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<p>Poet Peter Gizzi will visit Yale University on November 5th and 6th. On the
evening of Thursday, the 5th, Gizzi will read in the Graduate Poets Reading
Series; on the afternoon of Friday, November 6th, he will meet with the
Working Group in Contemporary Poetry (WGCP). Details of both event follow.
Peter Gizzi is one of the most talented experimental lyric poets of his
generation. His books include <em>The Outernationale,Some
Values of Landscape and Weather</em>, <em>Artificial Heart</em>, and <em>Periplum
and other poems 1987-92</em>. His many honors include the Lavan
Younger Poet Award from the Academy of American Poets and a Guggenheim
Fellowship. He is also the editor of <em>The House That
Jack Built: The Collected Lectures of Jack Spicer</em> and, with Kevin Killian,
of <em>My Vocabulary Did This To Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer</em>. Currently
he teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Gizzi’s Reading</strong>: Grad Poets Reading Series, 7:00 pm,
Thursday, November 5th, Linsly-Chittenden Rm. 317. Books will be available to
purchase, courtesy of the Yale University Bookstore. This event has been
generously sponsored by the Yale Graduate and Professional Student Senate, the
Dean’s Fund and the Yale Review. More information about readings at Yale:
<a href="http://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com/readings-at-yale-university/">http://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com/readings-at-yale-university/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>WGCP Meeting with Peter Gizzi</strong>: 3 pm, Friday, November 6th,
Whitney Humanities Center Rm. 116. The group will discuss <em>The Outernational</em>
and additional readings (<a
href="http://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/gizzi-outernational/">http://wgcp.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/gizzi-outernational</a>),
focusing on the questions outlined here: <a
href="http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/wgcp-whc/2009-October/000229.html">http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/wgcp-whc/2009-October/000229.html</a>.
More information about WGCP: <a href="http://wgcp.wordpress.com/">http://wgcp.wordpress.com/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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"><span
style='color:blue'>nancy.kuhl at yale.edu.</span></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"><span style='color:blue'>https://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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