[Yale-readings] 1/15/09 Word of Mouth Poetry Reading, featuring Alison Montcrief

[Kuhl, Nancy]

WORD OF MOUTH POETRY SERIES
featuring Alison Montcrief

Thursday, January 15, 2009
6:30pm

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

 Alison D. Moncrief has a Master's degree in English Literature from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and an MFA from New York University. Her poems have appeared in or are forthcoming in Caduceus, The Connecticut River Review, and The Paris Review.  She is also a contributing poetry editor for the on-line literary journal Drunken Boat.  Alison teaches English at Southern Connecticut State University and the Foote School.  The homework assignment for Monday, 1/12/09:  "Write a one page short story (Really, keep it to one page.) in which your character exhibits or is shaped by some type of theme mentioned in The Tipping Point."

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 contact allwordofmouth 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/>.


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