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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:windowtext'>P</span>lease
come hear 4 extraordinary emerging poets <b>*this Thursday*</b><b><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:windowtext'>D</span>wayne
<span style='color:windowtext'>B</span>etts, <span style='color:windowtext'>R</span>andall
<span style='color:windowtext'>H</span>orton, <span style='color:windowtext'>J</span>ohn
<span style='color:windowtext'>M</span>urillo, and <span style='color:windowtext'>M</span>arcus
<span style='color:windowtext'>J</span>ackson<br>
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Thursday<span style='color:windowtext'>, A</span>pril 22<span style='color:
windowtext'>, </span>7 pm<br>
<span style='color:windowtext'>Yale A</span>fro-<span style='color:windowtext'>A</span>merican
<span style='color:windowtext'>C</span>ultural <span style='color:windowtext'>C</span>enter<br>
211 <span style='color:windowtext'>P</span>ark <span style='color:windowtext'>S</span>treet<o:p></o:p></p>
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text-align:justify'><b>Etheridge Knight often said it is “a valid ambition to
want the words you strung together to live on the lips of ordinary people.”
Today, four emerging African-American poets echo that sentiment with each line
they write. Reginald Dwayne Betts, Randall Horton, Marcus Jackson and John
Murillo have come together to form the Symphony. These four poets combine their
voices into four movements that form one song: a multitudinous story of love,
prison, fatherhood and the denizens of cities often absent from American verse.
The House that Etheridge Built is part lecture, and part poetic suite. It is an
introduction to the work of Etheridge Knight and an introduction to the voices
of his literary descendants, all who aim to have their words live on the lips
of ordinary people. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'>S</span>ponsored by the <span
style='color:windowtext'>D</span>epartment of <span style='color:windowtext'>A</span>frican
<span style='color:windowtext'>A</span>merican <span style='color:windowtext'>S</span>tudies<span
style='color:windowtext'>: <a href="http://www.yale.edu/afamstudies/">http://www.yale.edu/afamstudies/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:windowtext'>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></span></p>
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