>
Monday, December 8, 5:15 pm<br>
Yale Divinity School Common Room<br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Cosponsored by the Yale
Literature and Spirituality Series</span></em><i><br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>and the Lana Schwebel
Lecture in Religion and Literature</span></em></i><br>
Contact: melissa.maier@yale.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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