THE POETRY INSTITUTE – NEW HAVEN

Third Thursday Open Mic [and PotLuck Holiday Celebration!]

Featuring New Haven’s Charles Douthat

When: December 16th, 2010

Doors Open at 6:30.  Reading starts at 7:00.

Where: The Institute Library,   847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

This month pi-New Haven celebrates the publication of Charles Douthat’s first collection, “Blue for Oceans” forthcoming from The New Haven Review Press. Born in California, Charles graduated from Stanford University, raised a son and daughter in New Haven, Connecticut where he practices law. Charles began to read and write poetry during a long mid-life illness and today writes about the usual predicaments: family, love, time and memory.  Since then, his poems have been published in many journals and magazines.  A few have won prizes.  We’ve enjoyed his work in our open mic; Please join us to support Charles’ new venture.   charlesdouthat.com

About the potluck — please feel free to bring an a small [room temperature] appetizer or dessert snack to share!

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.

THE POETRY INSTITUTE – NEW HAVEN

Third Thursday Open Mic

Featuring Bessy Reyna

When: November 18, 2010

Doors Open at 6:30.  Reading starts at 7:00.

Where: The Institute Library,   847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

Bessy Reyna is the author of two bilingual books of poetry, The Battlefield of Your Body and Memoirs of the Unfaithful Lover/ Memorias de la amante infiel. A chapbook of her poems, She Remembers, was published in 1997. Her Spanish language writing, published in Latin America, includes a poetry chapbook, Terrarium and a collection of short stories, Ab Ovo. Her poetry can be found in numerous anthologies, including El Coro: A Chorus of Latino and Latina Poetry, In Other Words: Literature by Latinas of the United States, The Arc of Love: Lesbian Poems and The Wild Good.

Born in Cuba and raised in Panama, Bessy is a graduate of Mt Holyoke College and earned her Masters and Law degrees from the University of Connecticut. For nine years she was a monthly opinion columnist for The Hartford Courant and was a frequent contributor to Northeast, the Sunday magazine of the Hartford Courant.  She is the recipient of the Connecticut Center for the Book Lifetime Achievement in Service to the Literary Community Award (2009) and numerous other awards.

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.