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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Ordinary Evening
Reading Series Welcomes<br>
Allan Appel and Jack Halpern</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>New Haven, CT, March 30,
2010 – The Ordinary Evening Reading Series welcomes novelist, poet and
playwright Allan Appel and journalist and <i>This American Life</i> contributor
Jake Halpern at <b>7PM on Tuesday, April 20, in the Anchor Bar’s Mermaid Room</b>,
272 College Street in New Haven.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>This season’s lineup
offers an eclectic mix of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction from writers. We
conclude the spring 2010 season on May 18 with novelist Rebecca Chace and
non-fiction writer Sven Birkerts. Check our website for author biographies,
links to poems and other information: <a
href="http://ordinaryevening.blogspot.com/">http://ordinaryevening.blogspot.com/</a>.
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>ABOUT THE ORDINARY EVENING
SERIES </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The Ordinary Evening
Reading Series presents readings by poets, novelists, and non-fiction writers.
We welcome drinkers and teetotalers alike and hope you can join us for what the
<i>New Haven Independent</i> called "one of those unofficial civic
ventures that make New Haven such a vibrant place." </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Read
writers' biographies, find links to more writing, send us an email, and more at
<a href="http://www.ordinaryevening.blogspot.com/"><span style='color:#2951A6'>http://www.ordinaryevening.blogspot.com</span></a>.
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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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