[Wgcp-whc] Big week for Poetry and Poetics at Yale

[Richard Deming]

Dear Friends,

we're going into a intense time for poetry fans.  I'm sending notice  
of several events upcoming that are of particular interest to members  
of this group.

  Tonight Ken Chen, an early member of the WGCP, now member-at-large  
is reading on campus from his book of poems (which won the Yale  
Younger Poets Prize) . Tomorrow, Peter Gizzi--who visited the WGCP  
last year-- will be doing a Q and A with undergrads, but the event is  
open to the public.

And lastly, New Haven Review Books is having a party to launch two new  
books, one of which is a collection of poems (entitled Blue for  
Oceans) by our very own Charles Douthat--what better reason to attend  
a party?

I'll paste the info for these events below.  Also, a reminder that we  
meet this Friday to discuss the work of David Shapiro.

Onward!
Richard Deming


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November 29: 7:30 pm, Calhoun Master’s House, 434 College Street

Ken Chen, winner of the Yale Younger Poets Prize 2009, will read his  
poetry in the Calhoun Master's House today at 730.  Louise Gluck,  
judge of the Yale Younger Poets Prize, will introduce him.


Glück Picks Ken Chen For Yale Younger Poets Prize -- 5.29.09

A little over a year after being named executive director of the Asian  
American Writers' Workshop, Ken Chen can add another impressive line  
to his resumé. Yale University Press on Wednesday announced that he is  
winner of this year's Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize. His first  
collection, Juvenilia, will be published next spring.

Chen, who succeeded Quang Bao at the New York City-based nonprofit  
organization, is the first Chinese American to win the prestigious  
poetry award in over twenty-five years. In a statement released by the  
Writers' Workshop, Chen credits the organization for giving him the  
support he needed to finish his first book. "It was the Workshop that  
led me to find a community of writers, who gave me the encouragement  
and mentorship I needed to complete my manuscript," he says.

Louise Glück chose Juvenilia for the award, which is given for a first  
collection by a poet under the age of forty. It was Glück's seventh  
pick as the series judge. Since 2004 she's chosen the following  
collections: It Is Daylight by Arda Collins, The Earth in the Attic by  
Fady Joudah, Frail-Craft by Jessica Fisher, Green Squall by Jay  
Hopler, Crush by Richard Siken, and The Cuckoo by Peter Streckfus.

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Tuesday, Nov. 30th, Peter Gizzi

* Poet Peter Gizzi to discuss and read his work with English 127  
students (open to the public).
* Date: Tuesday, Nov. 30th,
* Time: 7:00-8:30pm
* Place: WLH 116


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  Tuesday, Dec. 7, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Charles Douthat

WHAT: Launch party for NEW HAVEN REVIEW BOOKS, a new non-profit press  
based here in town.
WHO: Authors Charles Douthat and Greg Feeley will read from, sell, and  
sign their new books.
SAY WHAT?: You can learn more here.
WHEN: Tuesday, Dec. 7, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: Kehler-Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave., New Haven (in  
Westville Village)
WHO ELSE: You, and anyone you want to bring.
PLEASE: Come. Support this amazing new venture. Drink on us.
JUST DRINK?: No, cookies too. And other edibles.
KIDS?: If they are quiet and attractive.
AREN'T ALL KIDS ATTRACTIVE?: Yes.
RSVP?: It would be nice if you did.
QUESTIONS: Can be directed to mark.e.oppenheimer at gmail.com or bfslattery at gmail.com
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