[Yale-readings] September 18 Word of Mouth Reading

[Kuhl, Nancy]

John Surowiecki



September 18, 2008, Thursday

Word of Mouth Poetry Series



Open Mike at 7:00

Doors Open at 6:30



The Institute Library

847 Chapel Street

New Haven



John Surowiecki is the author of two books of poetry, The Hat City after Men Stopped Wearing Hats  and Watching Cartoons before Attending a Funeral, as well as five chapbooks.  He has won a number of prizes, including theNimrod Pablo Neruda Prize and the silver medal in the last Sunken Garden Poetry Festival National Competition.

A new collection, Barney and Gienka, will appear next year, and his Tapeworm Comics, a poem in comic book form, will be published by Ugly Duckling Presse in the fall.  His verse drama, My Nose and Me: A TragedyLite or TragiDelight in 33 Scenes, won a Poetry Foundation Pegasus Award. The play will be produced in Chicago next spring and at the University of Connecticut on November 13.

Publications include: Alaska Quarterly Review, The Alembic, Cadillac Cicatrix, Gargoyle, Indiana Review , Margie, Nimrod, New Zoo Poetry Review, Poetry, Redivider, Silk Road, West Branch and Xanadu.

On the third Thursday of each month, Word of Mouth Poetry Series celebrates an eclectic mix of poetic voices.  Free. Refreshments.  Open Mike.  Outstanding featured readers.  In a casual setting.  Open to all members of the public and others. For more information, please contactallwordofmouth at gmail.com<mailto:allwordofmouth at gmail.com> ormcguireschwartz at gmail.com<mailto:mcguireschwartz at gmail.com>.



Word of Mouth is an affiliate of Arts and Literature Laboratory.  Please visit our website at allgallery.org<http://allgallery.org>



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