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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:24.0pt;color:#CC0000'>Word of Mouth Reading</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

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style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#CC0000'>Featuring Robin Sampson</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Thursday,
July 16, 2009</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>6:30 PM</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Doors
Open at 6:30. Open mike at 7:00.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Robin Sampson</b>&nbsp;has been published in the New
Verse News, The Book of Hope, The Company We Keep, The Hat City Free Press,
&amp; Bitter Oleander, in Poets Against the War, Wicked Alice, Connecticut
River Review, and Bent Pin Quarterly.&nbsp; She also has an essay included in
the book Poem, Revised: 54 Poems, Revisions, Discussions (Marion Street Press,
April 2008). Robin is a member of the Marathon Poetry Critique and&nbsp;<a
href="http://shijinlive.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6F3C1B'>Shijin</span></a>&nbsp;a
poetry performance troupe. Her website is<a href="http://www.robinesampson.com/"
target="_blank"><span style='color:#6F3C1B'>http://www.robinesampson.com</span></a>.&nbsp;
She is&nbsp;host and bookings coordinator for Wednesday Night Poetry
Series.&nbsp; She is a Master Wildlife Conservationist,an aspiring novelist, a
reader, an inquirer into the gritty, beautiful business of life, nature and
geology. Glass-bead jewelry creator, earth-mother, keeper of the hearth, maker
of death-by-chocolate deserts, relentless seeker of &quot;ma&quot; (that which
is missing). Besides her writing life, she sustains three kids and a husband,
Will.<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>&nbsp;<br>
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<a href="mailto:contactallwordofmouth@gmail.com"
target="_blank"><span style='color:#2A5DB0'>contactallwordofmouth@gmail.com</span></a>&nbsp;or<a
href="mailto:mcguireschwartz@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:
#2A5DB0'>mcguireschwartz@gmail.com</span></a>.<br>
Word of Mouth is an affiliate of Arts and Literature Laboratory.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>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>.<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>Get current information from our new website, at the following
link:<br>
&nbsp;<br>
<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/wordofmouthpoetryseries/Home"
target="_blank"><span style='color:#2A5DB0'>http://sites.google.com/site/wordofmouthpoetryseries/Home</span></a><span
style='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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