[Yale-readings] February 19 Word of Mouth Poetry Reading featuring Ravi Shankar

[Kuhl, Nancy]

WORD OF MOUTH POETRY SERIES

Featuring Ravi Shankar

Thursday, February 19, 2009

6:30 PM



Doors Open at 6:30. Open mike at 7:00.

Please arrive a few minutes early to sign up for open mike.

The Institute Library
847 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT



Ravi Shankar is Associate Professor and Poet-in-Residence at Central Connecticut State University and the founding editor of the international online journal of the arts, Drunken Boat .  He has published a book of poems, Instrumentality (Cherry Grove), named a finalist for the 2005 Connecticut Book Awards, and with Reb Livingston, a collaborative chapbook, Wanton Textiles (No Tell Books, 2006). His creative and critical work has previously appeared in such publications as The Paris Review, Poets & Writers, Time Out New York, The Massachusetts Review, Fulcrum, McSweeney's and AWP's The Writer's Chronicle, among many others. He has taught at Queens College, University of New Haven, and Columbia University, where he received his MFA in Poetry. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, BBC and Wesleyan Radio.  He currently serves on the Advisory Council for the Connecticut Center for the Book and along with Tina Chang and Nathalie Handal, he editedLanguage for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from Asia, the Middle East & Beyond.



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> or mcguireschwartz 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/>.

 Please also support our sister series, Wednesday Night Poetry Series and visit the WNPS website at wedpoetry.net<http://wedpoetry.net>.

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