[Yale-readings] Elizabeth Alexander, John Guare, Claire Messud TODAY

[Nancy Kuhl]

>THE YALE READING SERIES
>
>The Department of English and the Writing Concentration are proud to 
>present the first of an annual series of joint readings called The Yale 
>Reading Series. The aim of the series is to bring back to the campus Yale 
>graduates who have gone on to distinguished careers as writers. This first 
>reading will feature poet Elizabeth Alexander, playwright John Guare, and 
>novelist Claire Messud. Their reading will take place on Monday, April 16, 
>at 5pm, in St. Anthony's Hall, 483 College Street. For over three 
>centuries, from Jonathan Edwards to Thornton Wilder, from James Fenimore 
>Cooper to Mark Strand, Yale has trained writers who have become an 
>essential part of the country's literary heritage. This new series seeks 
>to celebrate that contribution. Elizabeth Alexander, who graduated from 
>Yale College in 1984, is the author of five collections of poems, 
>including American Sublime, and a verse play, Diva Studies. John Guare 
>graduated from the Yale School of Drama in 1963.  Since 1949 his plays 
>have been produced, among the best known of them are The House of Blue 
>Leaves, Lydie Breeze, and Six Degrees of Separation. Claire Messud, a 1987 
>graduate of Yale College,  has written When the World Was Steady, The Last 
>Life, and the 2006 bestselling novel The Emperor's Children. The reading 
>is free and open to the public.
>
>Susan Bianconi
>Associate Editor
>The Yale Review
>P. O. Box 208243
>New Haven, CT 06520-8243
>203/432-0499
>203/432-0510, fax
>susan.bianconi at yale.edu

Nancy Kuhl
Associate Curator, The Yale Collection of American Literature
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University
121 Wall Street
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520-8240
Phone: 203.432.2966
Fax: 203.432.4047 
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