[Yale-readings] friendly reminder: last Ordinary Evening reading tonight, 5/15, 7pm

[Nancy Kuhl]

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>The Ordinary Evening Reading Series' Summer Sendoff: Elizabeth Alexander 
>and Lloyd Schwartz, Tuesday, May 15, 7pm
>
>
>Whether you've enjoyed our readings before, or you've been meaning to come 
>all year, you definitely don't want to miss our final reading Tuesday, May 
>15, at 7pm in the Mermaid Room in the basement of the Anchor Bar & 
>Restaurant, 272 College St. in New Haven (203) 865-1512. Lloyd Schwarz, a 
>poet, professor, music critic, and Elizabeth Bishop expert, will be 
>reading with Elizabeth Alexander, Yale professor, poet, and recent winner 
>of the inaugural Jackson Poetry Prize. No cover charge; drinkers and 
>teetotalers alike are welcome.
>
>Lloyd Schwartz is the author of three books of poems, most recently Cairo 
>Traffic. He won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism for his columns about 
>classical music and dance in the Boston Phoenix and is also a regular 
>commentator about classical music for NPR's Fresh Air. He has written 
>extensively about Elizabeth Bishop and is currently co-editing her 
>collected works for the Library of America. Dr. Schwartz lives in 
>Somerville, Massachusetts and is Frederick S. Troy Professor of English at 
>The University of Massachusetts, Boston.
>
>Elizabeth Alexander is a poet, essayist, playwright, and teacher. She is 
>the author of four books of poems, American Sublime (Graywolf Press, 
>2005), which was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize; The Venus 
>Hottentot (Graywolf Press, reissued 2004); Antebellum Dream Book (Graywolf 
>Press, 2001); and Body of Life (Tia Chucha, 1997). She is also a scholar 
>of African-American literature and culture and recently published a 
>collection of essays, The Black Interior (Graywolf Press, 2003). She has 
>read her work across the U.S. and in Europe, the Caribbean, and South 
>America, and her poetry, short stories, and critical prose have been 
>published in dozens of periodicals and anthologies. A professor at Yale 
>University, Dr. Alexander lives in New Haven, Connecticut and also serves 
>on the faculty of Cave Canem Poetry Workshop in the summer.
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