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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:red'>WORD OF MOUTH
POETRY SERIES</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:red'>featuring
Alison Montcrief</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto;text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:
14.5pt;color:blue'>Thursday, January 15, 2009</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:blue'>6:30pm</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span style='color:#333333'>Doors Open at 6:30. Open
mike at 7:00. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span style='color:#333333'>Please arrive a few minutes
early to sign up for open mike.<br>
<br>
The Institute Library<br>
847 Chapel Street<br>
New Haven, CT</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'> </span><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Alison D.
Moncrief has a Master's degree in English Literature from the University
of St. Andrews in Scotland and an MFA from New York University. Her poems
have appeared in or are forthcoming in</span></span><span
class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span></i></span><em><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Caduceus</span></em><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>,</span></span><span
class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span></span><em><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>The Connecticut River Review,</span></em><span
class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span></i></span><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>and</span></span><span
class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span></span><em><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>The Paris Review. </span></em><span
class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span></span><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>She is also a
contributing poetry editor for the on-line literary journal</span></span><span
class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span></span><span
class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Drunken
Boat. </span></i></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:black'>Alison teaches English at Southern Connecticut State
University and the Foote School. The homework assignment for Monday, 1/12/09:
"Write a one page short story (Really, keep it to one page.) in which your
character exhibits or is shaped by some type of theme mentioned in The
Tipping Point." </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='color:#333333'>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" target="_blank"><span style='color:#2357C3;
text-decoration:none'>allwordofmouth@gmail.com</span></a> or <a
href="mailto:mcguireschwartz@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:
#2357C3;text-decoration:none'>mcguireschwartz@gmail.com</span></a>.<br>
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Word of Mouth is an affiliate of Arts and Literature Laboratory. Please visit
our website at <a href="http://allgallery.org/" target="_blank"><span
style='color:#2357C3;text-decoration:none'>allgallery.org</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></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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