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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-m2919840859736951195gmail-il"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">"Andrea</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> <span class="gmail-m2919840859736951195gmail-il">Gibson</span> has proven to be one of the most quotable
and influential poets of our time and has made a career at the forefront of the spoken-word movement. <span class="gmail-m2919840859736951195gmail-il">Gibson</span> was the first winner of the Women’s World Poetry Slam and has headlined prestigious performance
venues all over the country and abroad. They are a nonbinary poet and activist whose work deals with issues of LGBTQ identity, among others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">"Gibson will be at Yale on November 7th & 8th. They will run a workshop on 11/7 called "Spoken Word in Action." The <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_events_1502220869863678_-3Facontext-3D-257B-2522ref-2522-253A-25221-2522-252C-2522action-5Fhistory-2522-253A-2522null-2522-257D&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=utafVVnK_aXVelVdzUMRSiCKdAvNHVBc6mgP9nbKaoE&m=nobYQTepKiOUzLVirF-rwdyWuSSbi4yLxqwuLJ2-FgU&s=oYIaV3PdptkHX_tFRqAKoU0DySGnpL_xzNTtWRxBkqQ&e=" target="_blank">workshop</a> will
take place from 7 to 8:30pm at the Office of LGBTQ Resources. Register here: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__orgsync.com_150887_events_2137184_occurrences_5108551&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=utafVVnK_aXVelVdzUMRSiCKdAvNHVBc6mgP9nbKaoE&m=nobYQTepKiOUzLVirF-rwdyWuSSbi4yLxqwuLJ2-FgU&s=f_JOGmGPpvW_Y5q6d-uyiHAYmCCnBb8s29x4hEg2HAw&e=" target="_blank">https://orgsync.com/150887/events/2137184/occurrences/5108551</a>.
They will also <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_events_128835537875961_&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=utafVVnK_aXVelVdzUMRSiCKdAvNHVBc6mgP9nbKaoE&m=nobYQTepKiOUzLVirF-rwdyWuSSbi4yLxqwuLJ2-FgU&s=Vn-pPEqtW07dzcloqxWmWSGAQL0rAGLyMOTAgSa4rj0&e=" target="_blank">perform</a> their
poetry on 11/8 at 8pm in Sudler Hall, WLH. Voke Spoken Word will open for them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">"The events are sponsored by Trans@Yale, Voke Spoken Word, FAS Dean’s Office, James Mandelbaum & Steven Byrnes Resource Fund for LGBT Studies, Poynter Fellowship for Journalism, Women’s, Gender & Sexuality
Studies, the Office of LGBTQ Resources, Women Faculty Forum, OutLaws, the Department of English, and the LGBTQ Affinity Group."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">For more information: <a href="mailto:sarah.gavis-hughson@yale.edu">
sarah.gavis-hughson@yale.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">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">Poetry at Beinecke Library:
<a href="http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/about/blogs/poetry-beinecke-library">http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/about/blogs/poetry-beinecke-library</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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