[Yale-readings] April 24: Cathleen Calbert at Yale Bookstore

[Nancy Kuhl]

>Contact: Richard G. Carlson, Events Coordinator
>               Yale Bookstore
>                (203) 777-8440 (Ext. 165)
>
>
>Cathleen Calbert Reads Her Poetry
>At The Yale Bookstore on April 24
>
>What: Cathleen Calbert reading poems from her collection, Sleeping 
>with a Famous Poet, followed by Open Mic Poetry Readings
>
>When: Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 6:00 pm
>
>Where: The Yale Bookstore, 77 Broadway, New Haven, CT
>
>APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH. CELEBRATE IT AT THE YALE BOOKSTORE.
>
>
>About Poetry Night: Each month The Yale Bookstore hosts a Thursday 
>Poetry Night.. One or more featured poets read from their work after 
>which there is an Open Mic during which audience members may read 
>original poetry or favorite poems by others. Poetry Nights will 
>start at 6:00 p.m. and close no later than 8:30 p.m.
>.
>About The Featured Poet: Cathleen Calbert is the author of three 
>books of poetry: Lessons in Space (University of Florida Press), Bad 
>Judgment (Sarabande Books), and Sleeping with a Famous Poet 
>(CustomWords). Her poetry and fiction have appeared in numerous 
>publications, including Feminist Studies, Fiction, The Hudson 
>Review, Ms. Magazine, The New Republic, The Paris Review, Poetry, 
>Ploughshares, The Southern Review, TriQuarterly, and The Women's 
>Review of Books. She was awarded The Nation Discovery Prize in 1991, 
>the Gordon Barber Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America 
>in 1994, the MacLeod-Grobe in 1996 and the Bullis-Kizer Award in 
>1998, both from Poetry Northwest, and a Pushcart Prize in 2001. Of 
>her poetry, former Poet Laureate of the United States Robert Pinsky 
>wrote: "Cathleen Calbert's Lessons in Space is a wonderful, truly 
>distinctive debut. These poems are richly narrative in a way that 
>has the formal and imaginative dash of real poetry, enlivened by a 
>fresh, untamable spirit." Denise Duhamel says of her most recent 
>collection: "Cathleen Calbert's Sleeping with a Famous Poet is a 
>glorious romp of a book. She explores male and female 
>relationships--through post-confessional modes, myth, and pop 
>cultures--with hilarity and poignancy. Calbert's poems are sassy, 
>sexy, smart, and full of pizzazz. Her formal innovations include 
>poems that zigzag down the page, soap opera-inspired rhyming 
>couplets, and an astounding re-imagining of Sei Shonagon's The 
>Pillow Book. Her energy is dizzying. Her voice is enthralling. The 
>poems in Sleeping with a Famous Poet burst from the page." 
>Currently, Cathleen Calbert is a Professor of English and Director 
>of Creative Writing at Rhode Island College.
>About the Yale Bookstore:
>The Yale Bookstore, a Barnes and Noble College Bookstore is located 
>at 77 Broadway at York Square, New Haven, CT, 06511, (203) 777-8440, 
>www.yalebookstore.com. All events are free and open to the public. 
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