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<span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#7E0000">THE POETRY INSTITUTE – NEW HAVEN</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#7E0000">Third Thursday Open Mic</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;color:black">Featuring </span></b><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Brad Davis</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt">
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">October 20, 2011</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Brad Davis</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt"> is the author of several
books and chapbooks of poetry, including </span><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Opening King David</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">,
<i>Like Those Who Dream</i>, and <i>No Vile Thing. </i> His chapbooks have won the
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt">Sunken Garden Poetry Prize and been finalists for two other prizes. Brad is the editor of the new Hill-Stead Museum online journal, Theodate. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">He has an MFA from Vermont
College of Fine Arts and has taught at The Stony Brook School, Eastern Connecticut State University, the College of the Holy Cross, and Pomfret School, where he was the founding editor of
</span><em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Broken Bridge Review</span></em><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> and the Broken Bridge Folio Series. His poems have appeared in
</span><em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Paris Review, Poetry, DoubleTake, Image, Michigan Quarterly Review, Tar River Poetry, Connecticut Review, Puerto del Sol, Ascent,</span></em><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> and
other journals.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">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). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">The Institute Library<br>
847 Chapel Street<br>
New Haven, CT</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Doors Open at 6:30. Reading starts at 7:00.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Please arrive a few minutes early to sign up for the reading.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#7E0000">Great Poetry! </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#7E0000">In a Warm, Friendly Environment</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://thepoetryinstitute.com">http://thepoetryinstitute.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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">nancy.kuhl at yale.edu.</a> Messages sent directly to the Yale-Readings list may not be posted.
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For more information about Poetry at the Beinecke Library, visit: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Poetry at Beinecke Library:
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