THE POETRY INSTITUTE – NEW HAVEN

Third Thursday Open Mic

Featuring Rachel Eliza Griffiths

When: April 21st, 2011 Doors Open at 6:30.

Reading starts at 7:00.

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

Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a poet, writer, photographer, and painter living in New York. A Cave Canem Fellow, she received an MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Rachel Eliza is recipient of fellowships including Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Vermont Studio Center, New York State Summer Writers Institute, Soul Mountain, New England Humanities Council, and others. Author of two chapbooks, Turn of Heaven (Paris Boulevard Press) and According to Beauty (Paris Boulevard Press) and a collection, Miracle Arrhythmia (Willow Books, 2010), her newest collection, Mule & Pear, is expected from New Issues Poetry and Prose  in 2011.

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.