[Yale-readings] Benefit Reading

[Kuhl, Nancy]

BENEFIT READING FOR CT YOUNG WRITERS TRUST BY MARILYN NELSON AND WALLY LAMB
 
In return for your $100 tax-deductible contribution to the CT Young Writers Trust, you will be invited to a gala literary event on April 13. The event will feature Marilyn Nelson and Wally Lamb. More information follows:
 
Come meet two of our finest living writers, Marilyn Nelson and Wally Lamb, at an exclusive cocktail hour at the Hartford Club [http://www.hartfordclub.com/] at 46 Prospect Street, Hartford, CT 06103 on Friday, April 13th from 6 PM to 7 PM, prior to a public performance and conversation with the writers at 7 PM.
 
Marilyn Nelson is fresh off receiving the Frost Medal, presented annually by the Poetry Society of America for "distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry" [http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/blog/announcing_the_2011_frost_medali/]. And Wally Lamb was just featured on American Masters on PBS discussing Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird." [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/tag/wally-lamb/].
 
Seats for the reception are a $100 tax-deductible contribution to the Connecticut Young Writers Trust, the state's longest literary competition for teens, now in its 15th year and having given away over $200,000 in prize money to affirm young writers. Seating is VERY limited so RSVP now to  ctyoungwriterstrust at yahoo.com for the chance to get books signed, photos taken, and have conversation with Wally and Marilyn in an intimate setting, and stay to hear them perform their work and talk about their craft. Thanks for your support. We look forward to seeing you on Friday, April 13th.
 
The winner of the Trust's annual young writers contest will be among the young writers reading at Hill-Stead Museum's Sunken Garden 20th Anniversary Kickoff Weekend, June 1-3.

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