[Yale-readings] September 15th, 201: Cynthia Zarin

[Kuhl, Nancy]

THE POETRY INSTITUTE - NEW HAVEN

Third Thursday Open Mic

Featuring Cynthia Zarin

September 15, 2011

Cynthia Zarin is the author of three books of poetry-The Watercourse, Fire Lyric, and The Swordfish Tooth-and several books for children. She is a longtime contributor to The New Yorker. The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and winner of the Peter I. B. Lavan Younger Poets Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, she teaches at Yale and lives in New York City. She was educated at Harvard and Columbia.

On the third Thursday of each month, The Poetry Institute Poetry Series celebrates an eclectic mix of poetic voices.  Free.  Refreshments.  Open mic.  Outstanding featured readers.  In a casual setting.   Open to all (even poets).


The Institute Library
847 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT
Doors Open at 6:30.  Reading starts at 7:00.
Please arrive a few minutes early to sign up for the reading.

Great Poetry!

In a Warm, Friendly Environment

http://thepoetryinstitute.com
poetryinstitute at gmail.com<mailto:allwordofmouth at gmail.com>Cynthia Zarin is a poet whose books of poetry, Fire Lyric and The Swordfish Tooth, offer a purity of language and a slightly offbeat perspective on mundane, typically overlooked topics. Her picture books for children, including Rose and Sebastian and What Do You See When You Shut Your Eyes?, encourage her preschool audience to look at things from a fresh perspective. Cynthia Zarin is a poet whose books of poetry, Fire Lyric and The Swordfish Tooth, offer a purity of language and a slightly offbeat perspective on mundane, typically overlooked topics. Her picture books for children, including Rose and Sebastian and What Do You See When You Shut Your Eyes?,

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