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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/programs-events/events/envelopes-and-silk-reading-and-artist’s-talk-jen-bervin"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#6E6E70;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="220" height="220" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/sites/default/files/bervinphoto_bw_thumb.jpg" alt="Jen Bervin"></span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#6E6E70"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#F0515A;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.2pt">Poetry Reading and Artist's Talk</span></b><b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#59595B;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:1.2pt"><br>
Thursday, Feb. 19, 4 pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<h1 style="margin-top:0in;line-height:20.25pt"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#6E6E70;font-weight:normal">Jen Bervin | On Envelopes and Silk<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#6E6E70">Visual artist and poet Jen Bervin will
<a href="http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/programs-events/events/envelopes-and-silk-reading-and-artist’s-talk-jen-bervin">
present and discuss</a> her work with Emily Dickinson's manuscripts, recently published in the artist's book,
<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Gorgeous Nothings</span></em>, and her ongoing research for
<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Silk Poems</span></em>, an experimental book nano-imprinted on biomedical silk film.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#6E6E70">To learn more about Bervin's fascinating work, visit
<a href="http://www.jenbervin.com">her website</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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readings, send the full text of the announcement, including contact information, to
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