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class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:red'>WORD OF MOUTH
POETRY SERIES </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:18.0pt;color:red'>now called</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><em><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:red'>THE POETRY INSTITUTE SERIES</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:red'>Featuring
Leslie McGrath</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:14.5pt;color:blue'>Thursday, February 18, 2010</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;color:blue'>6:30 PM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='color:#333333'>Doors Open at 6:30. Reading starts at 7:00.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='color:#333333'>Please arrive a few minutes early to sign up for the
reading.<br>
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The Institute Library<br>
847 Chapel Street<br>
New Haven, CT</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:12.75pt'><span lang=EN>Leslie McGrath is the
managing editor of <a
href="http://hiderefer.com/?http://www.drunkenboat.com/"><span
style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Drunken Boat</span></a> online journal
of the arts, Leslie’s poems have appeared in Agni online, Alimentum, Beloit
Poetry Journal, DIAGRAM, Poetry Ireland, and elsewhere. Her literary interviews
have appeared in the Writer’s Chronicle and on public radio. Winner of the
2004 Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, her first collection of
poetry, Opulent Hunger, Opulent Rage, was published by Main Street Rag
Press (2009.) She is also the editor, along with Ravi Shankar,
of Radha Says, the posthumous poetry collection of Reetika Vazirani, published
by Drunken Boat Press.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:13.5pt;color:maroon'>Yes, the poetry
series you know and love as Word of Mouth will now be called, The Poetry
Institute – New Haven.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN>During a brief transition period, both the Word of Mouth and Poetry
Institute names and email addresses will be used. We apologize for any
inconvenience or confusion this may cause.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN style='color:maroon'>It’s
a New Year! </span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN style='color:maroon'>A
New Decade!</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN style='color:maroon'>New
Name! New Website!</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span lang=EN
style='color:maroon'>Same Great Poetry! Same Great Location! </span></strong><o:p></o:p></h2>
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lang=EN style='font-size:18.0pt;color:maroon'>Same Warm, Friendly Environment</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:12.75pt'>Get current
information from our <b><span style='color:red'>brand new</span></b> website,
at the following link:<o:p></o:p></p>
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style='color:red'><a href="http://thepoetryinstitute.com/">http://thepoetryinstitute.com/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333333'>On the third Thursday of each
month, The Poetry Institute 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 even others. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333333'>For more information, please
contact us, at </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>poetryinstitute<a
href="mailto:allwordofmouth@gmail.com"><span style='color:#1F497D;text-decoration:
none'>@gmail.com</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"'>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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