Pi Poetry Reading, featuring Vivian Shipley, 8/16/12

[The Poetry Institute -- New Haven]

August 16, 2012

and Ongoing: monthly, third Thursday.

*7:00 (Doors open at 6:30)

THE POETRY INSTITUTE - NEW HAVEN

The Young Men's Institute Library

847 Chapel St., New Haven

FREE.

Feature: Vivian Shipley

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.

 

Great Poetry in a warm, friendly environment. Open mic precedes feature. Arrive a few minutes early to sign up for the open mic. More info:http://thepoetryinstitute.com