THE POETRY INSTITUTE – NEW HAVEN

Third Thursday Open Mic

*Featuring** Vivian Shipley*

August 16, 2012

Vivian Shipley has published numerous books of poetry, including the recent
*All of Your Messages Have Been Erased.  *Among her many awards and honors
are the Paterson Award for Sustained Literary Achievement,  Library of
Congress’s Connecticut Lifetime Achievement Award for Service to the
Literary Community, the Connecticut Book Award for Poetry, the Lucille
Medwick Prize from the Poetry Society of America, the Robert Frost
Foundation Poetry Prize, the Ann Stanford Poetry Prize from the University
of Southern California, the Marble Faun Poetry Prize from the William
Faulkner Society, the Daniel Varoujan Prize from the New England Poetry
Club, the Hart Crane Prize from Kent State, the Connecticut Press Club
Prize for Best Creative Writing, and the Binghamton University Milt Kessler
Poetry Book Award.  She is editor of the award-winning *Connecticut Review*,
and she is Connecticut State University Distinguished Professor at Southern
Connecticut State University, where she has been named Faculty Scholar
three times.  Vivian is a two time nominee for the Pulitzer Prize.

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*

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