[Yale-readings] For the Love of Reading, a celebration of Poetry for the Big Read

[Nancy Kuhl]

>The International Festival of Arts & Ideas presents
>For the Love of Reading
>A Celebration of Poetry, Featuring Readings By:
>J.D. McClatchy, Elizabeth Alexander, Margaret Gibson and John Hollander
>Celebrating April as National Poetry Month,
>nationally acclaimed poets kick-off New Haven’s
>BIG READ of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird
>This Friday, April 13, 2007 at 5:00pm !
>
>Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library,
>located at 121 Wall St. in New Haven, CT
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>More Information About the Big Read:
>  From April 13, 2007 to June 9th and 10th 2007,
>residents of the City of New Haven will come
>together to read one book: Harper Lee’s classic
>novel To Kill a Mockingbird.  During this 8 week
>period New Haven will be buzzing with book
>discussions, performances, screenings and
>literary events sponsored by dozens of community
>partners.  The Big Read will culminate on June
>9th and 10th, the opening weekend of the
>International Festival of Arts & Ideas, with the Big Read on the Green.
>The Big Read ­ New Haven is a collaboration
>between International Festival of Arts & Ideas
>and the New Haven Free Public Library and is
>funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
>This event is part of The Big Read, an initiative
>of the National Endowment for the Arts in
>partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts
>Midwest.
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>Elizabeth Alexander
>Professor, African-American Studies
>Yale University
>493 College Street
>New Haven, CT 06510
>203.432.9061
>fax. 203.776.9055
>The International Festival of Arts & Ideas presents
>For the Love of Reading
>A Celebration of Poetry, Featuring Readings By:
>J.D. McClatchy, Elizabeth Alexander, Margaret Gibson and John Hollander
>Celebrating April as National Poetry Month, nationally acclaimed poets 
>kick-off New Haven’s BIG READ of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird
>This Friday, April 13, 2007 at 5:00pm !
>
>Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, located at 121 Wall St. in New 
>Haven, CT
>
>
>More Information About the Big Read:
> From April 13, 2007 to June 9th and 10th 2007, residents of the City of 
> New Haven will come together to read one book: Harper Lee’s classic novel 
> To Kill a Mockingbird.  During this 8 week period New Haven will be 
> buzzing with book discussions, performances, screenings and literary 
> events sponsored by dozens of community partners.  The Big Read will 
> culminate on June 9th and 10th, the opening weekend of the International 
> Festival of Arts & Ideas, with the Big Read on the Green.
>The Big Read – New Haven is a collaboration between International Festival 
>of Arts & Ideas and the New Haven Free Public Library and is funded by a 
>grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
>This event is part of The Big Read, an initiative of the National 
>Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and 
>Library Services and Arts Midwest.
>
>
>
>
>

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