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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#000000" vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:19.0pt;color:#7E0000'>THE POETRY INSTITUTE – NEW HAVEN</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#7E0000'>Third Thursday Open Mic</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:black'>Featuring </span></b><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.5pt'>Dana Sonnenschein</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:15.0pt'>March 17, 2011</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>Dana Sonnenschein is a professor at Southern Connecticut State University, where she’s been teaching writing and literature (from folklore through Shakespeare) since 1994. Her most recent poetry collection, <a href="http://redirectingat.com/?id=725X584219&site=thepoetryinstitute.wordpress.com&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBear-Country-Dana-Sonnenschein%2Fdp%2F0976700697%2Fref%3Dsr_1_3%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1296090291%26sr%3D8-3&sref=http%3A%2F%2Fthepoetryinstitute.com%2Fabout%2F2011-features%2F" target="_blank" title="Bear Country on Amazon">Bear Country</a>, won the 2008 National Federation of State Poetry Societies Stevens Manuscript Prize. Her previous works include another poetry book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Forms-Dana-Sonnenschein/dp/1933456507/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1296090291&sr=8-1" target="_blank" title="Natural Forms on Amazon">Natural Forms</a> (Word Press, 2006) and two prose poem chapbooks, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Corvus-Poems-Dana-Sonnenschein/dp/0974126810/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1296090291&sr=8-2" target="_blank" title="Corvus on Amazon">Corvus</a> (winner of the Quentin R. Howard Prize, Wind, 2003) and <a href="http://www.mainstreetrag.com/D_Sonnenshein.html" target="_blank" title="MainStreet ">No Angels But These</a> (Main Street Rag, 2005). Her poetry has appeared recently in Feminist Studies, Epoch, Lumberyard, and Silk Road. Over the last two years, however, she’s changed genres and written a novel about Lady Macbeth, enabled in part by residencies awarded by the Ragdale Artists Community and Vermont Studio Center.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On the third Thursday of each month, The Poetry Institute Poetry Series celebrates an eclectic mix of poetic voices. Free. Refreshments. Open mic. Outstanding featured readers. In a casual setting. Open to all (even poets).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:12.75pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:12.75pt'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#009900'>In celebration of the day, blarney will be free.</span></span><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><br>The Institute Library<br>847 Chapel Street<br>New Haven, CT</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'>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;line-height:12.75pt'><span style='color:black'>Please arrive a few minutes early to sign up for the reading.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#7E0000'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#7E0000'>Great Poetry! </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#7E0000'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#7E0000'>In a Warm, Friendly Environment</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#7E0000'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:12.75pt'><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="http://thepoetryinstitute.com"><u><span style='color:blue'>http://thepoetryinstitute.com</span></u></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>poetryinstitute</span></u></span><span class=apple-style-span><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:allwordofmouth@gmail.com"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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"><u><span style='color:blue'>nancy.kuhl at yale.edu.</span></u></a> Messages sent directly to the Yale-Readings list may not be posted. <br><br>For more information about Poetry at the Beinecke Library, visit: <a href="https://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com"><u><span style='color:blue'>https://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com</span></u></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p></div></body></html>