THE POETRY INSTITUTE – NEW HAVEN
Third Thursday Open Mic
January features Poet James Finnegan
When: Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Doors Open at 6:30. Reading starts at 7:00.
Where: The Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT
Please arrive a few minutes early to sign up for the reading.
James Finnegan has published poems in Ploughshares, Poetry East, The Southern Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review, and other literary magazines. He is the current president of the Friends & Enemies of Wallace Stevens. With Dennis Barone, he edited Visiting Wallace, an anthology of poems related to Wallace Stevens. In 2001 he started an internet discussion list called New-Poetry and he blogs aphoristic ars poetica at ursprache (http://ursprache.blogspot.com).
On the third Thursday of each month, The Poetry Institute Poetry Series celebrates an eclectic mix of poetic voices.
Free. Refreshments. Open mic.
For the potluck social please bring a sampling of your favorite snack to share (cheese & crackers, stuffed breads, cookies etc).
