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margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
color:red'>WORD OF MOUTH POETRY SERIES</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
color:red'>Featuring Janice Tatter Chapbook Release Party </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
color:red'>and </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
color:red'>Richard Tietjen Memorial Reading</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
color:blue'>Thursday, May 21, 2009</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:blue'>6:30 PM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:#333333'>Doors Open at 6:30. Open mike at 7:00.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='color:#333333'>Janice Tatter Chapbook Release </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Janice will read from her new chapbook, COMMUNION OF VOICES. She
is receipient of Alma K. Daughtery Award for excellence in literature. In
2006, REMEMBERING THE TRUTH was published by Temenos Publishing Company. She's
been published in several journals such as Southern Hum, Red River Review,
Poesia, Up the Staircase, Alimentum, Muscadine Lines: A Southern Journal, and
many others.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;
margin-left:0in'>Apple Valley Review called Communion of Voices “a collection
of subtle, fine-boned poetry” and James Marsh, author of Snapshots of Vietnam,
said, “Janice dares to expose her heart, and pour out her soul with vivid
description.” According to Paula Martin Morell, publisher and author of Broken
Water, the “hauntingly beautiful, sacred imagery” of Communion of Voices has
the familiarity of a shadowy, candlelit sanctuary into which “we are pulled back
again and again.” Boston Literary Magazine praised Janice's “willingness
to be vulnerable... and her fascination with the dynamics of those closest to
her, from her parents to the family servant, Locke. The poems in Communion of
Voices speak of hard-hitting realities like 1950s racism and sexual awareness,
all the while treating human frailties with compassion and humor.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;
margin-left:0in'>On a personal note, working with Janice has been an
exhilarating journey into her complex psyche. Her fine writing and her passion for
presenting excellent verse has made her one of WOM's favorite poets. We
are excited to share Communion of Voices with you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b>Richard Tietjen Memorial Reading</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We will be remembering our friend Richard Tietjen and will celebrate his
life and poetry by holding a memorial reading of his verse. We will read
poems that Richard had selected for a poetry reading that he had scheduled. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='color:black'>Richard's courageous 14 year fight against
lymphoma was remarkable and strengthened his own compassion towards family,
friends, and the world. He had a gentle departure on April 20th.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span lang=EN>Richard gives us a brief glance at his story in his own words,
below:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN>I think poetry captures snapshots,
cross-sections of time and space that are more enduring than mere photographs.
The dictum “Ideas only in things” has ruled my practice for the longest time.
Lately, I’ve realized that poetry must assert imaginative realities that can’t
quite be encompassed in ordinary language. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN>After a number of years cutting down
trees and building things from wood, I then worked as a programmer in the
educational publishing industry for 20 years. In 2004 I devoted my energies to
writing poems that have appeared in <em>Caduceus</em>, the <em>Connecticut
River Review</em>, and on this <em>Kitchen Ink</em> website, (<a
href="http://kitchen-ink.org/" target="_blank">http://kitchen-ink.org</a>). I
read at many poetry events in New Haven and up the Connecticut Shoreline. I
inhabit Guilford, CT where I practice both poetry and textual programming and
belong to the Guilford Poets Guild, Shoreline Greenway Trail, and Guilford
Peace Alliance.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><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="http://mail.google.com/mail/h/z6ne2zt4wxmh/?v=b&cs=wh&to=allwordofmouth@gmail.com"
target="_blank"><span style='color:#2357C3'>allwordofmouth@gmail.com</span></a> or <a
href="http://mail.google.com/mail/h/z6ne2zt4wxmh/?v=b&cs=wh&to=mcguireschwartz@gmail.com"
target="_blank"><span style='color:#2357C3'>mcguireschwartz@gmail.com</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='color:#333333'>Word of Mouth is an affiliate of Arts and
Literature Laboratory. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='color:black'>Please also support our sister series, Wednesday
Night Poetry Series and visit the WNPS website at <a
href="http://wedpoetry.net/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#2A5DB0'>wedpoetry.net</span></a>.</span><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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