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 book of poems, &#8220;Blue for Oceans,&#8221; won the L.L. Winship/Pen New England Award as the best book of poetry published in 2010 by a New England writer. His poems have appeared online in Poetry Daily and Verse Daily, and in many magazines and journals. Three poems
 from &#8220;Blue for Oceans&#8221; were featured on Garrison Keillor&#8217;s &#8220;Writers Almanac.&#8221; Charles graduated from Stanford University in 1972. He practices law and works in New Haven, Connecticut.&nbsp;<b>Learn more at&nbsp;</b></span><a href="http://charlesdouthat.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">charlesdouthat.com</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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 is a graduate of Bard College where she studied German Literature. She grew up and still lives in New Haven, CT. Christina is an eclectic writer of jazz-based lyrics, a wonderful instrumentalist of cloth and a practitioner of sacred seaside arts.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">8:00 &#8211; 9:00pm&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Readings by Charles Douthat and Christina O&#8217;Connor</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;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
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