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style='font-size:13.5pt'>Ordinary Evening Reading Series Presents</span></b><span
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<b>Allan Appel and Jake Halpern</b><br>
<b>at the Anchor Bar, New Haven</b><br>
<b>Tuesday, April 20th, 7 PM</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Celebrate sending off that tax return with a rollicking evening of readings by
novelist, poet and playwright Allan Appel and <i>This American Life</i>
contributor Jake Halpern on Tuesday, April 20th, in the Anchor Bar’s Mermaid
Room, 272 College Street in New Haven.<br>
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I'm the child of gamblers--a card and horse player on the paternal side--and
Esther, while she put down Ed's gambling habits, herself played bingo several
nights a week and on Sundays, but always, she added, only with the sisterhood
in the basement of the temple, directly under Junior Cong's room. Why do
I tell you this? Until I learned better as an adult, I considered the
game of bingo, like the dietary laws, practically a formal part of Judaism.<br>
<br>
-- from <i>The Hebrew Tutor of Bel Air</i> by Allan Appel<br>
<br>
Besides eating better, Jack had also learned to rest properly. Before retiring
the volcano, he rarely rested well.… “I would wake up in the middle of the
night, and I would think: Shit, did I tighten that valve or fix that wire?” he
explained. Nowadays, despite his room being occasionally illuminated by the
demonic red glow of the volcano, he claimed to sleep better.<br>
<br>
- from “The Lava-Side Inn” in<i> Braving Home</i> by Jake Halpern<br>
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<b>Allan Appel</b>'s most recent book is<i> The Hebrew Tutor of Bel Air</i>
(2009). A novelist, poet, and playwright who was born in Chicago in 1946,
Allan's books include <i>Club Revelation, High Holiday Sutra</i> (winner of a
Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award) and <i>The Rabbi of Casino
Boulevard</i>, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. His writing has
appear in <i>The National Jewish Monthly, The Progressive</i>, and <i>National
Lampoon</i>, and his plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, New Haven,
and Provincetown. He has published a total of six novels, a biography, two
collections of poetry, a book on botany, and <i>A Portable Apocalypse</i>, a
handy anthology of erudite and humorous quotations about the end of the world.
Among his plays, <i>Dear Heartsey</i>, a staged adaptation of the letters of a
colonial New Yorker, Abigail Franks, was commissioned by the American Jewish
Historical Society, and presented, starring Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach, at
New York's Jewish Museum, at Queens College, City University of New York, and
at Yale. In 2003, <i>Flight</i>, a play about the perils of patriotism, was
presented in a staged reading by the New England Academy of Theatre in New
Haven.<br>
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<b>Jake Halpern</b> is an author, journalist, and radio producer. His first
book, <i>Braving Home</i> (2003), was a main selection for the Book of the
Month Club by Bill Bryson and was a Library Journal “Book of the Year.” His
next book, <i>Fame Junkies </i>(2007), was the basis for an original series on
NPR's <i>All Things Considered</i> and portions of the book were published in
both the <i>New Yorker </i>and <i>Entertainment Weekly.</i> His first work of
fiction, a fantasy novel entitled <i>Dormia</i> (2009), has been hailed by the
American Library Association as the next Harry Potter. As a journalist, Jake
has written for a wide variety of publications, including <i>The New York Times
Magazine, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated,
Entertainment Weekly,</i> and <i>Outside</i>. In the realm of radio, Jake is a
contributor to NPR's<i> All Things Considered</i> and <i>This American Life</i>.
Last, but not least, he is a fellow of Morse College at Yale University, where
he teaches a class on journalism. His website is <a
href="http://jakehalpern.com">jakehalpern.com</a>.<br>
<br>
<br>
Last spring reading is May 18! We conclude the spring 2010 season on May 18
with novelist Rebecca Chace and non-fiction writer Sven Birkerts. <br>
<br>
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 New Haven Independent called "one of those unofficial
civic ventures that make New Haven such a vibrant place."<br>
<br>
Check out previous and future reading dates, read writers' biographies, send us
an email, and more at <a href="http://www.ordinaryevening.blogspot.com">http://www.ordinaryevening.blogspot.com</a>.<br>
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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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