7/19/12 Pi-New Haven Poetry Reading, featuring Amaranth Borsuk
The Poetry Institute -- New Haven
THE POETRY INSTITUTE – NEW HAVEN
Third Thursday Open Mic
Featuring Amaranth Borsuk
July 19, 2012
Amaranth Borsuk is the author of Handiwork, selected by Paul Hoover as winner of the 2011 Slope Editions Prize, the chapbook Tonal Saw, and, together with programmer Brad Bouse, of Between Page and Screen. She is the 2011 recipient of the Gulf Coast prize in poetry, selected by Ilya Kaminsky. Her poems, collaborations, translations, and reviews have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Aufgabe, The Destroyer, The Offending Adam, and The Society for Curious Thought, among other journals. She has a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California and is currently Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities and MIT, where she teaches and works at the intersection of print and digital media. In addition to writing and studying poetry, Amaranth is a letterpress printer and book artist whose fascination with printed matter informs her work on digital media.
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